ClawPDF – Open-Source Virtual/Network PDF Printer with OCR and Image Support

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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!

https://github.com/clawsoftware/clawPDF/releases/download/0.9.3/clawPDF_0.9.3_setup.msi

Optical Character Recognition (OCR)

OCR

ScriptingInterface

Print a PDF and protect it with a password

PrintPDFwithPassword

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  • 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
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
- 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
SetupHelper.exe /Printer=Add /Name=ExamplePrinter SetupHelper.exe /Printer=Remove /Name=ExamplePrinter
clawPDF.exe /ManagePrintJobs
  • [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

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  • Visual Studio 2022

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clawPDF uses the following licensed software or parts of the source code:

clawPDF is licensed under AGPL v3 license
Copyright (C) 2023 // Andrew Hess // clawSoft

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