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<HTML> <HEAD> <bgsound src="mid/parisien.mid" loop="1"> <TITLE>Free PDF Home and News</TITLE> <LINK REL="SHORTCUT ICON" HREF="favicon.ico"> </HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#0099CC" TEXT="#00ffff" LINK="#ffff00" VLINK="#00ff40">  #include "freepdf.ih" <CENTER> <TABLE CELLPADDING="2" ALIGN="Center"> <TR> <TD> [$FreePDFLogo]</TD> <TD> #include "pdfzone.ih" </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD> <BIG><BIG>Free PDF Home Page and News</BIG></BIG>.</TD> <TD> <BIG>Welcome PDFzone WebRing Visitors<BIG> </BIG></BIG>Scroll Down! Oodles <BIG>of Information HERE!</BIG> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> </CENTER> #include "frpdftop.ih" <CENTER> <TABLE CELLPADDING="2" ALIGN="Center"> <TR> <TD>[$FreePDFZipGuyBig]</TD> <TD>New logo Courtesy Zipguy Cohort '<A HREF="http://www.webxd.com">Webxd</A>' Go <A HREF="http://www.webxd.com">there</A> for Geat Web Hosting & Design</TD> </TR> </TABLE> </CENTER> Please let this Page finish loading.. Recall that "Patience is a virtue".. <TABLE> <TR> <TD valign=top> Topics: #include "frpdfl.ih" <IMG SRC="Silly/sucks2.gif" WIDTH="76" HEIGHT="31"> <IMG SRC="Silly/us.gif" WIDTH="86" HEIGHT="130"> <IMG SRC="Silly/ra3.gif" WIDTH="86" HEIGHT="42"> <IMG SRC="freepdf/dnanim.gif" WIDTH="54" HEIGHT="135"> <A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/the_zipguy/meow/Meow.html">The ZipGuy's 18 Year old Kitty <IMG SRC="meow/Box0.jpg_t.jpg"> http:// over.to/ <BIG><BIG>meow</BIG></BIG></A></TD> <TD valign="top" BGCOLOR="#004080"> <CENTER> <TABLE CELLPADDING="2" ALIGN="Center"> <TR> <TD> If you used one of the shortcut addresses like over.to/freepdf click <BIG><A HREF=[$FreePDFHome] TARGET="_top">I'm stuck in a Frame</A></BIG> to get rid of the grey advertising (URL redirect) frame with the add at the bottom</TD> </TR> </TABLE> </CENTER> <IMG SRC="wel4-23.gif" WIDTH="500" HEIGHT="50"> #include "Yahooguestbk.ih" <CENTER> <HR> <BIG><BIG> The [$FreePDFZipGuyBig] is Proud to Present Free PDF</BIG></BIG> #include "Yahoolg.ih" These webpages are included in the Free PDF Download as they ARE the documentation <BIG>Congratulations! You've FOUND IT!</BIG> <BIG>What is Free PDF?</BIG> <HR> Free PDF is a utility which allows you to create PDFs just by printing to a "Create PDF" printer, from any Windows 9x/ME application FOR FREE! Free PDF bridges between RedMon (owned by Ghostgum Software Pty Ltd) and Aladdin Ghostscript (owned by Aladdin Enterprises), thus simplifying the PDF creation process, providing useful options and making it easy to use them. Configuration of the programs requires comprehension and some effort on your part. <A HREF="[$FreePDFDlFile]"><IMG SRC="freepdf/frpdfss.gif" WIDTH="359" HEIGHT="132" BORDER="0"></A> Although, functionally, Free PDF behaves like a printer, Free PDF is not a printer driver. You can use any Postscript printer driver you like. So you can print anything (almost) to a PDF limited only by your imagination. Note that some of the advanced PDF features, including PDF hotlinks and PDF Table of Contents, are not supported. Here's the Official Hype[r] Spin Mode that anyone has permission to use as a good description for Free PDF on Download sites (Just Click on the Screen shot to see the PDF): <A HREF="freepdf/pdfs/fprdhype.pdf"><IMG SRC="freepdf/fpdfhype.gif"></A> <BIG>THANK YOU!