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Post: # 99738Post Thurston Garden »

I have been looking for some of the above and am delighted with
dopdf

Use less paper and ink!
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Post: # 99755Post grahoom »

I have a mac, and the option to save to pdf (instead of printing) is already there.

so no need for additional software.
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Post: # 99881Post PeterNZ »

grahoom wrote:I have a mac, and the option to save to pdf (instead of printing) is already there.

so no need for additional software.
Microsoft Office 2007 can do this, too!

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Post: # 99886Post Mainer in Exile »

Open Office also has an option to save to PDF
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Post: # 99941Post MKG »

:oops: :oops: :oops:

Oh dear - I didn't look. So they can (after downloading and installing a PDF printer)

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Post: # 99996Post Thurston Garden »

Well I don't have a Mac anymore :cry: and I don't use Microsoft if I can help it - that was the cause of my need for a print to pdf 'cos I have just installed Quickbooks and wanted to email my invoices but it has to be done via Outlook and I use Thunderbird :roll:

Print to pdf will be very handy for me at least!
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Post: # 119397Post ethicalpc »

There's a nifty utility called primopdf which you can get for free from http://www.primopdf.com/. This also installs a pdf printer but it has some built-in options for things like pre-press preparation, so could be useful even if you have the ability to save as pdf already.
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Post: # 123090Post kathleen »

There's one called cutepdf writer which I use, it's really good. http://www.cutepdf.com/

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Post: # 161764Post MuseOfLife »

Not bad. Recently I have found this PDF Printer in the net. It supports Windows Vista.

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Post: # 200324Post JayBee »

I used to use PrimoPDF too.

However, now that I use the Ubuntu version of the Linux operating system, I am always given the option of printing to a PDF file as part of the default print set up.
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