# clawPDF

**Repository Path**: xprinter/clawPDF

## Basic Information

- **Project Name**: clawPDF
- **Description**: 虚拟开源PDF打印机，转自GITHUB
- **Primary Language**: C#
- **License**: AGPL-3.0
- **Default Branch**: master
- **Homepage**: None
- **GVP Project**: No

## Statistics

- **Stars**: 0
- **Forks**: 6
- **Created**: 2024-12-11
- **Last Updated**: 2024-12-11

## Categories & Tags

**Categories**: Uncategorized

**Tags**: None

## README

# clawPDF // PDFCreator 2.3 fork

Yet another PDF Printer? Yes! This PDF Printer has the intention to be completely open source.<br><br>
Open Source virtual PDF printer for Windows 7 / 8 / 10 / 2008 / R2 / 2016 / 2019<br>
Print to PDF, PDF/A, PDF/X, PNG, JPEG, TIF and text

# Download

https://github.com/clawsoftware/clawPDF/releases/download/0.8.4/clawPDF_0.8.4_setup.msi

# Tested under

- Windows Server 2016 RDS/Terminalserver
- Windows 10 x32/x64
- Windows 8 x32/x64
- Windows 7 x32/x64


# Changelog

## v0.8.4 (2019.06.11)

- [bugfix]  unicode filename support (thx to daooze for bugreport)

## v0.8.3 (2019.05.31)

- [bugfix]  starts under System-Account
- [cleanup] migrated code from c++ to c#
- [update]  ghostscript 9.27
- [bugfix]  author metadata

## v0.8.01 (2019.02.10)

- [bugfix] performance boost for RDS environments

## v0.8.0 (2019.02.10)

- initial version


# Features

- print to PDF, PDF/A, PDF/X, PNG, JPEG, TIF and text
- 24 languages
- many settings
- easy to use
- easy to deploy (MSI-Installer)
- no adware, spyware, nagware
- ...


# Requirements

- .Net Framework 4.5.2+


# Screenshot

![clawpdf1](clawPDF/docs/images/clawpdf1.png?raw=true "clawpdf1")
![clawpdf2](clawPDF/docs/images/clawpdf2.png?raw=true "clawpdf2")
![clawpdf3](clawPDF/docs/images/clawpdf3.png?raw=true "clawpdf3")
![clawpdf4](clawPDF/docs/images/clawpdf4.png?raw=true "clawpdf4")
![clawpdf5](clawPDF/docs/images/clawpdf5.png?raw=true "clawpdf5")
![clawpdf6](clawPDF/docs/images/clawpdf6.png?raw=true "clawpdf6")


# Roadmap

- keep ghostscript up to date (continuous process)
- add more features
- remove DataStorage.dll, DynamicTranslator.dll and TrueTypeFontInfo.dll
- rewrite group policy settings
- batch printing


# Build

- Visual Studio 2019


# Third-party

## clawPDF uses the following licensed software or parts of the source code:

- main code: PDFCreator 2.3 (https://github.com/pdfforge/PDFCreator), licensed under AGPL v3 license.
- PDF library: iTextSharp 5.5.13 (https://github.com/itext/itextsharp), licensed under AGPL v3 license.
- logging: Nlog 4.5.11 (https://github.com/NLog/NLog), licensed under BSD 3-Clause.
- parts of the ghostscript control: PdfScribe 1.0.6 (https://github.com/stchan/PdfScribe), licensed under AGPL v3 license.
- redirection Port Monitor: clawmon (https://github.com/clawsoftware/clawmon), licensed under GPL v2 license.
- Postscript Printer Drivers: Microsoft Postscript Printer Driver V3 (https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/print/microsoft-postscript-printer-driver), copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
- Postscript and PDF interpreter/renderer: Ghostscript 9.27 (https://www.ghostscript.com/download/gsdnld.html), licensed under AGPL v3 license.
- SystemWrapper 0.25.0.186 (https://github.com/jozefizso/SystemWrapper), licensed under Microsoft Public license.
- ftplib 1.0.1.1 (https://archive.codeplex.com/?p=ftplib), licensed under MIT license.
- DataStorage.dll, licensed under pdfforge Freeware License.
- DynamicTranslator.dll, licensed under pdfforge Freeware License.
- TrueTypeFontInfo.dll, licensed under pdfforge Freeware License.
- appbar_save (http://modernuiicons.com/), licensed under Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported.
- appbar_cogs (http://modernuiicons.com/), licensed under Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported.
- appbar_page_file_pdf (http://modernuiicons.com/), licensed under Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported.


# License

clawPDF is licensed under AGPL v3 license<br>
Copyright (C) 2019 // Andrew Hess // clawSoft