CC PDF Converter was a
free and open-source
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program that allowed users to convert documents into
PDF
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files on
Microsoft Windows
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operating systems, while embedding a
Creative Commons
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license.
The application leveraged RedMon and
Ghostscript
Ghostscript is a suite of software based on an interpreter for Adobe Systems' PostScript and Portable Document Format (PDF) page description languages. Its main purposes are the rasterization of documents in these language,, the display or prin ...
and was licensed under the
GNU GPL
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.
A 2013 review in PC World gave the software 4 out of 5 stars.
CC PDF Converter included Razoss Bar (RazossInstaller_cogniview.exe), a closed source toolbar that is installed by default (tested version 0.9.0.0).
CC PDF Converter is no longer available from the original developer (Cogniview).
In 2018, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs designated the software as ''divest''. the VA designation has been ''unapproved''.
See also
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RedMon Redmon may refer to:
Places:
* Redmon, Illinois, a United States village
People:
* Anthony Redmon
* Dusty Redmon
* Ginger Redmon
* Jessie Redmon Fauset
* Redmon & Vale
Other:
* RedMon (software), a printer port redirecter for Windows
See also
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Ghostscript
Ghostscript is a suite of software based on an interpreter for Adobe Systems' PostScript and Portable Document Format (PDF) page description languages. Its main purposes are the rasterization of documents in these language,, the display or prin ...
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List of PDF software
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List of virtual printer software
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Free software
The following are distributed under free software licences:
* CC PDF Converter (discontinued) – A Ghostscript-based virtual printer.
* cups-pdf ...
Notes
References
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Free PDF software
Windows-only free software