8 Best Free Batch PDF Converter Software For Windows

Here is a list of best free batch PDF converter software for Windows. These bulk PDF converter software let you convert files to PDF in a batch. These software to batch convert to PDF save a lot of effort and time compared to one by one conversion. Apart from PDF converters, this list also contains some batch PDF printers. When these batch printers are used with suitable virtual PDF printers, they also let you batch convert files to PDF.

These software to bulk convert to PDF support a wide variety of file formats from documents to images. Some of the popular document formats are: Microsoft Word, Excel, Works, XPS, Apple Pages, Open Office, HTML, CSV, TXT, RTF, XML, etc. Also, supported image formats are: JPG, PCX, BMP, PNG, TIF, TGA, GIF, IMG, DNG, etc.

My Favorite Batch PDF Converter Software For Windows:

Doxillion is one of my favorite software to batch convert files to PDF. Using this software, you can batch convert files with different formats to PDF in a single go. Also, it supports both document and image formats.

Print Conductor is also a considerably good batch PDF converter software.

You may also like to check out lists of best free batch print software and software to password protect PDF for Windows.

Doxillion

Doxillion is a free software to batch convert files to PDF. It is free for non-commercial home use only.

It contains Add File(s) and Add Folder options to add files to convert them. After adding files to its interface using either of these options, you need to specify the output format as PDF and also set the desired output folder. Now, clicking on Convert button begins the process of PDF conversion.

It supports a variety of document formats including Microsoft Word, Excel, Works, XPS, Apple Pages, Open Office, HTML, CSV, TXT, RTF, XML, and also some popular image formats: JPG, BMP, GIF, PNG, PCX, TGA, TIFF, etc.

It even lets you batch convert any of supported files to other formats including: DOC, DOCX, HTML, ODT, RTF, TXT, XML, etc.

DocuFreezer

DocuFreezer is another free batch PDF converter software for Windows. It is free for personal, non-commercial uses only.

To use this simple batch print software, you just need to Add files or Add Folder consisting of supported file formats. It lets you perform batch PDF conversion on any of these files: MS Word documents, MS Excel documents, MS Powerpoint, XPS, JPEG, PNG, GIF, BMP, DCX, PCX, TGA, WMF, EMF, PSD, HTML, etc. After adding the file, you need to specify output file format as PDF and also the destination folder. Now, a single click on Start button initiates batch PDF conversion process.

In addition to batch PDF conversion, this free software is capable of performing many other batch format conversions: batch JPEG, batch TIFF, and batch PNG.

Icecream PDF Converter

Icecream PDF Converter is one of the best free software to batch convert files to PDF. Using the free version of this software, you can batch convert file to PDF in a single run provided that each file is in the same format. To batch convert file with different formats, you need to upgrade to pro version.

To use it as a batch PDF converter, you need to click on ‘To PDF’ option. Now, drag and drop files, or use ‘Add file’ option to browse and add desired files for bulk PDF conversion. After specifying the output folder, a single click on Convert button is enough to complete batch PDF conversion process.

From the Settings option, you can specify image quality, OCR language, Save to folder, etc. Also, you can save these settings to use them later.

It lets you open document files (DOC, XLS, ODT, ODS, etc.), image files (JPG, BMP, PNG, TIF, etc.), eBooks (EPUB, MOBI, etc.), and HTML files to batch convert them to PDF.

Apart from batch PDF conversion, it also lets you batch convert PDF files to other formats including DOCX, RTF, ODT, PNG, BMP, JPG, etc.

Weeny Free HTML to PDF Converter

Weeny Free HTML to PDF Converter is another free batch PDF converter software for Windows. Using this software, you not only can batch convert HTML files, but also TXT, XML, and URLs to PDF. Its interface is kept so simple that you can easily use it to convert files to PDF.

As you launch this software, you get two choices: Add Files and Add URL. Now, you can add desired items using respective options. After that, a click on Convert Now button starts batch PDF conversion process.

If you have added URLs, then it generates PDF containing contents available to that particular resource location.

It is the easiest to use batch PDF converter in this list.

XnConvert

XnConvert is another free batch PDF converter software for Windows. The only limitation of this batch PDF converter is that it can only convert images to PDF. To do so, it is compatible with 500 formats (as per the website). Some of these formats are: BMP, PNG, JPG, TIF, TGA, GIF, IMG, DNG, etc.

To add files for batch PDF conversion, you need to choose Add Files or Add Folder option. After that, go to Output menu and specify output folder, file naming format, and output format as PDF. When you are done with all these configuration options, click on Convert option to batch convert images to PDF.

Also, you can use it as an image watermarking software and to apply various filters such as blur, sharpen, soften, add noise, add border, etc. to images.

DarkStorm's Batch Print Handler

DarkStorm’s Batch Print Handler is an open source batch printing software that can be used as an open source batch PDF converter. To do so, you need to use it with any virtual printer that supports PDF as output format.

It is one of the easiest to use bulk PDF converters. You just need to specify the folder with files to be converted using Files to Print option. Now, it categorizes added files as per their file type and shows how many files are recognized by this software. After that, select any virtual printer and you may need to specify its output format as PDF. It also lets you specify number of copies to make, whether to print reports or not, etc. Now, you can press OK button to start batch pdf conversion process.

Using this batch PDF converter software, you can batch convert following files to PDF: MS Word, MS Excel, Adobe PDF, Text files, JPEG, BMP, GIF, etc.

Print Conductor

Print Conductor is another free software that can be used as a batch PDF converter. It is actually a batch printing software, which when used with any virtual printer, can batch convert files to PDF format. The free version of Print Conductor is free for personal use only.

To use this software as a batch PDF converter software, firstly, you need to add files/folder to it. For this purpose, you can either go with Add Documents or Add Folder option. Now, select a printer from listed printers. You may need to change the virtual printer’s output file format to PDF. Now, a single click on Start Printing option is enough to bulk convert files to PDF.

From the Settings menu, you can configure various print-related settings including copies, collation, print cover page or not, paper size, color mode, orientation, etc.

Using this batch PDF converter software, you can batch convert DOCX, HTML, XML, XPS, CSV, DCX, PCX, TGA, SNP, PLT, etc. files to PDF.

2Printer

2Printer is a command line batch printing software for Windows. It can also be used as a batch PDF converter software by using it in combination with any virtual printer. Using this batch printing utility, you can batch convert TXT, DOC, DOCX, XLS, VSD, PNG, JPEG, TIFF, PCX, Bitmap, TGA, etc. files to PDF.

As it is a command line utility, lets checkout how to batch convert files to PDF using it:

• First of all, open this software in Windows Command Prompt.
• Now, you can run the following command in order to get familiar with its command and syntax:

2Printer -help  or 2Printer -?

• If you want to checkout the list of printers installed on the PC, then run following command:

2Printer -getprnlist

• After that, you can use the command with the following syntax to batch print files as PDF:

2Printer -s “Path_to_the_folder_containing_files_to_print_*.*” -prn “printer_name”

For example, if you are using “Microsoft Print to PDF ” as a virtual printer and files are stored in “PDF File Folder” of C-drive, then the syntax will be:

2Printer -s “C:\LISTOFFREEWARE\Desktop\PDF File Folder\*.*” -prn “Microsoft Print to PDF”

The symbol *.* is used to select files with any file extension that is supported by this software.