Microsoft PDF add-in for word seems to be the best solution for now but you should take into consideration that it does not convert all word documents correctly to pdf and in some cases you will see huge difference between the word and the output pdf. Unfortunately I couldn't find any api that would convert all word documents correctly. The only solution I found to ensure the conversion was 100% correct was by converting the documents through a printer driver. The downside is that documents are queued and converted one by one, but you can be sure the resulted pdf is exactly the same as word document layout. I personally preferred using UDC (Universal document converter) and installed Foxit Reader(free version) on server too then printed the documents by starting a 'Process' and setting its Verb property to 'print'. You can also use FileSystemWatcher to set a signal when the conversion has completed.

I have been impressed with Gembox () who provide a limited free edition of document management (includes pdf conversion). They also do libraries for spreadsheets. The 1 developer licence if you exceed their limits (which I imagine you will) though is around $580 ().

When you print a document, your file is converted into a set of commands that your printer can understand and act on. The resulting file is a Printer Text File (PRN). Pumpkinhead 2 Rapidshare Files. PRN files can be opened in a number of plain text viewers but instead of appearing as text, the document will appear as a scrambled and unreadable set. Jan 9, 2017 - A friend sent me an email with an interesting problem. He had a report he needed to share with another team member, but they didn't have the program that he used to create the report. Anniyan Dialogues. There also wasn't a common file format they used. I suggested he try sending a.PRN file or printer text file. This solution.

Manual Yamaha Xj 900 F. OK, it's not free (or in my opinion relatively inexpensive) but it is a lot cheaper than $2000. As I understand it from their price list there is no royalty either for server deployments. Might be worth approaching them and seeing if they'll do a deal if you don't want to roll your own.

You'll need two pieces of software – both free! (1) A PDF print driver. There are many free ones out there. Six good ones are Bullzip, CutePDF Writer, doPDF, Nitro PDF Creator (part of the Nitro Reader install), PDFCreator, and PrimoPDF: They have varying features and some folks prefer one over the other, so you may want to experiment to see which one you like the best. At one time CutePDF was my favorite, then it was doPDF, and my current choice is Bullzip.