PDF your way to a paperless office with Linux
Joe Brockmeier of Linux.com explains, "What sort of things might you want to save as PDFs? When you buy stuff online, virtually every site provides a receipt, which you may want later if the order email is lost or if you need to send in a receipt for expense reports. However, you may not want to print all of them out just to keep them around, and Firefox only supports writing to PostScript, rather than PDF."
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Subscribe to commentsChris AMay 8th 2007 2:59PM
There are many free apps to do do this in Windows.
cutepdf is one that comes to mind.
FantasiaMushroomDeathCycleMay 8th 2007 3:30PM
Ever heard of "Acrobat Distiller?"
look it up.
seamusMay 8th 2007 3:40PM
PDF Creator for Windows is GPL'd and OpenOffice has an export to PDF button.
I think you need certain Adobe programs to get Distiller. It's not free.
Grant RobertsonMay 8th 2007 3:46PM
I've used distiller before, and it's certainly not a freebie. Using a Linux print server like the above example gives you a ton of flexibility, and doesn't cost a dime.
beojanMay 8th 2007 3:54PM
You have to pay for hardware
http://www.beejex.uni.cc
IxnayMay 8th 2007 10:19PM
PDFRedirect is a great tool as well just choose as your printing option.
And its free on c-net
MarkMay 9th 2007 9:25AM
I use Primo PDF and have not had any problems with it.
I also created a GMAIL account to store PDF receipts and other PDFs.
Jarrett KaufmanMay 9th 2007 1:29PM
So the massive number of freeware PDF printers aren't good enough? Now I need to dedicate an entire Linux computer to the task?
EleventeenMay 9th 2007 1:15PM
OS X does this natively, (at least 10.4).
I do this all the time to avoid having to bookmark and then lose a handy reference document in a sea of unorganized bookmarks. Since Spotlight searches within PDF's, and I have Quicksilver set up to index my PDF directory in it's catalog, it's easier than trying to wade thru bookmarks 3 months from now when you vaguely remember you'd thought you'd found a good site on handy Terminal commands.
JerMay 9th 2007 2:10PM
Yes there are plenty of programs to do this under Windows also. I personally use CutePDF If i don't have acrobat available. Only issue I find is that creating PDF from online files is great, but taking physical paper is hell when you have to do it 1 by 1. If store receipts you preview them then adjust to scan..you have to be dedicated to doing this all the time or just spend $400 on a automatic paper scanner.