</BIG> <HR> First of all, the [$FreePDFZipGuy] would like to extend his appreciation to L. Peter Deutsch the author of Ghostscript, and <A HREF="http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/rjl.html"><BIG>Russell Lang</BIG></A> the author of Redmon. Without their work, Free PDF would not have been Possible! Free PDF lives between RedMon (owned by Ghostgum Software Pty Ltd) and Aladdin Ghostscript (owned by Aladdin Enterprises). Until June, 2000 The ZipGuy thought he had come up with this method all by himself, but in perusing old bookmarks The ZipGuy found a page where he may have gotten part of the idea so Thanks to the <A HREF="http://209.1.224.12/CapeCanaveral/Lab/6562/general/index.html">alpha-geek@GodAndScience.org</A> and whosoever may have been his sources. Trust the Clergy, Students, The Zipguy and Kids to come up with sneaky, clever, simple and cheap ways to do things! <BIG>Quality Web Hosting</BIG> <HR> Many thanks to <A HREF="http://www.webxd.com">WebXD</A> Web Designer extraordinare, LockerGnomie Chat Favorite, and now ZipGuy Cohort!, for the new Free PDF Logo! <TABLE CELLPADDING="2"> <TR> <TD> Visit Him for Excellence in Web design and in Web Hosting!</TD> <TD><A HREF="http://www.webxd.com"><IMG SRC="http://www.webxd.com/images/logo.gif" WIDTH="136" HEIGHT="56"></A></TD> </TR> </TABLE> <HR> <BIG>What Free PDF does, and does not, do:</BIG> <HR> Free PDF is a simple, small program. It is just an enabler. In the interests of fairness, giving credit where credit is due, and not taking credit for other people's work, it is important that you understand what Free PDF does, and does not, do. Free PDF <BIG>does</BIG>: <UL> <LI> Make it easy to use RedMon and Ghostscript to make PDFs <LI> Gives you a "Save As" Dialog for you to name your PDFs <LI> Remembers where you like to put your PDFs (the Default is on you desktop). <LI> Let you optionally call your Favorite PDF viewer to glance at you new PDF when you make one <LI> Lets you graphically configure where the Ghostscript and PDF viewer executables are. <LI> Gives you a variety of other options </UL> Free PDF <BIG>does not</BIG>: <UL> <LI> Capture your PostScript printer output. <BIG>RedMon</BIG> does that <LI> Make PDF's from PostScript files. <BIG>Ghostscript </BIG>does that </UL> Free PDF just makes it easy to use these other programs to make PDFs painlessly, merely by printing from Windows 9x applications. Free PDF is a short simple program, sort of like a single player on a team. Other Programs (namely RedMon owned by Ghostgum Software Pty Ltd and Aladdin Ghostscript owned by Aladdin Enterprises) do the hard work (see the <A HREF="[$FreePDFBck]">Background page</A> for more information). Free PDF is a small, but vital piece of the puzzle. All these programs are Free. <HR> <BIG>Samples Created with Free PDF!</BIG> <HR> Ok now that that's out of the way the ZipGuy will put his hat back on his head, roll up his sleeves and get down to the business at hand. So ya say you want some samples? No problem. Note that all of these samples are PDF screen shots and you can click on them to bring up the pdf in your browser right now and view them in Acrobat Reader!. They are just linked to the URL of the PDF File. Here's a trivial example which was created using Free PDF, and may give you idea and get your juices flowing: <IMG SRC="freepdf/testpage.gif" WIDTH="491" HEIGHT="290"> Here's a great example. This is a diagram of how to aim a pool shot. It was made with a program you probably don't have! Because the output has been converted to a PDF you can view it, despite not having that graphic program. <A HREF="freepdf/pdfs/poolshot2.pdf"><IMG SRC="freepdf/poolshot2.gif" WIDTH="429" HEIGHT="442"></A> And another <A HREF="freepdf/pdfs/Youroutput.pdf"><IMG SRC="freepdf/YourOutput.gif" WIDTH="365" HEIGHT="429"></A> Sharp eyed return visitors may have noticed that the above graphics are now in color! See the news section for how to do this. Get the Idea? Pretty much anything you can print you can make into a PDF. Interested? <BIG>Why Free PDF?