A very inexpensive, spelled FREE, alternative is pdf995.com. This company provides a free acrobat printer driver plus other free goodies that will help you create and pre-flight your .pdf files. Click on the link below to visit their site and download their free suite of products. You'll need to download their printer driver and FREE postscript converter.
pdf995 installs a virtual printer on your computer. To create the .pdf file you simply choose the printer labeled pdf995 from your printer list. Go to the properties or features and make sure your .pdf will be at least 600 dpi., and that's it. Just choose a file name and location on your hard drive and you've made a .pdf file. The free version of this software throws a full screen ad from one of their sponsors on your monitor, a small price to pay for such a cool application. If you want to avoid the ad, you can just pay $9.95 and get the bannerless version.
Now that you have your .pdf file go to the next page to learn how to test it for free.
