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64 bit alternative to MS Tiff printer driver needed
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<blockquote data-quote="PaulR" data-source="post: 901721" data-attributes="member: 176256"><p>A bit more explanation.</p><p></p><p>MODI (Microsoft Office Document Imaging), part of the MS Office suite up to Office 2007 I believe, includes a printer driver that produces small B/W TIFF files. I have used it extensively for many years to make screenshots of documents and web sites. It works extremely well but now that I have moved to 64 bit Win 8.1 (I know...) I find that MS have dropped support for this and are not offering an alternative.</p><p></p><p>I've looked around the web a lot and find I am not alone. <a href="http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/office/forum/office_2007-office_install/cannot-install-document-image-writer-on-windows-7/5a8050ec-b6f1-4cb1-9b1f-932a10f9e66a" target="_blank">http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/office/forum/office_2007-office_install/cannot-install-document-image-writer-on-windows-7/5a8050ec-b6f1-4cb1-9b1f-932a10f9e66a</a></p><p></p><p>Unfortunately there is not a simple answer. There are commercial offerings available (e.g. <a href="http://www.landonline.govt.nz/system-support/software-downloads/printer-software-vista" target="_blank">http://www.landonline.govt.nz/system-support/software-downloads/printer-software-vista</a> <a href="http://www.imgmaker.com/content/products.asp" target="_blank">http://www.imgmaker.com/content/products.asp</a>) but they are quite expensive (one even has a monthly charge!) and offer much more than I want.</p><p></p><p>The most often offered solution is to use PDF Creator (which I have) to make the TIFFs instead of a PDF. This works BUT the files are huge. MODI produces a TIFF file typically 50KB a page. PDF Creator's file was some 18MB! Even after I converted it to B/W it's still 8.5MB. And that was most certainly not a single step solution.</p><p></p><p>So, does anyone know of a solution.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PaulR, post: 901721, member: 176256"] A bit more explanation. MODI (Microsoft Office Document Imaging), part of the MS Office suite up to Office 2007 I believe, includes a printer driver that produces small B/W TIFF files. I have used it extensively for many years to make screenshots of documents and web sites. It works extremely well but now that I have moved to 64 bit Win 8.1 (I know...) I find that MS have dropped support for this and are not offering an alternative. I've looked around the web a lot and find I am not alone. [url]http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/office/forum/office_2007-office_install/cannot-install-document-image-writer-on-windows-7/5a8050ec-b6f1-4cb1-9b1f-932a10f9e66a[/url] Unfortunately there is not a simple answer. There are commercial offerings available (e.g. [url]http://www.landonline.govt.nz/system-support/software-downloads/printer-software-vista[/url] [url]http://www.imgmaker.com/content/products.asp[/url]) but they are quite expensive (one even has a monthly charge!) and offer much more than I want. The most often offered solution is to use PDF Creator (which I have) to make the TIFFs instead of a PDF. This works BUT the files are huge. MODI produces a TIFF file typically 50KB a page. PDF Creator's file was some 18MB! Even after I converted it to B/W it's still 8.5MB. And that was most certainly not a single step solution. So, does anyone know of a solution. [/QUOTE]
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