Here’s a comprehensive list of things you should consider before buying a PDF creation software.

1. PDF Quality.
2. PDF Compatibility
3. PDF Print Quality
4. Cost
5. Licensing

Let’s discuss each one of them in more detail.

1 PDF Quality

PDF output quality is probably the first thing you need to consider before investing into PDF software. You want to make sure that the PDF creation engine is mature and well known in the PDF industry. One of the best-known PDF creation engines is called Postscript® to PDF. This technology is used by Adobe and by Jaws PDF technologies. In fact, Jaws PDF development team at Global Graphics have been leading technology innovators in the PostScript® Language field. They’ve been developing PDF creation tools since the format’s inception in 1993.

2 PDF Compatibility

As a PDF user you want to make sure that created PDF is compatible with other PDF applications, for example Adobe Viewer or PDF viewer offered by other providers. In order for your PDF file to be readable on other PDF application you need to make sure that the software you are using to create PDFs conforms to the industry standards. Jaws PDF conforms to PDF Specifications and therefore, compatible with other standard PDF applications.

3 PDF Print Quality

If you are in the prepress industry or if you send PDF files to the publishing firm you want to pay attention to the PDF print quality. The prepress and print publishing industries use PDF format because it’s reliable. However, the problem is that PDF can be used in many ways than just for prepress. They can include comments and annotations, and they may be made with RGB colors, or perhaps without embedded fonts. When a prepress provider opens a PDF file with any or all of these conditions that slows down the production process. That’s why PDF/X, a subset of the PDF Specification, was designed to eliminate many of the color, font, and trapping variables that lead to printing problems. Jaws PDF software conforms to PDF/X specification that was created to make PDF in the prepress world reliable and dependable.

4 Cost

The PDF creation marketplace can intimidate your average office worker who is suddenly responsible for creating and maintaining PDF documents. The cost of PDF writer software ranges anywhere between twenty dollars to several hundred dollars. There are a variety of software makers competing in the PDF industry. When budget isn’t a consideration—or when it is, but only a few people will be doing the actual PDF creation—Adobe Acrobat offers the most features and gives the people making PDFs the widest range of custom settings. It also costs the most from $299.00 to $449.00 per user. Jaws PDF software offers an office user a cost effective and high quality PDF creation solution. Jaws PDF Suite product starts at $89.00 per user. It offers high quality PDF creation, annotation, manipulation, PDF viewing, navigation, PDF form filling, merging, and other PDF capabilities needed in business environment.

5 Licensing

In saturated PDF market the user needs to be aware of price fluctuations for PDF products. Unlike other PDF providers, Jaws PDF is the cost effective solution. It is only a fraction of Adobe cost for the ability to create, distribute, manipulate and annotate PDF documents. Volume discounts and licensing flexibility are available for corporate, academic and government customers.

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