Adobe Acrobat (full version, not the reader) contains a driver that does that,
and it's always worked quite well for me.
Jay West said:
> > As I am the "scanner" of all the docs at mainecoon, I have
> > the original CD's (and in the mean time some 3 more...)
> > I could investigate the conversion to PDF, but it is quicker
> > if Jay tells me what he did.
>
> I downloaded the .tiff files. Opened them up in Microsofts image/fax viewer
> (included with Windows XP anyways). Then I selected all the pages by
> clicking on the top page (thumbnail view), then ctrl-clicking on the last
> page (thumbnail view). Then did a rotate counterclockwise 90 degrees cause
> all the pages were turned in the original. Then I printed them, using a fake
> printer driver that pops up asking you what file name you want to save them
> as, and it generates the .pdf file. This printer driver to pdf thing is a
> commercial product that cost me money. Can't remember who puts it out, but
> it works wonderfully. Basically ANY program which can print (under windows)
> like word, excel, 3rd party apps, etc. can go to pdf.
>
> If you ship me the CD's, I'll gladly convert all the .tiff files to .pdf
> files and send you pdf CD's back. Also, with your permission, I'd like to
> host those files on classiccmp.org as well - either independently or via a
> mirror. Bandwidth and storage isn't an issue.
>
> Regards,
>
> Jay West
- Dan Wright
(dtwright_at_uiuc.edu)
(
http://www.uiuc.edu/~dtwright)
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