doPDF

Pros

• Print to PDF
• Fast process
• Simple to use from nearly any program

Cons

• Lacks features

doPDF is a Windows program that lets you create PDF documents from any application with printing capabilities.

doPDF is a PDF printer for Windows. It’s a freeware version of novaPDF, a commercial PDF converter. You can use doPDF without cost and as much as you like. PDF stands for Portable Document Format, and it’s a format created by Adobe to simplify exchanging documents. A PDF printer is software that provides a virtual printer, which nearly any software that supports printing can use.

Windows makes it easy for developers to integrate printing capabilities into their programs, so most applications support it. When you click File -> Print, the program lets you choose from the printers you have available. We may tend to associate these options with physical printers, but virtual printers like doPDF work just as well. The application sends one or more pages to doPDF, and rather than print those out on paper, doPDF converts them into a PDF file.

doPDF also has its own user interface and can be accessed directly to convert files. Run the program from its EXE. Choose the file, files or even an entire folder to convert. Confirm the convert. It’s simple and just as fast as if you were “printing” your PDF from your favorite editing app.

As a printer, the program supports practically any application that supports printing. doPDF runs on both 32-bit and 64-bit systems. In addition to converting to PDF, it can convert PDF to DOC, XLS, HTML and more. The PDFs created by this app are fully searchable. Most languages supported by PDF are supported here, and in addition to being very fast, the program uses very little resources.

As far as PDF creation tools go, doPDF is fairly basic. The focus is on being a PDF printer and, to a lesser degree, a PDF converter, which it does well. What you won’t find is many features to shape the PDFs that you create. That may not be an issue depending on your needs, but it’s worth mentioning that there are many PDF creators out there that feature print-to as an add-on rather than a focus.

Pros

• Print to PDF
• Fast process
• Simple to use from nearly any program

Cons

• Lacks features