PDF24 Creator

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PDF24 Creator
Developer(s) geek Software GmbH
Initial releaseJuly 2006;18 years ago (2006-07) [1]
Stable release
11.22.0 [2] / December 13, 2024;8 days ago (2024-12-13)
Operating system Microsoft Windows
Type PDF printer/creator
License freeware [3]
Website en.pdf24.org

PDF24 Creator is an application software by Geek Software GmbH for the creation of PDF files from any application and for converting files to the PDF format. The application is released under a proprietary freeware license.

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The software has been developed in Germany since 2006, originally under the name PDFDrucker, [1] and is actively developed. It is available in 32 languages, [4] including English and German.

Functions and features

PDF24 Creator is installed as a virtual printer via a device driver in the operating system. This allows PDF files to be created directly from any application that provides a printing function. The commands sent are then used to create a PDF file. PDF24 Creator uses PDFBox, QPDF and Ghostscript, which are automatically installed as a private instances for the PDF24 Creator. After printing a document on the PDF printer, a wizard opens automatically, where the created PDF file can be edited or further worked on.

The PDF24 Creator is also able to merge multiple documents to one PDF file and to extract pages. Compressing PDF files to shrink the file size is also possible. Since version 10.0.0 an added toolbox is present as well.

Some features of the software include, but are not limited to: [5] [6]

Distribution and fields of application

PDF24 Creator is credited with more than 5 million downloads [7] within the top 3 (2017-01-17) [8] in the category "PDF Software" on the German site Chip.de.

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References

  1. 1 2 "PDFDrucker". pdf24.org (in German). Archived from the original on 2006-07-02. Retrieved 2023-08-30.
  2. "PDF24 Creator Changelog". en.pdf24.org. 2024-09-23. Retrieved 2024-02-16.
  3. "License" (PDF). en.pdf24.org. Retrieved 2017-01-16.[ permanent dead link ]
  4. "PDF24 Creator Language File Translation". en.pdf24.org. Retrieved 2017-01-16.
  5. "Features of PDF24 PDF Creator". en.pdf24.org. Retrieved 2017-01-16.
  6. "PDF24 PDF Creator". Gizmo's Freeware. 2016-04-23. Archived from the original on 2017-01-18. Retrieved 2017-01-17.
  7. "PDF24 Creator". CHIP Online. Retrieved 2017-01-16.
  8. "PDF Software Top 100 Downloads des Monats - CHIP". www.chip.de. Retrieved 2017-01-17.