</BIG> <HR> The Zipguy figures there are many people (like him) who want to create PDF (Portable Document Format) files in order to share their glorious creations with others, But DON'T want to fork over $232 to buy Adobe Acrobat, If you're among these, then this is your lucky day! <BIG>You've FOUND IT!</BIG> <BIG>Yes, </BIG>the setup is a bit of a pain, and it does take a little bit time and effort on your part, But Only ONCE! <BIG>But it is FREE! And It WORKS! </BIG><IMG SRC="img/nowhine.GIF" WIDTH="237" HEIGHT="221"> <BIG>Is this Legal? Won't Adobe get Mad? </BIG> <HR> The short answers are: <UL> <LI> Yes, it is legal, and <LI> No, Adobe won't get mad. </UL> The [$FreePDFZipGuy] is constrained from copying the contents of the "<A HREF="http://partners.adobe.com/asn/developer/PDFS/TN/PDFSPEC.PDF">Portable Document Format Reference Manual</A>" but you can look at it yourself. He would direct your attention to the "Introduction" section, and the sub section entitled "Copyright permission to use PDF". Adobe wants (and smartly so in the [$FreePDFZipGuy]'s opinion) to promote the Portable Document Format as 'the information exchange format' in the electronic realm. To help achieve this goal they: <UL> <LI> Explicitly give permission to create files that are in their PDF Format (as long as an Adobe Copyright notice is included) <LI> Explicitly give permission to create software that produce output in PDF Format (again as long as an Adobe Copyright notice is included) <LI> Publish the specification of PDF format in gory detail </UL> This is smart because developers (and customers) have embraced the PDF format. Developers have written many tools for and extensions to the PDF format. Just look at the other sites in the PDFzone webring to see for yourself. Adobe's primary concern seems to be that they still hold the Copyrights, and (again smartly so in the [$FreePDFZipGuy]'s opinion) in the integrity (and purity) of the PDF format. This position has been consistent for years. Adobe is smart enough to realize that the more people that use PDF, the more successful they will be! As a result, the community of PDF software professionals is thriving. In any case, Free PDF does not actually produce PDF's, the Ghostscript program does, so it is the owners of Ghostscript's worry, rather than the [$FreePDFZipGuy]'s. If this is news to you, read the "What Free PDF does, and does not, do" section above. Here's <A HREF="http://www.techwebuk.com/story/TLS20000516S0001">a recent article</A> on this subject. <BIG>Alternatives</BIG> <HR> If you are profligate, and insist on easy to install 'turn-key' software, ZipGuy recommends you look elsewhere (bringing your wallet) into the following alternative programs both of which cost approximately $50 (U.S). <TABLE BORDER CELLPADDING="2"> <TR> <TD> <A HREF="http://www.win2pdf.com">Win2PDF</A> (which relies PDFlib technology) & seems fairly easy</TD> <TD> <A HREF="http://www.win2pdf.com">Win2PDF</A> <A HREF="http://www.pdflib.com/pdflib/index.html"><IMG SRC="freepdf/PDFlib.gif" WIDTH="180" HEIGHT="34"></A></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD> <A HREF="http://www.zeon.com.tw/pdfdrive.htm">DocuCom PDF Driver</A> from Zeon Corporation's "DocuCom family" Which seems more advanced (PDF 1.3 compatible)</TD> <TD> <A HREF="http://www.zeon.com.tw/"><IMG SRC="freepdf/PDFDRIVER.gif" WIDTH="64" HEIGHT="64"></A></TD> </TR> </TABLE> <BIG> Tell me More about Free PDF!