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Install/Uninstall

• Installation
• Network Distribution
• Distributing Ghostscript
• Ghostscript Detection
• Unattended Installation
• Setup Command Line Switches
• Build an individual MSI Installer
• Uninstaller Command Line Switches
• Distributing Files during Installation
• Upgrading
• Troubleshoot the Installation
• Automatic Download of Ghostscript

Guide

• Trouble Shooting the PDF Creation
• Install the PDF Printer License File
• Despite the license file still 'TRIAL MODE - ...' in PDF footer

Reference

• Settings
• Configuration Files
• Default Settings
• Global Settings
• Specify fixed PDF output path (UNC paths also possible)
• Multiple Printers
• Multiple Ports
• PDF Background
• PDF Background Tips
• PDF Merge
• Split PDF
• Merge multiple PDFs with the Document Collector
• Creating Images
• PDF Permissions
• Printer Port and Registry Settings
• Hide or Disable Dialog Controls
• HTML Colors
• VB-Script Events and Macros
• How It Works
• Program Internals
• Run a program after PDF creation
• AllowExecute Security Setting
• Email PDF File After Creation
• Add a digital signature to your PDF document
• Digital PDF Certificates
• Macro Tags
• PDF/A-1b for long-term storage
• Performance Considerations
• Quality of Output
• Adding Paper Trays

API

• PDF API
• Microsoft .NET Interface
• COM Interface
• Command Line Interface
• Trouble Shoot COM API

HowTos

• Silent Installation
• Install Without Icons
• Disable the Options Dialog
• How to Hide the Printing Dialogs
• Ghostscript Timeout
• How to Create a new Paper Size
• Adding Page Numbers
• Change Margins
• Upload PDF via (S)FTP or HTTP(S)
• Using the XPS driver
• Send PDF automatically by email
• Determine email from print data and email automatically
• Print ZUGFeRD compliant PDF invoices (Factur-X)
• Sharing the PDF Writer on a Network
• Install With Custom Defaults
• Change the ICC Profile
• Print PDF From Command Line
• Print to pdf and a physical printer at the same time

Examples

• Microsoft.NET API

  • Auto Convert Files in a Folder Using C#
  • Print PPTX file to PDF from C#
  • Auto Convert Files in a Folder Using VB.NET
  • Use PHP 7 to automatically convert documents from a folder into PDF files

• COM API

  • COM Automation from Visual Basic Scripting
  • Use ERP file names from the Windows clipboard
  • Use COM Automation to change PDF Settings
  • Create a PDF from Visual Basic 6
  • Automate PDF Creation from Excel Macros
  • Create multiple PDF files from Excel
  • Create a PDF Document using Microsoft Access
  • Convert PDF to TIFF using VB Script

• VB Script Macros

  • Custom time format using a VB Script macro
  • Auto Keywords Using OnPreprocessText Event Handler
  • Parse Input Using OnPreprocessText Event Handler
  • SMTP- / Mail Delivery of PDF Invoices via FAX directly out of SAP
  • Status Message Using OnAfterPrint Event Handler
  • Manipulate the output file using OnMacrosApplied Event Handler

• ASP.NET

  • Print to PDF from ASP.NET handler
• Print Raw Text to PDF
• Batch Printing
• Creating Images (png, tiff, jpeg)
• Command Line Printing to PDF
• Setting PDF Page Size Programmatically
• Customizing the Setup - Example
• Run a VBScript from the PDF printer after the document is created

Troubleshooting

• Missing pages in Microsoft Excel
• Missing DPI Selection in Microsoft Excel
• Preload Modules into Memory (Embedded Systems)
• Image Quality
• Trouble Shoot Citrix Installations
• Trouble Shoot Microsoft Office 2003
• Setup shows error 0x00000705 and 'Argument are invalid'
• Printing from Chrome
• Printer Driver Installation
• Error message „InstallAssembly failed. Code 0x80070005. Access denied“ on Windows 10
• Error 429: Error creating object: pdf7.PdfUtil...or tried under Windows 10
• Error message „Error 1007: An error occured while running Ghostscript“