DoctorBill wrote:
DoctorBill wrote:
I am asking here because a Google Search brought up implications that
this is a specific Browser thing and not applicable to Windows
(7).....(?)
Some applications provide their own options for exporting to PDF. From
a quick search it looks like Google's Chrome browser has such an option
integrated with it's "Print" menu (I don't have it installed to check),
so that's probably what claims that it's a browser-specific feature are
based on.
The "print to file" option you describe is a Windows feature. As others
have mentioned, that basically just saves the data which would have been
sent to the printer, which is usually in a printer-specific proprietary
format and not really much use for anything.
I was on my wife's Health Insurance web site (Fidelity) and found her
"Claims Activity" link. That goes to a HUGE List (she had cancer) which
has a "Print" button. Clicking THAT sends me to the print Options.
One "Option" is - PRINT TO FILE.
Here is the problem . . . . . WHERE does the file get printed to ?
NO choices are given to place - just File Name....
Looking for information on this on Google just brings up ALL SORTS of
Gobble-De-Gook ! One opinion after another ! Mostly rubbish.
Searching for the file name gets me no-where !
Can someone point me in the right direction ? I know it is OFF TOPIC.
Sorry for that !
DoctorBill
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This is Posted AFTER I fingered out how to do what I want on THIS
Windows 7 machine.
Most of the answers did not apply to what I am experiencing HERE.
It looks like there was initially a lot of confusion with differences
between Linux and Windows! The "Print" dialog of the GTK library used
by some popular Linux applications provides a "Print to File" option to
output to a PDF or Postscript file. I think Windows 10 has a PDF
virtual printer built in, which is seen by any application which can
print as being just another printer. Windows 7 doesn't have one built
in (I'm not sure about Windows 8/8.1).
So - I looked up "Virtual Printers" on Google and found "Dopdf" - a FREE
program to write
pdf files whan you check "Print to File". I downloaded it and
installed it.
Yep, that's the kind of thing you need for printing to PDF on Windows.
Another I've used is CutePDF.
I've also used PDFCreator in the past, but that one's probably best
avoided now - last time I looked it was making the bundled adware and
browser toolbars more and more difficult to avoid.
When I went to my Wife's Health Insurance Web Site and went to the
Claims Page,
I invoked the list of claims and clicked "Print This" and got the
Windows 7 Print Menu.
I chose as the printer "doPDF" which was now on the list of printers.
I clicked "Save to File" and got that same LINE - 'File Name'...... to
fill in.
With these virtual printers, it's not usually necessary to select "Save
to File" since that's what it does anyway. The virtual printer driver
itself will prompt for the filename, usually with the normal file save
dialog which makes it easier to browse directories, and often provides
other options to control the output format.
I entered C:/mywifesclaimfile and hit enter.
The List I wanted was saved as a pdf to the C:/ (root) directory.
IT WORKED ! Probably work the same way on Windows 10.....
It would be similar, but I think Windows 10 already includes a PDF
virtual printer so may not be necessary to install one first. You
probably still can though, if another one provides features you want
which aren't included in the built-in one.
So.....I fingered all this out myself. Just had to educate myself (I
have a PhD in Biochemistry) so I know how to do research - that's what a
PhD Degree means.....
Thanks for the journey together guys !
DoctorBill
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Mark.
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