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CutePDF is a proprietary Portable Document Format converter/editor for Microsoft Windows.

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Printing from Windows 7 command line

I'm looking to automate some printing in Windows 7. Ideally from command line. Just as if I would've right-clicked and selected "Print". Tried the command: C:\>print /D:"CutePDF Writer" test.txt That printer is supposed to created PDF files (like…
mizipzor
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spoolsv.exe consumes all CPU and RAM resources

Consider a Windows 7 x64 installation with 2 printers installed. The system has 8GB installed RAM. One printer is a Brother laser MFC-8220 Printer via TCP/IP, and the other is a CutePDF printer. Problem: the spoolsv.exe regularly eats obscene amount…
p.campbell
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Ghostscript PDF/A conversion fails validation

I'm developing a "paperless" workflow and plan to save all files in PDF/A-1b format. I'm trying to develop a simple batch file for converting PDF files that I create or receive to PDF/A-1b. Starting from this answer, I have the following batch…
Mark Berry
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Right Click, Create PDF

I spend a lot of time using a PDF printer to "print" documents into PDF's... Is there a program that includes Explorer functionality to "Create PDF" via right click, context-menu? This would, I hope, be the equivalent of "Open file" > "Print" >…
WernerCD
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CutePDF command line or equivilant

Is it possible to run a command that will automatically print to file using CutePDF? I have tried this and still no luck: print C:\test.doc /D:CPW2 If not any other suggestion on how to automate a print to pdf / convert to pdf through a command line…
Ash King
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How does a Windows program know if I'm printing to PDF?

I use a program that won't let me print to PDF, only directly to a printer. If I try to print to PDF using CutePDF for example, it prints out a blank page that says the feature is not supported. However, I need to print to PDF so I can transfer the…
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CutePDF Writer: Problems with silent uninstall

The Problem: I am trying to perform an unattended, silent uninstall of the CutePDF Writer 3.0, via command line. Every available source I have found points me to these two commands: [32bit] "%ProgramFiles%\Acro Software\CutePDF Writer\uninscpw.exe"…
Michał Sacharewicz
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Combine PDFs and JPGs into one PDF

I have three PDFs and up to 10 JPGs that I need to merge into one PDF. I found PDFSam, but it looks like it doesn't accept JPGs. I'd also like to create a single batch file to do this for me (if that's possible). Since I have CutePDF installed, I…
Chris
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Opening PDF after printing it with CutePDF

Is there an option somewhere hidden that makes the PDF file automatically open after being printed out with CutePDF?
Rook
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How do I make a custom printable bullet point to use in MS Office?

I'd like to make a custom bullet point on Photoshop (I'm moderately experienced at it) styled like the asterisk symbol for use with MS Office. I tried using just an image selection to make a 12x12 GIF file. It works just fine on on-screen stuff…
Nikhil Vijayan
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How to set CutePDF to print immediately

I use CutePDF to emulate a printing of a webpage, but in the default it only saves a .pdf copy of the webpage to be printed and then its gone with the wind leaving a copy of the file to where you have saved it. How do I set CutePDF so that it will…
Wern Ancheta
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Make CutePDF embed grayscale images as JPEG?

For printing scanned graphics to PDF, I currently use CutePDF Writer. According to pdfimages, in the generated PDFs it embeds: Black and white images (1 bit) as: losslessly compressed Grayscale images (8 bit) as: losslessly compressed True color…
feklee
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Convert office document to PDF with horizontal page in the middle

I'm using CutePDF to convert a Word Document to PDF, but the document has one page in the middle with a horizontal page layout and the PDF doesn't get the horizontal page. Is there a way / tool I can use so I can get the PDF as I'd want?
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Find folders pinned to Quick Access when saving/loading in programs such as CutePDF an Autocad (Windows 10)

I use Windows 10, and I have a lot of folders pinned to Quick Access in the File Explorer. Quick Access is a useful tool and it saves me a lot of time when going through my files and folders. However, the Quick Access tool is not available when…
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CutePDF from inkscape does not output correct page size

I have an SVG document in format A6 created in Inkscape. I want to create a PDF output and use CutePDF for this. The output has the correct size (a fourth of an A4), put is put onto an A4. In other words I have an A4 PDF page with the upper left…
Gauthier
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