«

<http://esupport.epson-europe.com/SoftwareListing.aspx?lng=en-GB&data=0D4961D1B6630D67B9420A9026528CD6ED3665BD64 53AE1645ACE55A0FEC3E2E>

Now I only need a x64 driver for my Epson Perfection 3200 Photo
scanner, a x64 driver for my Gretagmacbeth EyeOne 2 and a x64
compatible PDF printer from Adobe. When that happens, WinXP x86
is history

--
Regards
Madsen

Don't bother with Adobe for PDF printer -- there are good ones out there
already that work just fine. I'm using deskPDF from docudesk. Works well.

--
Charlie.
http://msmvps.com/xperts64

Thomas G. Madsen wrote:
> <http://esupport.epson-europe.com/SoftwareListing.aspx?lng=en-GB&data=0D4961D1B6630D67B9420A9026528CD6ED3665BD64 53AE1645ACE55A0FEC3E2E>
>
> Now I only need a x64 driver for my Epson Perfection 3200 Photo
> scanner, a x64 driver for my Gretagmacbeth EyeOne 2 and a x64
> compatible PDF printer from Adobe. When that happens, WinXP x86
> is history

Charlie Russel - MVP wrote:

> Don't bother with Adobe for PDF printer

I'm a graphic designer and have recently bought Creative Suite 2
Premium so I expect that they release a x64 compatible PDF printer
sooner or later (god knows that I have requested it more than once
on their feature request page).

> -- there are good ones out there already that work just fine.
> I'm using deskPDF from docudesk. Works well.

I'm not trying to start a war here, but I simply don't trust other
PDF writers. They are good enough to make simple PDF files for
screen viewing or "home-printing", but professional graphic design
like newsprint, magazines and catalogues is a completely different
ballgame.

--
Regards
Madsen

I understand and won't start a war. But I would suggest you try it. Since
you don't have an Adobe solution right now, give it a try. You can always
take it off when the trial period ends.


--
Charlie.
http://msmvps.com/xperts64

Thomas G. Madsen wrote:
> Charlie Russel - MVP wrote:
>
>> Don't bother with Adobe for PDF printer
>
> I'm a graphic designer and have recently bought Creative Suite 2
> Premium so I expect that they release a x64 compatible PDF printer
> sooner or later (god knows that I have requested it more than once
> on their feature request page).
>
>> -- there are good ones out there already that work just fine.
>> I'm using deskPDF from docudesk. Works well.
>
> I'm not trying to start a war here, but I simply don't trust other
> PDF writers. They are good enough to make simple PDF files for
> screen viewing or "home-printing", but professional graphic design
> like newsprint, magazines and catalogues is a completely different
> ballgame.

Charlie Russel - MVP wrote:

> I understand and won't start a war. But I would suggest you try
> it. Since you don't have an Adobe solution right now, give it a
> try.

You're right, Charlie. Maybe I should give it a try. After all I
still have WinXP x86 and the PDF printer from Adobe installed,
so it can't go completely wrong. I would just love to be able to
delete my x86 installation and move over to WinXP x64 soon because
it's a great operating system. Very fast and very stable from my
point of view.

--
Regards
Madsen

I'd be very interested to hear what you think of it coming from a
professional view. My only need for PDF is fairly limited, since my main
work tool is Word. (well, and Outlook.) And word docs print quite well with
deskPDF, in my experience. But my requirements aren't all that difficult.

--
Charlie.
http://msmvps.com/xperts64

Thomas G. Madsen wrote:
> Charlie Russel - MVP wrote:
>
>> I understand and won't start a war. But I would suggest you try
>> it. Since you don't have an Adobe solution right now, give it a
>> try.
>
> You're right, Charlie. Maybe I should give it a try. After all I
> still have WinXP x86 and the PDF printer from Adobe installed,
> so it can't go completely wrong. I would just love to be able to
> delete my x86 installation and move over to WinXP x64 soon because
> it's a great operating system. Very fast and very stable from my
> point of view.

Charlie Russel - MVP wrote:

> I'd be very interested to hear what you think of it coming from a
> professional view.

Actually it's not bad. I have seen much worse PDF writers than
deskPDF. I just miss a few things.

For instance:

1) I can't find an option to decide at what resolution it will
resample color and grayscale images and to what resolution it
shall resample to. Actually I can't even find an option to edit
the predefined PDF quality presets.

2) I miss an option to be able to subset fonts or not. It seems
that it just makes its own decision on that matter.

3) Is it true that there's no PDF viewer in the package?
I have downloaded and installed the deskPDF Professional 2.5 but
when the PDF files is made, it's not associated with any program
and no matter what exe-file I pick inside the Program Files(x86)\
Docudesk\deskPDF folder, it can't open it.

--
Regards
Madsen

actually, it auto-installed a PDF viewer (ghostscript based, I think) when I
installed it and it didn't find one. I have since overwritten that
requirement by installing Acrobat Professional 6.0, so I get that for a
viewer (works fine, actually).

As for the options stuff -- out of my league. By all means send them an
email with your concerns. I know when I asked them about x64 support when
x64 first shipped, they were quite responsive. Said it was on their list,
and they hoped to have it shipping in 2.5, but when 2.5 came out they didn't
have it working right yet so it wasn't in there. But they actually emailed
me telling me it was still coming, but running later than they'd hoped. And
then sent me a link recently when they went to beta for me to try it out.
Overall, I've found them quite willing to hear what your needs are and
respond to them.


--
Charlie.
http://msmvps.com/xperts64

Thomas G. Madsen wrote:
> Charlie Russel - MVP wrote:
>
>> I'd be very interested to hear what you think of it coming from a
>> professional view.
>
> Actually it's not bad. I have seen much worse PDF writers than
> deskPDF. I just miss a few things.
>
> For instance:
>
> 1) I can't find an option to decide at what resolution it will
> resample color and grayscale images and to what resolution it
> shall resample to. Actually I can't even find an option to edit
> the predefined PDF quality presets.
>
> 2) I miss an option to be able to subset fonts or not. It seems
> that it just makes its own decision on that matter.
>
> 3) Is it true that there's no PDF viewer in the package?
> I have downloaded and installed the deskPDF Professional 2.5 but
> when the PDF files is made, it's not associated with any program
> and no matter what exe-file I pick inside the Program Files(x86)\
> Docudesk\deskPDF folder, it can't open it.

Charlie Russel - MVP wrote:

> By all means send them an email with your concerns.

Maybe I will.

> I know when I asked them about x64 support when x64 first
> shipped, they were quite responsive.

That sounds promising.

--
Regards
Madsen