print to image (win7)

Post by **exxos** » Fri Jan 12, 2018 9:02 pm

Anyone know any free software to "print to image".. I've tried a few, but need registration, or won't download due to virus risks

EDIT:

https://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcre ... p_redirect

That one seems ok

Post by **DrF** » Mon Mar 12, 2018 8:07 pm

That's the one I use sometimes

I don't know what I installed but I get the option "print to PDF" direct in the drop box menu to select printers now it appeared one day and changed my life

Post by **rubber_jonnie** » Mon Mar 12, 2018 10:30 pm

Are you trying to print to PDF, print to an actual image? Windows 7 should have a print to XPS option which is a bit like print to PDF.

If you want to print your screen, alt+printscrn should still work, then just paste the image into Windows Paint.

Pretty sure Windows 7 also has a Snipping Tool, just type snip into the search box, you can snag whatever bit of screen you like then and paste into Windows Paint too.

Post by **IngoQ** » Tue Mar 13, 2018 12:15 pm

As an alternative: FreePDF http://freepdfxp.de/index_en.html

Crapware free, is based on Ghostscript and you can define your own profiles, including profiles to generate images instead of PDF files. Not the most beautiful thing on the planet, but it works.

Note: Development has stopped, but the current version runs fine with Windows 7. Since I am most likely stuck with that version forever, I cannot say anything about Windows 10 compatibility

Regarding screenshots:

I like Greenshot: http://getgreenshot.org/

In addition to taking screenshots it has a simple editor for annotations, can snap part of a screen and supports series of screenshots.