</BIG> <HR> How'd you like to have a printer like this? <IMG SRC="freepdf/Prtrenm2.gif" WIDTH="630" HEIGHT="229"> When you print to this printer it makes a PDF out of your output. One uses a PDF viewer, like the free Adobe Acrobat Reader, to view/print these PDF files. One can view/print these PDF files on any platform which has a PDF viewer available without having the application which created the output. So for example you can create PDF of an AutoCad Diagram (by printing to the above printer) and anyone can view it on their machine without requiring AutoCad. Also they can print, even if they have a much different printer than you do, which is usually problematic. Also you can E-Mail PDFs or put them on your website for downloading. <TABLE CELLPADDING="2"> <TR> <TD> <HR> <BIG><IMG SRC="img/news.gif" WIDTH="100" HEIGHT="72"> (News)</BIG> #include "davehdln.ih" <HR> <TABLE BORDER CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" WIDTH="100%"> <TR> <TD width="100%"><A HREF="http://www.lockergnome.com">Lockergnome</A> AND <A HREF="http://www.davecentral.com/hot.html">Dave Central's What's Hot</A> Top 5 <A HREF="http://www.davecentral.com/hot.html">List</A>! in One week!...</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD align=right width="100%" bgColor="#008040">Sunday, July 09, 2000 </TD> </TR> </TABLE> <A HREF="http://www.lockergnome.com">Lockergnome</A>- Chris Perillo, of LockerGnome Fame, was kind enough to feature Free PDF in his 07/03/00 Daily issue (and of course the weekly issue). Those hordes of eager clambering Gnomies buried this site on Monday! The ZipGuy thought they'd be eating Fireworks, and shooting off Hamburgers! or was that versa visa? Thanks Chris! <A HREF="http://www.davecentral.com/hot.html">Dave Central</A> - The ZipGuy submitted Free PDF v0.95 Public Beta to Dave Central (DC) on or about 6/10/00. After a couple of weeks he gave up on his submission. Then when he found out Free PDF would be in Lockergnome, he worked on that. Someone instant messaged the ZipGuy saying that there was a bad download link. It turns out that DC put Free PDF up on Friday 7/1 and didn't notify him. Well, needless to say, the old submission to DC still had the old download link that had problems and since has been fixed everywhere else. See the Message Board for details. So someone posted a comment on DC that said "I can't get a link to work to download this program". They also visited this page and were too blind to realize that there was content on this page! So they further stated that "the FreePDF page is a dead end. I click the download kink, get another page, click the link there, and my browser flashes and...nothing." Theirs was the only comment! You can imagine how this got the ZipGuy's dander up! Anyway he's posted comments there and the matter seems to be straightened out (although the download link is still bogus)! Despite this adversity, Free PDF has been on their what's hot list since the day after it went up, and was at a high (as far as The ZipGuy is aware) of #3 on Friday 7/7/00. Anyway, The ZipGuy is grateful to <A HREF="http://www.davecentral.com/hot.html">Dave Central</A> for the Traffic! Thanks! Still haven't heard a peep from NoNags! So, with the <A HREF="http://www.lockergnome.com">Lockergnome</A> mention and <A HREF="http://www.davecentral.com/hot.html">Dave Central's</A> help.... Traffic has been OUTSTANDING! - Needless to say this has generated amazing traffic! Take a gander at <A HREF="traffrpt.txt">the 7/1/00-7/8/00 Traffic Report</A>. Bottom line, in that week The ZipGuy has had 10,895 visitors<BIG> </BIG>and 25,902 Page Views! Thanks everyone! The <A HREF="[$FreePDFForum]">Message Board</A> Is Smokin' - If you haven't been there it is definitely worth a look. If you're having problems with Free PDF or wondering about, say, how it works on NT?, look <A HREF="[$FreePDFForum]">there</A>. It's the best place to <UL> <LI> Ask a question <LI> Look for answers <LI> Take the Super quick Poll (May 31st post) <LI> Speak your Mind <LI> Influence Development <LI> Get Famous! </UL> You Have to See this - Here's a <A HREF="[$FreePDFDlInro]">Sneak Peek at the upcoming outrageous Splash Screen for Free PDF which is only 34k</A>. The link is to a zip file which is 12k! That's as small as a banner ad. Take