VeryPDF Mini EMF printer driver is a kind of SDK which is short for Software Development Kit. VeryPDF Mini EMF printer driver supplies a virtual printer with a default name as VeryPDF Demo EMF Printer which can be called by software developers. With this SDK, you can convert any printable documents to an Enhanced Metafiles (EMF) such as word to emf.
You can download the SDK VeryPDF Mini EMF printer driver for free at https://www.verypdf.com/artprint/mini-emf-printer.exe and you should install it on your computer. In the end of the installation, you will be reminded whether to set VeryPDF Demo EMF Printer as the default printer. If you need, you should click “YES”. Then you will see the virtual printer in the printer list by clicking “Start”—“Printers and Faxes”. You can right click the printer and rename it as the one you like.
If you need the developer license for the SDK, you can purchase it by clicking the following link: https://www.verypdf.com/order_miniemfprinter.html. When you get the license, you can use Mini EMF Printer Driver software package to develop or distribute your own software in which you can also redistribute the related components and there will be not further user fees.
By using the virtual printer VeryPDF Demo EMF Printer, you can convert doc to emf only by printing the document to the printer. Please see the process given below.
You need to open the Word document and click “File”—“Print” to open the “Print” dialog box. Then please choose “VeryPDF Demo EMF Printer ” as your current printer in “Printer” combo box. Then you can click “OK” button to run the whole conversion from word to emf. In the opened Word document, you can also use the hot key “Ctrl”+ “P” to open “Print” dialog box. Please see “Print” dialog box in Figure1.
Figure1.
If you have set VeryPDF Demo EMF Printer as your default printer, please right click the Word document and choose “Print” option in the dropdown list to run the printer directly, which will save your time a lot.
Several seconds later, you will see the new created EMF file popup on the screen and you can see whether it is perfect enough. But you may not know where the created EMF file is saved. The default output directory for the target file is “C:\”. If you want to change the output directory in the conversion from word to emf, you should find out the directory in “C:\Program Files\VeryPDF Mini EMF Printer v2.0\emf_printer_driver\option.ini” and input the new one in “OutputFile=xxx” (xxx is the new directory).