VipRiser is extensible virtual PDF printer driver.Its main purpose is to produce a PDF from any application that can print. An user can customize the entire process with Automator workflows, turning VipRiser into powerful publishing platform. Although the purpose is very similar to other solutions out there, it offers some unique features that others do not.
Features:
- User-friendly user interface
- Fully customizable using Automator plugins
- Supports AppleScript scripting
- Can be called from other Automator workflows
- PDFs can be sent directly to iTunes, DropBox or Kindle
- Printed files can be accessed using RSS feed (HTTP server built-in)
- Raw postscript driver for advanced processing (e.g. using Ghostscript)
compared to OS X built-in PDF services:
- prints PDF from any application, including those not supporting PDF servers, namely Adobe products
- shareable over the network
compared to CUPS-PDF:
- provides user-friendly user interface
- integrates with Automator workflows for post-processing
- works with Yosemite OS X 10.10
- no PS to PDF conversion, PDF are generated directly resulting in smaller files and no quality degradation
- NOTE: VipRiser includes alternative CUPS-PDF 'compatible' driver
Possible uses:
- alternative to Adobe Distiller/Acrobat (customisable using plugins)
- extract plain text from any document (print to a text workflow)
- print to podcast (turn any printable document into a MP3 using text to speech)
- print as MOBI or EPUB files (requires Calibre)