a look. Everyone loves it. It was made by the 'Mizer' who is a wizard and a ZipGuy Cohort. There are two ZipGuy Cohorts how help the ZipGuy with theirs skills. They call him the Mizer because he writes excellent VB stuff and it is so small! He may be collaborating with the ZipGuy and perhaps writing the "update checker" module. <A HREF="[$FreePDFDlInro]"><IMG SRC="freepdf/introsamp.gif" WIDTH="319" HEIGHT="91"></A> And many thanks to <A HREF="http://www.webxd.com">WebXD</A> Web Designer extraodinare, LockerGnomie Chat Favorite, and now ZipGuy Cohort!, for the new Free PDF Logo! Visit Him for Excellence in Web design and in Web Hosting! <A HREF="http://www.webxd.com"><IMG SRC="http://www.webxd.com/images/logo.gif" WIDTH="136" HEIGHT="56"></A> <BIG>Past Headlines</BIG> <HR> <TABLE BORDER CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" WIDTH="100%"> <TR> <TD width="100%">You can Help Promote Free PDF! New Button, Banner and Funny Story! </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD align=right width="100%" bgColor="#008040">Friday, June 23, 2000 </TD> </TR> </TABLE> The ZipGuy knows you want to hear about the funny story first. This came to him, in a burst of creativity while writing an e-mail. It has a wacky caveman language where the order of the words are different. So it's called "Wheel Story True mine" because it is about the poor caveman from "Cave Netscape" who invented the Wheel and what happened to him after the folks at "Cave Microsoft" got through with him. If you like Free PDF and want to help promote it, you can use <A HREF="wheestm.txt">this link</A> to to download a text copy of the story (right click and "Save target as..") and E-Mail it to everyone you know. LOL. It is funny and free, and yes it does have a plug for this site in it. Here's how it starts <HR> "Wheel Story True mine" "Caveman Roller name me. Dirt me same old. yes and, Round(R) invented me! Happen way this. Food much having me lucky. Friends many. Roll can me ground on. Side mine and belly and belly on mine. Big me legs hard mine use hurt. Dirty Me everywhere on rolling dirt in. Mate mad me nag washing got time all the 'Skin Bear Great' mine creek cave our time all. Cave ours 'Netscape(C)' holy be name. Know why not me. Wizard Mighty Heap CAVE Holy ours words magic 'W3C' 'Mosiac' and like, ask him me when. Scared Me am. Want him mad me at not. Stopped why ask Him me. ...." <A HREF="wheestm.txt">More</A> <HR> If you like Free PDF and want to help promote it, you can use these buttons and a banners The ZipGuy has a Free PDF animated Button for you. If you like Free PDF, want to share the wealth or want to express your gratitude to The ZipGuy, why not put a Free PDF button on your page?: <A HREF="http://over.to/freepdf"><IMG SRC="freepdf/freepdf.gif" WIDTH="88" HEIGHT="33" BORDER="0"></A> If you'd like to do this, just put the following code in the HTML for your page and E-Mail [$FreePDFZGEmail] and let him know that you've done so. <A HREF="http://over.to/freepdf"><IMG SRC="http://www.geocities.com/the_zipguy/freepdf/freepdf.gif" WIDTH="88" HEIGHT="33" BORDER="0"></A> If you prefer a banner, The Zipguy has a one of those also: <A HREF="http://over.to/freepdf"><IMG SRC="freepdf/frpdfbanr.gif" WIDTH="468" HEIGHT="60" BORDER="0"></A> If you'd like to link to Free PDF using this banner, just put the following code in the HTML for your page and E-Mail [$FreePDFZGEmail] and let him know that you've done so. <A HREF="http://over.to/freepdf"><IMG SRC="http://www.geocities.com/the_zipguy/freepdf/frpdfbanr.gif" WIDTH="468" HEIGHT="60" BORDER="0"></A> <A HREF="[$FreePDFOnew]">News Page</A> <TABLE BORDER CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" WIDTH="100%"> <TR> <TD width="100%">Color JPG's in your PDF's...