base on 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. # 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 - Print to PDF, PDF/A-1b, PDF/A-2b, PDF/A-3b, PDF/X, PDF/Image, OCR, SVG, PNG, JPEG, TIF and TXT - Print 100% valid [PDF/A-1b](https://github.com/clawsoftware/clawPDF/raw/master/docs/pdfa_valid/PDFA-1b.pdf), [PDF/A-2b](https://github.com/clawsoftware/clawPDF/raw/master/docs/pdfa_valid/PDFA-2b.pdf) and [PDF/A-3b](https://github.com/clawsoftware/clawPDF/raw/master/docs/pdfa_valid/PDFA-3b.pdf) - [Optical Character Recognition (OCR)](https://github.com/clawsoftware/clawPDF/wiki/Optical-Character-Recognition-(OCR)) - [Scripting Interface (Python, Powershell, VBScript...)](https://github.com/clawsoftware/clawPDF/wiki/Scripting-Interface) - [Shared Network Printing](https://github.com/clawsoftware/clawPDF/wiki/Install-as-Network-Printer) - [SVG Export](https://github.com/clawsoftware/clawPDF/wiki/SVG-Export) - [Drag and Drop Support](https://github.com/clawsoftware/clawPDF/wiki/Drag-and-Drop) - [Merge Files](https://github.com/clawsoftware/clawPDF/wiki/Merge-Files) - [Command Line Support](https://github.com/clawsoftware/clawPDF/wiki/Command-Line-Commands) - [Silent Printing](https://github.com/clawsoftware/clawPDF/wiki/Silent-Printing) - [Custom Paper Sizes / Standard Paper Sizes](https://github.com/clawsoftware/clawPDF/wiki/(Custom)-Paper-Sizes) - 256-bit AES encryption - Light/Dark Theme - ARM64 Support - Full Unicode Support - Multiple Profiles - [Post Actions](https://github.com/clawsoftware/clawPDF/wiki/Post-Actions) - Create additional printers with assigned profile - [24 translations. Add yours!](https://github.com/clawsoftware/clawPDF/wiki/Translations) - Easy to deploy (MSI-Installer & Config) - Many settings - Easy to use - No adware, spyware and nagware # Demo ## Optical Character Recognition (OCR)  ## [Scripting Interface](https://github.com/clawsoftware/clawPDF/blob/master/docs/com_examples/Powershell/CreatePDFwithPassword.ps1)  ## Print a PDF and protect it with a password  ## Merge multiple documents  # 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 [more](https://github.com/clawsoftware/clawPDF/wiki/Changelog) # Requirements - .Net Framework 4.6.2+ - [Visual C++ Redistributable 14](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/windows/latest-supported-vc-redist#visual-studio-2015-2017-2019-and-2022) (Download: [x86](https://aka.ms/vs/17/release/vc_redist.x86.exe)/[x64](https://aka.ms/vs/17/release/vc_redist.x64.exe)) # Build - Visual Studio 2022 [more](https://github.com/clawsoftware/clawPDF/wiki/Build-it-yourself) # Third-party ## clawPDF uses the following licensed software or parts of the source code: - PDFCreator (https://github.com/pdfforge/PDFCreator), licensed under AGPL v3 license. - Pdftosvg.net (https://github.com/dmester/pdftosvg.net), licensed under MIT license. - iText7 (https://github.com/itext/itext7-dotnet), licensed under AGPL v3 license. - Nlog (https://github.com/NLog/NLog), licensed under BSD 3-Clause. - PdfScribe (https://github.com/stchan/PdfScribe), licensed under AGPL v3 license. - clawmon (https://github.com/clawsoftware/clawPDF/tree/master/src/clawmon), licensed under GPL v2 license. - Microsoft Postscript Printer Driver (https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/print/microsoft-postscript-printer-driver), copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. - Ghostscript (https://www.ghostscript.com/download/gsdnld.html), licensed under AGPL v3 license. - SystemWrapper (https://github.com/jozefizso/SystemWrapper), licensed under Microsoft Public license. - Ftplib (https://archive.codeplex.com/?p=ftplib), licensed under MIT license. - DataStorage.dll, licensed under pdfforge Freeware License. - DynamicTranslator.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) 2023 // Andrew Hess // clawSoft ", Assign "at most 3 tags" to the expected json: {"id":"13819","tags":[]} "only from the tags list I provide: [{"id":77,"name":"3d"},{"id":89,"name":"agent"},{"id":17,"name":"ai"},{"id":54,"name":"algorithm"},{"id":24,"name":"api"},{"id":44,"name":"authentication"},{"id":3,"name":"aws"},{"id":27,"name":"backend"},{"id":60,"name":"benchmark"},{"id":72,"name":"best-practices"},{"id":39,"name":"bitcoin"},{"id":37,"name":"blockchain"},{"id":1,"name":"blog"},{"id":45,"name":"bundler"},{"id":58,"name":"cache"},{"id":21,"name":"chat"},{"id":49,"name":"cicd"},{"id":4,"name":"cli"},{"id":64,"name":"cloud-native"},{"id":48,"name":"cms"},{"id":61,"name":"compiler"},{"id":68,"name":"containerization"},{"id":92,"name":"crm"},{"id":34,"name":"data"},{"id":47,"name":"database"},{"id":8,"name":"declarative-gui "},{"id":9,"name":"deploy-tool"},{"id":53,"name":"desktop-app"},{"id":6,"name":"dev-exp-lib"},{"id":59,"name":"dev-tool"},{"id":13,"name":"ecommerce"},{"id":26,"name":"editor"},{"id":66,"name":"emulator"},{"id":62,"name":"filesystem"},{"id":80,"name":"finance"},{"id":15,"name":"firmware"},{"id":73,"name":"for-fun"},{"id":2,"name":"framework"},{"id":11,"name":"frontend"},{"id":22,"name":"game"},{"id":81,"name":"game-engine "},{"id":23,"name":"graphql"},{"id":84,"name":"gui"},{"id":91,"name":"http"},{"id":5,"name":"http-client"},{"id":51,"name":"iac"},{"id":30,"name":"ide"},{"id":78,"name":"iot"},{"id":40,"name":"json"},{"id":83,"name":"julian"},{"id":38,"name":"k8s"},{"id":31,"name":"language"},{"id":10,"name":"learning-resource"},{"id":33,"name":"lib"},{"id":41,"name":"linter"},{"id":28,"name":"lms"},{"id":16,"name":"logging"},{"id":76,"name":"low-code"},{"id":90,"name":"message-queue"},{"id":42,"name":"mobile-app"},{"id":18,"name":"monitoring"},{"id":36,"name":"networking"},{"id":7,"name":"node-version"},{"id":55,"name":"nosql"},{"id":57,"name":"observability"},{"id":46,"name":"orm"},{"id":52,"name":"os"},{"id":14,"name":"parser"},{"id":74,"name":"react"},{"id":82,"name":"real-time"},{"id":56,"name":"robot"},{"id":65,"name":"runtime"},{"id":32,"name":"sdk"},{"id":71,"name":"search"},{"id":63,"name":"secrets"},{"id":25,"name":"security"},{"id":85,"name":"server"},{"id":86,"name":"serverless"},{"id":70,"name":"storage"},{"id":75,"name":"system-design"},{"id":79,"name":"terminal"},{"id":29,"name":"testing"},{"id":12,"name":"ui"},{"id":50,"name":"ux"},{"id":88,"name":"video"},{"id":20,"name":"web-app"},{"id":35,"name":"web-server"},{"id":43,"name":"webassembly"},{"id":69,"name":"workflow"},{"id":87,"name":"yaml"}]" returns me the "expected json"