PDF encoder for Linux
 

Hi. I wanted to know if there's a program in Linux which encodes files into the PDF format.
I have a Canon scanner and when I bought it, I got a bundle of software with it. The primary scanner software has an Adobe PDF encoder built-in. Unfortunately it only works in Windows. :(
I was wondering if anyone knew anything about something like this, in Linux.
I use Kooka, for scans, in Linux, but it doesn't generate the PDF files.
Any ideas? I use Mandrake 10.0, with 2.6.3.7 kernel, on 2.6Ghz Athlon.
any advice will be appreciated.

Have you looked at OpenOffice? It is able to export PDF files.

titopoquito - you're a genius! The answer was in front of me, all the time, I was just not thinking straight..
Thanks again!

Scribus is also good for making PDF's, actually, it's really good...

Cups also has a PDF writer plugin, so you can print to PDFs from any application.

... and \LaTeX has pdflatex(1) and Texinfo has texi2pdf(1)

Trust me--when you've seen \TeX output, you wouldn't want anything else; it's *that* gorgeous.

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