Re:Show HN: What do you think of this website to convert PDFs
by bdunbar on Monday August 20, 2012 @12:25PM
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To be honest, I don't really understand the benefit over just hitting ctrl-p.
I may be mistaken, but printing a document to PDF is not something one can do with Windows. At least not without buying Adobe, or installing Ghost.
Unless things have changed with Windows 7?
Re:Show HN: What do you think of this website to convert PDFs
by siddharta on Monday August 20, 2012 @01:22PM
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There are various applications that do this by installing the PDF converter as a Printer in Windows. Eg, CutePDF is a free software that allows this. It is useful to print to PDF from private URLS, eg: payment confirmation receipts and so on.
Having said that, dont let it stop you because your site might be useful for the layperson who doesnt understand all this stuff about installing something as a fake printer and then printing through that.
Re:Show HN: What do you think of this website to convert PDFs
by gssgss on Monday August 20, 2012 @01:16PM
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Yes, that's the same I had in mind. Some users may find it convenient and/or don't have the techincal knowledge to install a pdf printer on windows.
I thought it would be a big feature to let users transform many urls in one step. That should be an improvement over printing all the urls separately. Perhaps as a premium service?
A similar service is currently selling on flippa: https://flippa.com/2793470-htm2pdf-co-uk Maybe you can steal some ideas from them. Considering they're PR6 and seeing only low 3 digit monthly revenue, you probably shouldn't expect great wealth to come of it.
To be honest, I don't really understand the benefit over just hitting ctrl-p.