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Open Source Virtual (Network) Printer for Windows that allows you to create PDFs, OCR text, and print images, with advanced features usually available only in enterprise solutions.

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clawPDF - Virtual PDF/OCR/Image (Network) Printer

ClawPDF may seem like yet another Virtual PDF/OCR/Image Printer, but it actually comes packed with features that are typically found in enterprise solutions. With clawPDF, you can create documents in various formats, including PDF/A-1b, PDF/A-2b, PDF/A-3b, PDF/X, PDF/Image, OCR, SVG, PNG, JPEG, TIF, and TXT. You also have easy access to metadata and can remove it before sharing a document. In addition, you can protect your documents with a password and encrypt them with up to 256-bit AES.

ClawPDF offers a scripting interface that lets you automate processes and integrate it into your application. Moreover, you can install clawPDF on a print server and print documents over the network, not just locally.

ClawPDF is open-source and compatible with all major Windows client and server operating systems (x86/x64/ARM64), and it even supports multi-user environments!

Download

https://github.com/clawsoftware/clawPDF/releases/download/0.9.3/clawPDF_0.9.3_setup.msi

Features

Demo

Optical Character Recognition (OCR)

OCR

ScriptingInterface

Print a PDF and protect it with a password

PrintPDFwithPassword

Merge multiple documents

Merge

Tested under

  • Windows Server 2022 RDS
  • Windows Server 2019 RDS
  • Windows Server 2016 RDS
  • Windows 11 x64/ARM64
  • Windows 10 x86/x64/ARM64
  • Windows 8 x86/x64
  • Windows 7 x86/x64

Command Line

Batch Printing

The GUID for the Profile parameter is located under: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\clawSoft\clawPDF\Settings\ConversionProfiles\[id]\Guid

clawPDF.exe /PrintFile=D:\example.docx /profile=f81ea998-3a76-4104-a574-9a66d6f3039b
clawPDF.exe /PrintFile=D:\example.pdf /profile=JpegGuid
clawPDF.exe /PrintFile=D:\example.pdf /profile=JpegGuid /OutputPath=D:\batchjob

clawPDF.exe /PrintFile=D:\example.txt /printerName=clawPDF2
clawPDF.exe /PrintFile=D:\example.docx /printerName=clawJPG

Overwrite Config

- To deploy a default configuration in an enterprise environment.
- To export a configuration select "Application Settings -> Debug -> Save settings to file".

clawPDF.exe /Config=D:\clawPDF.ini

Printer Managment

SetupHelper.exe /Printer=Add /Name=ExamplePrinter
SetupHelper.exe /Printer=Remove /Name=ExamplePrinter

ManagePrintJobs

clawPDF.exe /ManagePrintJobs

Changelog

v0.9.3 (2023.05.16)

  • [bugfix] Fixed a bug where in some cases only administrators could use the shared network printer function
  • [bugfix] Fixed Windows 7 issues caused since version 0.9.1

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Requirements

Build

  • Visual Studio 2022

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Third-party

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

License

clawPDF is licensed under AGPL v3 license
Copyright (C) 2023 // Andrew Hess // clawSoft