free PDF reader/printer driver comparison

Printer Driver

  Adobe Acrobat Pro 9.1 PDFcreator 0.9.8 (w/ GS 8.64) 20090409 CutePDF v2.7 (w/ GS 8.15) PDF995 v9.1 (w/ GS 8.61 [PS2PDF Creator 1.2]) PrimoPDF v4.1 doPDF 6.2.296 BullZIP 6.0.0.766 (GS Lite 8.64 [>8.50]) TinyPDF v1.0.2195.1000 20070919 (MagicPDF Pro 3.2.881?)
www.wfu.edu 46KB,
missing splash graphics
161KB 239KB 263KB 1,367KB 2,688KB (embed font on),
missing splash graphics
   
wakestudents.com 94KB 141KB 215KB 271KB 770KB, text box label problem 2,5,27KB (embed font on)    
Japanese/Chinese (81 characters)Microsoft Word 2007 document 68KB 26KB 215KB 24KB 24KB

24,075KB (embed font on)

484KB (embed font on)

21KB 79KB
output dialog     minor ad. to upgrade to CutePDF Pro webpage ad of sponsor page webpage ad ad for novaPDF   unregister watermark
PDF version 1.7 (Acrobat 8.0)       1.5 (Acrobat 6.0)   1.5 (Acrobat 6.0)  
    pdfforge toolbar 1.0            
URL www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/ sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator/ www.cutepdf.com/Products/CutePDF/writer.asp www.pdf995.com www.primopdf.com www.dopdf.com www.bullzip.com/products/pdf/info.php www.tinypdf.com/

Reader

  Adobe Acrobat Pro 9.1 Foxit v3.0 build 106 (20090309) Visage eXPert v3.5.90 CoolPDF v2.0.0.99 PDF-XChange v2.0 build 4105 (20090330) GSview 4.9 20071118 (> AFPL GS 7.04)
Graphics rendering   lighter pink than Adobe graphics blocky in some places zoom very slow    
Asian support   additional download        
    toolbar 2.1.0.5     addin for IE/Firefox  
URL www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/ www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/reader/ www.visagesoft.com/products/pdfreader/ www.pdf2exe.com/reader.html www.docu-track.com/home/prod_user/PDF-XChange_Tools/pdfx_viewer/ pages.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/gsview/