Re: [BLACKBOX] Saving files as PDF

From: [at]} <Josef>
Date: Fri, 29 May 2009 12:20:48 +0200

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Why don't you use one of the many PDF printer drivers?
I use FreePDF (XP) and it works just fine.
It installs itself as a printer and can be used from any
program for generating PDF output by simply selcting
the FreePDF printer.

- JT



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From: "Campbell, Robert (SELEX GALILEO, UK)" <robert.d.campbell{([at]})nowhere.xy
To: <BLACKBOX{([at]})nowhere.xy
Sent: Friday, May 29, 2009 11:41 AM
Subject: [BLACKBOX] Saving files as PDF


> Hi
>
> I quite often want to turn BlackBox documents into PDFs.
>
> The technique I use is to print the document (<Ctrl>-P), then use the
> printer driver option to print to file. Provided I have chosen a
> postscript
> printer this produces a .ps file. I then use Ghostscript to convert the
> .ps to
> a .pdf.
>
> This process is just a little inconvenient (particulary as I can never
> control
> or anticipate where the printer driver sends its output, and have to use
> the Windows
> 'Search' utility to find it. Also these programs are not very user
> friendly with file
> extensions.
>
> I was wondering if anyone had integrated a .pdf option into the BlackBox
> "File->Save As"
> menu option using the above, or another, method?
>
> Regards
>
> Robert
>
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