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Susan Flamingo
Susan Flamingo
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August 9, 2023
Question

Intercepting a file being sent to printer

  • August 9, 2023
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Hi Friends!

I am facing a real challenge here and have asked around but have had no successful solution:

 

I have a database of thousands of ebooks. The person who developed the database has limited printing to a PDF of more than 20 pages which drives me crazy. I DO NOT WANT TO PLAGERIZE ANYTHING JUST FOR MY OWN REFERENCE.

 

However, you can print to hard paper printer as many pages as you want. A few years back I overcame this limitation by printing to a virtual printer like SnagIt. But they have gotten smarter and now all the virtual printers I have tried to install do not even show up in the programs list of available printers (how do they know what is real and what is not??!)

Is there anyway I can choose a hard paper printer and have it "intercepted" into a pdf?

Thank you

Susan

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    Darel29882089dx2u
    New Participant
    August 9, 2023

    I have a very large Business HP Printer that moves at the speed of light 

    Amal.
    Community Manager
    Amal.Community Manager
    Community Manager
    August 9, 2023

    Hi there

     

    Hope you are doing well and thanks for reaching out.

     

    It seems to be some limitation set by the developer, as a workaround you may try to print as PDF the document and save it with a new name and then try to print this newly created PDF and see if that works.

     

    ~Amal

    Susan Flamingo
    Susan FlamingoAuthor
    Known Participant
    August 9, 2023

    As I said, if I choose the print-to-PDF option (in the program itself) it limits to 20 pages. ALL pdf and virtual printers do not even show up in the list of available printers.

    Still hoping...

    Susan

      Amal.
      Community Manager
      Amal.Community Manager
      Community Manager
      August 11, 2023

      Hi there

       

      It seems to be some sort of limitation set by the developer, there isn't much that we can do. Please try to contact the developer and see if that helps.

      ~Amal

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