What pdf writer do you use?

[Wanderer]

Okay, thanks to Mike Perry, I have a long list of pdf writers handy. Tell me which on you like to use best... if at all...
post a message stating the pros and cons if you like...

[bbapties]

adobe acrobat for me - with my applications I find no cons.....

[kieren]

I have had no problems using CutePDF in any application.
Installs as just another printer with no hassle.
Resolution is good, and can be configured to what ever dpi and paper size you like.
PDFs AutoCAD beautifully!

I have noticed that the PDF file size can usually be less than the Acrobat counterpart, with no loss of quality.

And best of all - ITs FREE!!

[Glenn Pope]

I use acrobat. The file sizes are bigger then when using other PDF apps. It seems to only happen with AutoCAD thou. I have found that when I make a DWF and then make a PDF from the DWF viewer results in a dramatic reduction in file size The two files also look identical. I wonder whats up with that.

I also use DWF a lot.

[robert.1.hall72202]

I use PDF995......it works ok, but with one issue....I do not like the editor. You select multiple files and combine them into 1 pdf.

To work around the editor, I have to print to an MDI file (microsoft document imaging), cut and paste each sheet the way I want, and then print the results to a PDF via 995.
A bit much, but the results look ok. All I have to do is watch my file sizes.

If there was such a software that would spool a bunch of prints and then print the entire group to a combined PDF, I would be all over it. With AutoCad, I can only print one drawing at a time and it makes generating drawing collections a pain.

[mom of 3]

we use Adobe, but we have to do so many steps in order to just write the file, then open yet another program that I think it's more of a hassle that way! although, I did get a CD in my Cadalyst this morning.........we'll see if the bosses will let me install & try that one.........

[Scott D Davis]

If large formats and large files are an issue, there is also another one from Pinebush, called HyperXpress PDF writer. This is the one that Revit uses to produce PDF's, but the HyperXpress is available as a stand alone PDF product. You can check it out at http://www.pinebush.com/
from the website:

HyperXpress® is a high performance printing and plotting software toolkit which includes a highly optimized raster image processor (RIP) designed to dramatically decrease the time it takes to print large, complex (including raster and vector) images

[mjfarrell]

For those times that I can't just send XML forms
of the data I created to those making plans,
I use DWF, and Acrobat. Although just as
often I am sending drawings with customer specific
page setups in them that I never change for them to plot
from.

[JASONM30395]

Used to use cutePDF but switched to DWF about 6 mo. ago.

[Phil Ferguson]

I have used a couple trial versions of Bluebeam and I like it...a lot...but it's expensive. The nice thing that I find about it, is that you don't have to jump through hoops to get your PDF to look like what you normally plot...it automatically picks up your plotter configuration and plot styles etc.

Otherwise, I use Acrobat...not my preferred method (too many hoops to jump through).