PDFCreator Review

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Overview

PDFCreator is an open source software based on Ghostscript library and works as a virtual PDF printer able to convert printable files into PDF.

The program has a generous Options interface where you can choose different settings for PDF quality, compression, fonts, colors, password and digital signature.

Conversion Speed
7/10

It comes with a pretty good speed while is generating PDFs.

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PDFCreator

8.52

7.82

7.79

7.59

7.40

6.21

5.98

5.17

PDF File Size
6.91/10

It will produce files with a small file size, from Options you can tweak settings for compression and quality of images.

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PDFCreator

7.13

6.91

6.68

5.72

5.58

5.56

5.08

2.96

Security & Privacy
7.78/10

It allows to set a password (different levels of encryption) and disallow users to print, copy text and images or modify the PDF's content. You can add digital signatures (certificates) to a PDF file to verify later if the PDF has been edited or modified.

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PDFCreator

8.89

7.78

5.56

4.44

3.33

Features
5.88/10

Using this program to generate PDF files, you can rotate pages, choose compatibility with different versions of Adobe Acrobat Reader, embed all fonts, convert and downsample colors, set a password for document and more.

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PDFCreator

9.50