How to create PDF and set PDF page layout with virtual printer
This article is mainly about how to create PDF and set PDF page layout with virtual printer provided by the application EEPDF Document Converter Professional.
Virtual printer is one kind of computer software whose user interface and API resemble that of a printer driver. But it is not connected with a physical computer printer. When you request that a document be “printed” by a virtual printer, instead of having the document printed on paper, it will have a file produced or the information transmitted.
EEPDF Document Converter Professional is a powerful document converter. It offers a GUI usage and two virtual printers. The GUI main program can convert any printable HTML, TEXT, PS (PostScript), Word, etc. documents to PDF and image (JPG, PNG, TIF, BMP, EPS, PCX, etc.). The two virtual printers allow you to generate PDF from any printable documents and set PDF page layout.
In the following paragraphs, you will see how to make PDF from printable documents and customize page layout for the output PDF.
Firstly, please click the following button to free download this software and then install it on your computer. For your handy use, please set docPrint as the default printer during the installation.
After the installation, you can see two virtual printers— eePDF PDF Driver and docPrint in the list of "Printers and Faxes" on your computer. Then, please open a printable document and activate the "print" process. The "docPrint" interface will pop up on the screen. Please see it in the next snapshot.
In the small "Option Settings" window, you can set page layout for the target PDF, such as page border, page number, page margins, watermark, etc.
After the settings, please click File in the menu bar on top of the interface, and then please select the "Save As" item in the drop-down list. In the pop-up "Save As" saving window, please choose PDF as the output format in the drop-down list of "Save as type" and edit a name for the output PDF in the "File name" edit box. In addition, you can set the output location, color depth, resolution, and compression method in this saving window. At last, please click the Save button to start the process.
Several seconds, you can view the created PDF in the specified location.
This is the end of this article and you can enjoy the full version after you buy EEPDF Document Converter Professional.