FREE PDFill Image Writer

PDFill Image Writer (Printer) is installed as a virtual printer driver and allows you to convert any printable document from any application which supports printing into a standard PNG, JPG, BMP, TIF, or GIF image. The converted image retains all of the information from the original file and can be easily shared and viewed without the need for the original software. There are a lot free advanced options to control the image format and quality. Registry access is available for programmatic control.

1. Image Options: PNG, JPG, BMP, TIF and GIF
2. Output Options
3. Install or Uninstall PDFill PDF&Image Writer
4. Quick Start to Create PDF or Image files
5. Frequent Asked Question and Technical Support
6. License Agreement

1. Image Options:

• Check the Button for "Free Image Writer" and Select Image Type: PNG, JPG, BMP, TIF, or GIF.
   
• PNG:  PNG (pronounced 'ping') stands for Portable Network Graphics, and is the recommended format for high-quality images. It supports full quality color and offers excellent lossless compression of the image data, and is widely supported.  Please see the PNG website for a complete description of the format.   Here are Image PNG Options:

   

  PNG16M: 24-bit RGB Color

  PNGGRAY: Grayscale Color

  PNG256: 8-bit Color

  PNG16: 4-bit Color

  PNGMONO: Black-and-White Color

  PNGALPHA: 32-bit RGBA Color

   

• JPG: JPG or JPEG is a compression method specifically intended for continuous-tone images such as photographs, not for graphics, and it is therefore quite unsuitable for the vast majority of page images produced with PostScript. For anything other than pages containing simple images the lossy compression of the jpeg format will result in poor quality output regardless of the input.  It is good for photographic or scanned images. Here are Image JPG  Options:

JPEG:  Color JPEG file
JPEGGRAY: Grayscale JPEG
JPEG Quality: Scale 1-100%. Lower values drop more information from the image to achieve higher compression, and therefore have lower quality when reconstituted

• BMP: BMP file format is sometimes called bitmap or DIB file format (for device-independent bitmap), is an image file format used to store bitmap digital images, especially on Microsoft Windows and OS/2 operating systems. The size of BMP is much bigger that that of PNG.  Here are Image BMP  Options:

BMP16M: 24-bit RGB Color
BMPMONO: Black-and-White Color
BMPGRAY: Grayscale Color
BMPSEP1:
BMPSEP8:
BMP16: 4-bit Color
BMP256: 8-bit Color
BMP32B: 32-bit RGBA Color

• TIF: Tagged Image File Format (abbreviated TIFF) is a file format for storing images, including photographs and line art. It is very useful when all the image pages needs to be saved into a single image file (Page Number Digits need to be 0). Here are Image TIF options.

TIFF24NC: Produces 24-bit RGB output (8 bits per component).
TIFFGRAY: Produces 8-bit gray output.
TIFF12NC: Produces 12-bit RGB output (4 bits per component).
TIFF32NC: Produces 32-bit CMYK output (8 bits per component).
TIFFSEP:
TIFFCRLE: G3 fax encoding with no EOLs
TIFFG3: G3 fax encoding with EOLs
TIFFG32D: 2-D G3 fax encoding
TIFFG4: G4 fax encoding
TIFFLZW: LZW-compatible (tag = 5) compression
TIFFPACK: PackBits (tag = 32773) compression

• GIF: The Graphics Interchange Format (GIF) is an 8-bit-per-pixel bitmap image format that was introduced by CompuServe in 1987 and has since come into widespread usage on the World Wide Web due to its wide support and portability. Here are the image GIF Options:

GIF16M: 24-bit RGB Color
GIFGRAY: Grayscale Color
GIF256:  8-bit Color
GIF16:  4-bit Color
GIFMONO: Black-and-White Color

• Image Resolution: This option sets the resolution of the output file in dots per inch.
   
• Page Number Digits: The digits of page number format. This number will append to the name of the images file name.
    If 0, only one file will be created. TIF image has multiple pages inside.
    If 1, the page number will begin a single digit 1,2,3...
    If 2, it will begin with 01, 02, 03, .. 10, 11,...
    If 3, it will begin with 001, 002, 003, ...., 010, ....
   
• Text or Graphics Alpha Bits:  These options control the use of subsample antialiasing.  Their use is highly recommended for producing high quality rasterizations of the input files. The option 4 is used for most optimum output, but smaller values can be used for faster rendering and smaller image size. Antialiasing is enabled separately for text and graphics content.   
          
• Rotation (degree): Rotate all the images by 0, 90, 180 or 270.
• Flip Option: Flip all the images: No Flip; Flip Horizontally; Flip Vertically.

The following registry table sets the properties of the generated PDF: 

• Use default Folder Location: The Image file will be saved under this folder automatically.

• Use Default File Name: The image file name for the saved file. 

• Lunch this Dialog: There are 3 options: Launch this dialog automatically after you print to the writer; Launch this dialog by yourself before you print to the writer; Launch this dialog by yourself after you print to the writer.
• View File after saving: The Image file will be displayed automatically after the saving.
• View Folder after saving: The folder will be displayed automatically after the saving.
• Hide this dialog in saving File: This option dialog will be hidden during the saving.
• Use "Apply Options" when this Dialog is hidden: The "apply Options" button will be used when the dialog is hidden.
• Keep Last PS file after saving: After you print into the writer, the PS will be kept so that you can save into a new file using new options without printing the same document again.
• Place this Dialog above all other windows: This dialog will be positioned topmost above all the other windows.

The following registry table sets the properties of the generated Image File: 

To save a PDF without launching a "Save As" dialog and the option dialog, set LASTPDFORIMAGE, USE_DEFAULT_FOLDER, USE_DEFAULT_FILENAME, HIDE_DIALOG to be 1. Also, DEFAULT_FOLDER_PATH and DEFAULT_FILENAME must be valid folder and PDF file name.