JPEG to PDF: convert JPGs to PDFs quickly and easily
JPEG to PDF is a free program that can convert JPG images into a PDF file (or multiple PDF files) quickly and easily. It is a small, portable program that does not require installation.
How do you convert JPG images into PDF? Typically I would recommend using a virtual PDF printer, which not only can convert images to PDF but any other (printable) file type as well. (Examples of good, freeware virtual PDF printers are: PDFCreator and PrimoPDF.
However, if you just want a quick and easy way to only convert JPG images to PDF, do not particularly care to install a virtual printer, and/or would like to be able to launch this functionality portably from a flash drive (or all of the above), then you should check this out this software. Here are more notes:
- Performance: very fast. Processed 147 JPEG’s (36 megs) into a single PDF file in 5 seconds.
- Output settings: you can specify page size and margins, shrink oversized images, or match image size+margins of the original. Very convenient.
- Formats: "supports the original JPEG/JFIF format, as well as JPEG2000 (.J2K and .JP2) files" – to quote the program website.
- Drag and drop: select the JPG files in Windows Explorer and drag them to the program interface.
- Sorting the images/pages: the best way to make sure that the image files are properly ordered/sorted is to sort them Windows explorer (in the original window), as sorting a very large number of files in in JPEG to PDF isn’t very convenient. To move an image file up or down in the list, right click and select "move up" or "move down". Use Shift+click and CTRL+click to select multiple images within the interface.
Wish list
- Better sorting options: specifically "move to top" and "move to bottom". Auto sort ascending/descending would also be nice, as would sorting by buttons on the interface rather than the context menu.
The verdict: a great little portable tool, especially if you do not want or are unable to install a virtual PDF printer.
I saw a similar freeware app a few months ago that I was testing for a possible review, except I noticed it worked fine for a handful of images but broke down when I loaded about 150. No such problems with JPEG to PDF; it processed the very same group of images quickly and smoothly (plus it has some nice output settings options as well).
Compatibility: WinAll.
Go to the program page to download the latest version (approx 40K).
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Why would you do that? Are your Jpeg files not occupying enough hard drive space? Ah, I see, it’s for making thumbnail sheets or some such. There’s no earthly reason to do it for a *single* Jpeg.
@Old Man Dotes: its not at all for making thumbnail sheets.
Its for compiling a bunch of Jpeg’s into an ebook.
E.g: you go to a conference and take numerous notes. Once in the office you scan them, then compile them into a PDF.
Actually, very useful when converting CBZ/CBR comics into PDF ebooks. Here’s a posting I wrote in 2006
http://www.freewaregenius.com/2006/11/16/how-to-convert-cbz-cbr-files-to-pdf/
This site helped me to know jpeg to pdf conversion in detail.
1) I captured a scrolling screen into a JPG. As it was a long article with graphics, this seemed the best way to go.
2) Tried this jpeg-to-pdf software, but it only made an empty (i.e. blank) pdf file that still managed to be the same size (about 6mb) as the original jpg file. I tried several times and every single time it produced a blank page far bigger than a genuinely blank pdf file should be. Ergo, this software is useless to me.
3) I have PrimoPDF and I can’t figure out how to “pdf-print” more than one screenful of the jpg. I’ve tried via several different programs, no luck. I always get one page of it. Ergo, PrimoPDF is useless to me. Not to mention it slows down the computer.
4) Tried an online converter, but it messed up some parts of the text. Still, it was the only method that actually produced the article in full. So well done whoever runs that page, but ultimately it was useless also.
5) In the same time I spent doing all of this, I probably could have grabbed the text and the pictures and graphs and turned it all into a readable file manually. Of course, I have no intention of doing that, so I’ll just forgetaboutit instead.
Must be hard to convert one lousy jpg file into a pdf document of several pages. I mean, the program would actually have to a) split the jpg into screenfuls of jpg files, and b) then convert those jpgs into a pdf file. Very hard to do apparently. Either that or it can be done by PrimoPDF, but in a way I just can’t figure out, and considering I tried pretty much every option offered, it means it is a useless non-option to any ordinary user who wants to convert a big jpg file into a PDF file of several pages.
That’s probably why the REAL programs cost money. Not that I’d ever give Adobe any money or buy some other program that shouldn’t be but a simple exercise for a programmer.
Thanks for the review, by the way. I tried the software. Didn’t work.
Nice information about PDF converter
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Hope it helps.
Get it here:
http://www.nemopdf.com/
Program throws a runtime exception for me whenever I try to create my PDF file. Did anyone else come across this problem and know how to fix it?
If you encounter a problem with the program, post it to the author’s feedback page. Be prepared to provide an image file that can cause the problem you are experiencing.
Also, make sure you have the latest version. The latest version supports most image formats.