# Jpeg to pdf converter? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [September 13, 2017, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jpeg-to-pdf-converter/796281 "2017-09-13T22:15:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2017, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jpeg-to-pdf-converter/796281/21 "2017-09-14T19:57:22Z")
How did you get the document in the first place? Would it be possible to just leave it on the computer and sign it electronically, with no printing needed? ---
**Author:** ![Kyrie\_Eleison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kyrie_eleison/32/7682_2.png) [@Kyrie\_Eleison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyrie_Eleison)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2017, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jpeg-to-pdf-converter/796281/22 "2017-09-14T23:34:51Z")
> [@Reply](#): > > What? It’s not 2005 anymore. Windows 10 comes with a PDF printer built in called “Microsoft Print to PDF”. Just open up the JPEG and hit print and there you go, you have a PDF. > > No third-party tool, command-line or otherwise, needed. You fancy Windows 10 people. I should have mentioned that I’m stuck in the land of Windows 7 & 8.1. ---
**Author:** ![Reply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reply/32/15952_2.png) [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2017, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jpeg-to-pdf-converter/796281/23 "2017-09-15T04:26:00Z")
> [@Kyrie\_Eleison](#): > > You fancy Windows 10 people. I should have mentioned that I’m stuck in the land of Windows 7 & 8.1. Oh, I’d trade a PDF printer for Windows 7 any day. I hate 10. I just don’t want to deal with the upgrade nags… ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2017, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jpeg-to-pdf-converter/796281/24 "2017-09-15T12:40:50Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > How did you get the document in the first place? Would it be possible to just leave it on the computer and sign it electronically, with no printing needed? It was emailed to me as a three page pdf. I printed it, filled in some details and signed it. They wanted it back as a pdf. My scanner produced three separate jpeg file. There were a couple other output formats, but not pdf. Taking the suggestion above to print to pdf, I produced three pdf files. Then I was able to put them together (using Latex) into one three page document that I was able to email back. ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2017, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jpeg-to-pdf-converter/796281/25 "2017-09-15T13:24:25Z")
It is certainly possible to doodle directly on a PDF document, but one would need one of those electronic-stylus tablets or to do it using the mouse. Lacking that, one could scan a written signature and paste that onto the PDF. Which brings me to my hijack: how can an electronic image of a signature be considered official? It is trivial to duplicate. A physical piece of paper signed with indelible blue-black ink presents at least some small barrier to forgery. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2017, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jpeg-to-pdf-converter/796281/26 "2017-09-15T13:36:37Z")
In Preview, on a Mac, there’s a nice little feature for signing PDFs without printing them. You sign a random piece of paper and hold it up to the computer’s camera, and it takes a picture of it and stores it. From then on, you can sign anything with just a few clicks to insert that picture onto a line. This is far superior to printing and re-scanning, because the text is still text (which can be searched and so on, and which takes up only a very small amount of space). I’d be surprised if there wasn’t a tool for this on PC, too, but I don’t know what it is. ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2017, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jpeg-to-pdf-converter/796281/27 "2017-09-16T23:18:45Z")
If you’re on Windows 10 you should be able to print just about anything to PDF. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2017, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jpeg-to-pdf-converter/796281/28 "2017-09-16T23:26:46Z")
> [@Hari\_Seldon](#): > > If I google my question, I get at least a half dozen converters. Trouble is I don’t trust something that just comes on google and I am hoping some doper can point me to a safe one. I’ve not gone wrong with things that are recommended on the Dope. You are of course wise not to trust random Google search results regarding downloadable software. But I usually do my searches for free software at [Download.com](http://Download.com), which is owned by CNet, or at least affiliated with them. I’ve never had a problem with software I’ve downloaded from them. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2017, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jpeg-to-pdf-converter/796281/29 "2017-09-16T23:34:58Z")
For a lot of pdf work, there are websites that let you upload and work on them without downloading files. With the caveat that I wouldn’t upload anything sensitive. ---
**Author:** ![Reply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reply/32/15952_2.png) [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2017, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jpeg-to-pdf-converter/796281/30 "2017-09-17T03:44:17Z")
> [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](#): > > You are of course wise not to trust random Google search results regarding downloadable software. But I usually do my searches for free software at [Download.com](http://Download.com), which is owned by CNet, or at least affiliated with them. I’ve never had a problem with software I’ve downloaded from them. A long time ago they were trustworthy, but they’ve been caught secretly installing adware onto unsuspecting users’ computers: > **[CNet's Download.com secretly installs adware with open/free downloads](https://boingboing.net/2011/12/10/cnets-download-com-secretly.html)** > > CNet's Download.com has been secretly installing adware alongside the free and open source software in its archive, in violation of its own stated policies, which claim "zero tolerance" for adware.… > **[CNET's Download.com Adware Installer Bundled with Popular Apps - Advisory](https://www.securemac.com/security-advisory/cnets-download-com-adware-installer-bundled-with-popular-apps-advisory)** > > Update (10/29/13 12:15pm): SecureMac has prepared a guide to help users identify and remove the adware being distributed by CNET’s download.com in place of popular Mac apps. The guide provides detailed information, including step-by-step instructions... As of 2016 they’ve supposedly stopped the practice, but who knows what other nefarious crap they’re willing to try? Fool me once… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jpeg-to-pdf-converter/796281.md?page=1)