Hard to see what target audience today's developer is trying to address with a $30 'Lite' version of its pdf printer software when this version is well-nigh indistinguishable from long established freeware and, in at least one respect, is actually inferior.

As with all giveaway promotions, re-install price needs to be factored in. In light of that, $30 versus nothing-at-all makes no kind of sense, and especially as this stripped-out version doesn't even offer elementary encryption:

http://www.novapdf.com/compare-products.html

Nova PDFLite's $30 product brings this feature set to the user:

http://www.novapdf.com/novapdf-lite-desktop.html

whilst Bullzip's $0 offering brings this:

http://www.bullzip.com/products/pdf/info.php

True, NovaPDF Lite incorporates 'personal profiles' applicable where multiple users of the same computer are all seeking to work in individual ways with the same document, yet such circumstance is more likely to be of (possible) relevance in a business / office than ever it is in a home environment.

I've used Bullzip at home for years and never experienced a problem with it. 'Personal profiles' for multiple users is not a feature I need nor would ever use, whereas occasional encryption (of a work-related document) most certainly has been.

Thanks, then, GOTD, and thanks, too, to novapdf, but really, the developer is on a hiding to nothing here. As freeware, this 'Lite' version could serve as a taster for possible up-sells to the company's paid-for range but as $30 commercialware, not a chance. Finally . . .

GOTD wrapper aside, what on earth is a "Lite" version doing with an astonishing 60Mb download size when Bullzip's freeware is less than 8Mb??

MikeR  –  7 years ago  –  Βρήκατε αυτό το σχόλιο χρήσιμο? ναι | όχι (+69)

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Why bother? Bullzip PDF Printer does much more than this gaotd for free:

http://www.bullzip.com/products/pdf/info.php

Mario  –  7 years ago  –  Βρήκατε αυτό το σχόλιο χρήσιμο? ναι | όχι (+34)

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There is no decent pdf convertor in MS office tools. So your comment is odd.
cheers

Teo  –  7 years ago  –  Βρήκατε αυτό το σχόλιο χρήσιμο? ναι | όχι (-25)

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Teo,
Martin didn't state MS Office tools, he said Windows/Office.
Windows includes Microsoft Print to PDF, which is perfectly capable of doing the job, and having used Nova, there is no difference to the output.

Teo, Martin didn't state MS Office tools, he said Windows/Office. Windows includes Microsoft Print to PDF, which is perfectly capable of doing the job, and having used Nova, there is no difference to the output.
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ms  –  7 years ago  –  Βρήκατε αυτό το σχόλιο χρήσιμο? ναι | όχι (+22)

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I was more than happy to try NovaPDF Lite 8.8 on my old my machine but it doesn't seem to like my Office 2003...
Doesn't preserve hyperlinks either.
Not ready for awesome...yet.

StrayCat  –  7 years ago  –  Βρήκατε αυτό το σχόλιο χρήσιμο? ναι | όχι (+22)

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