Portable Document Format (PDF) is the de facto standard for the secure and reliable distribution and exchange of electronic documents and forms around the world.
CutePDF Writer (formerly CutePDF Printer) is the free version of commercial PDF creation software. CutePDF Writer installs itself as a "printer subsystem". This enables virtually any Windows applications (must be able to print) to create professional quality PDF documents - with just a push of a button!
"No longer recommending this product to my customers."
1.0
1.0
usability10
Stability10
Installation2
Functionality7
Appearance8
Version 3 is now out. This product lost my support with the addition of the forced, Editor Toolbar. There is no way to opt-out of it being installed, which creates extra steps to uninstall it from the Control Panel. The install does give an opt-out for the Ask Toolbar, but it installs it anyway creating even more problems. I uninstalled everything and rolled back to version 2.8. Unless they remove the toolbars, or at the very least provide and option to opt-out that works, I've taken CutePDF Writer off my recommendation list for my customers. I'm now looking at a different PDF writer application to replace CutePDF altogether.
Pros
It makes it very simple to print anything to a PDF file.
Cons
This new Editor Toolbar in 3.0 does nothing more than take space from your browser. And the Ask toolbar is as well useless.
Laws concerning the use of this software vary from country to country. We do not encourage or condone the use of this program if it is in violation of these laws.