</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD align=right width="100%" bgColor="#008040">Later on Wednesday, July 05, 2000 </TD> </TR> </TABLE> <A HREF="[$FreePDFOnew]">News Page</A> <TABLE BORDER CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" WIDTH="100%"> <TR> <TD width="100%">LockerGnome. Yeah Baby!, Re-Vamped Configuration Page, The Check's in the Mail...</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD align=right width="100%" bgColor="#008040">Wednesday, July 05, 2000 </TD> </TR> </TABLE> <A HREF="[$FreePDFOnew]">News Page</A> <TABLE BORDER CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" WIDTH="100%"> <TR> <TD width="100%">New Time Saving Options! v0.95 Public Beta</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD align=right width="100%" bgColor="#008040">Wednesday, May 31, 2000 </TD> </TR> </TABLE> Want the details? More News? Visit the <A HREF="[$FreePDFOnew]">News Page</A> #include "davehdln.ih" <BIG>C++ Help needed!</BIG> <HR> Free PDF is written in the rather high level language Python/TCL (available at www.python.org). The source code is included in the Download. If you are an experienced C++ programmer and want to write/modify some C++ source code to make a Port Monitor program so that the setup and installation of Free PDF can be made easier, click <A HREF="[$FreePDFHelp]">here</A> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> <HR> <CENTER> #include "adobe.ih" #include "courtesy.ih" #include "frpdftop.ih" <TABLE CELLPADDING="2" ALIGN="Center"> <TR> <TD > <IMG SRC="Silly/na.jpg" WIDTH="100" HEIGHT="100"></TD> <TD > <IMG SRC="Silly/twobit.gif" WIDTH="100" HEIGHT="125"></TD> <TD> <IMG SRC="Silly/ra2.gif" WIDTH="184" HEIGHT="85"></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD> <IMG SRC="Silly/m2.gif" WIDTH="80" HEIGHT="40"></TD> <TD> <IMG SRC="img/notepad2.gif" WIDTH="114" HEIGHT="43"></TD> <TD> Just kidding! used mostly <A HREF="AOLpress.shtml">AOLPress2.0</A> (Easy to use Freeware HTML WYSIWYG editor) Click <A HREF="AOLpress.shtml">here</A> to see why and <A HREF="http://www.labyrinth.net.au/~dbareis/index.htm"><IMG SRC="img/madewppw.jpg" WIDTH="120" HEIGHT="35"></A></TD> </TR> </TABLE> </CENTER> </CENTER> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> <BIG>Users say:</BIG> <BIG> Patrick, Halifax, Nova Scotia: "Well, I think you have a winner in this package, it works as well as the shareware versions (including the expensive one) with only a minor bit of fiddlin'"</BIG> <A HREF="[$FreePDFCust]">More of 'Users Say' </A> <TABLE CELLPADDING="0" ALIGN="Center"> <TR> <TD> <IMG WIDTH="204" HEIGHT="174" SRC="img/noDollar.jpg"></TD> <TD> <IMG WIDTH="264" HEIGHT="144" SRC="freepdf/pdf.jpg"></TD> </TR> </TABLE> <BIG>"Nice ta C Ya!"</BIG>- Jimmy the Butcher He said it over 100 times /day #include "hypban.ih" <CENTER> <TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" ALIGN="Center"> <TR> <TD> Free PDF v0.95 Public Beta Posted "The" Place for Freeware Early Jul, 2000</TD> <TD><A HREF="http://nonags.com/"><IMG WIDTH="88" HEIGHT="31" SRC="img/nonags.gif"></A></TD> <TD> If you like Freeware, Trust The ZipGuy and Subscribe to</TD> <TD> <A HREF="http://www.lockergnome.com/"><IMG SRC="img/lockerlink.gif" WIDTH="88" HEIGHT="31"></A></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD> and, Tada, it got</TD> <TD> <IMG SRC="img/6.gif" WIDTH="65" HEIGHT="50"></TD> <TD> Here's some more Tight, slick, and FAST Top Shelf Freeware</TD> <TD> <A HREF="http://www.analogx.com"><IMG SRC="img/insight-b.gif" WIDTH="88" HEIGHT="31"></A></TD> </TR> </TABLE> </CENTER> <CENTER> <A HREF="http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/"><IMG WIDTH="130" HEIGHT="32" SRC="img/setianim.gif"></A> <A HREF="http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/"></A> #include "sm3.ih" </CENTER> </BODY></HTML>