Quicken PDF Printer?
Stubby
is "Quicken PDF Printer". I'm guessing this writes a PDF file, but
where? What is its name? How do I get the file out to a physical
printer without paying big $$$ to Adobe?
John Pollard
You don't have to do anything special. If you have selected the PDF
printer, you will be asked for the name of the PDF file during the print
process. As far as I know, you can place that pdf file anywhere you can
place any other disk file.
To print the pdf file to a real printer, just open it (Adobe Reader is
free), and click the print icon ... like any other pdf file.
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John Pollard
> Stubby wrote:
>> When I print a recipe from FoodNetwork, one of the available printers
>> is "Quicken PDF Printer". I'm guessing this writes a PDF file, but
>> where? What is its name? How do I get the file out to a physical
>> printer without paying big $$$ to Adobe?
> You don't have to do anything special. If you have selected the PDF
> printer, you will be asked for the name of the PDF file during the
> print process. As far as I know, you can place that pdf file
> anywhere you can place any other disk file.
>
> To print the pdf file to a real printer, just open it (Adobe Reader is
> free), and click the print icon ... like any other pdf file.
Sorry, I just noticed that you were trying to create the pdf file from
other software than Quicken ... I don't think the Quicken PDF Printer is
usable anywhere but in Quicken.
Try CutePDF Writer, it's free and works anywhere I have tried to use it.
David H. Lipman
Download and install PDFCreator
http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator/
Then you can print to a PDF using "good" free software.
BTW: I use Adobe Acrobat Professional 9.x
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Dave
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Andrew
> From: "Stubby" <William...@alum.mit.edu>
>
>> When I print a recipe from FoodNetwork, one of the available printers
>> is "Quicken PDF Printer". I'm guessing this writes a PDF file, but
>> where? What is its name? How do I get the file out to a physical
>> printer without paying big $$$ to Adobe?
>
> Download and install PDFCreator
> http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator/
>
> Then you can print to a PDF using "good" free software.
>
> BTW: I use Adobe Acrobat Professional 9.x
PrimoPDF is another choice; some of the others include a tag line of
advertising and such. Look at your options.
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Regards -
- Andrew
Howard
<8plu...@gmail.com> wrotG:
>Sorry, I just noticed that you were trying to create the pdf file from
>other software than Quicken ... I don't think the Quicken PDF Printer is
>usable anywhere but in Quicken.
>
The Quicken PDF printer is an application supplied by Intuit when you
install Quicken. It can be used like any other printer application
installed on your machine and you do not have to open or use Quicken
to make use of it. When you select it and press Print, it will ask
you the name of the file and where to store.
So it you want to save something to pdf, select the Quicken printer.
Robert Neville
> It can be used like any other printer application
>installed on your machine and you do not have to open or use Quicken
>to make use of it. When you select it and press Print, it will ask
>you the name of the file and where to store.
You might want to double check that. Depending on the country you are in and the
version of Quicken, the PDF printer is licensed from Amyuni and has been
modified so that it will not work from any other application vesides Quicken.
Many of the options found in the (paid for) Amyuni version of the driver have
been disabled in the version included with Quicken.
Howard
wrotG:
I have the US version of Quicken. My Quicken Printer works fine with
Firefox. They are no options with the printer. Clicking on
Properties in the Print screen brings up an Amyuni screen showing
their licensing of the app. But the printer does work !
Howard
Andrew
Robert - Have you tried within Quicken printing to the PDF output (you have
to set the PDF printer up in Q first to receive the output). Then, after
'printing' a report from within Quicken, indeed Howard is right. You can
use the Quicken PDF printer from other applications. It overlays the
Quicken produced file (ie: I don't get a file dialog menu from the other
applications I print), but he is right -- it does work.
Stubby
wrote:
> From: "Stubby" <William.Plum...@alum.mit.edu>
>
> | When I print a recipe from FoodNetwork, one of the available printers
> | is "Quicken PDF Printer". I'm guessing this writes a PDF file, but
> | where? What is its name? How do I get the file out to a physical
> | printer without paying big $$$ to Adobe?
>
>
> Then you can print to a PDF using "good" free software.
>
> BTW: I use Adobe Acrobat Professional 9.x
Just to tie a bow around this, I ended up using the PDFCreator from
SourceForge. Installation was very easy and it worked the first
try. Thanks, All.
John Pollard
You consider it works when it doesn't allow you to name the PDF file, but
overlays a PDF file created from Quicken?
I sure don't consider that "working".
It definitely doesn't work "like any other printer application installed
on" my machines.
Howard
<8plu...@gmail.com> wrotG:
>Andrew wrote:
Well, on my machine it ask for a name and where to store the file and
then creates a pdf. It doesn't overlay anything since I can name the
file what I want and store it where I want. There are no other
options available. But it does work.
Andrew
Hi John - You're right about that; no argument here. I wouldn't use it as a
day to day replacement. In fact, originally, I thought that Robert was right
that you couldn't use it at all. I do seem to remember trying it when it
first came out several years ago. I see that the does work better for
Howard in a subsequent post that it does for me.
FWIW, I use PrimoPDF at home, CutePDF at work, for my PDF-creations.
(I hope you're blocking out time after Q 2011 appears next month for our
assistance! Yeah - I know, you take a while to get to the new release. I
think I read that they jerked around with some of the main panel options and
navigation might not be so easy. I'll withhold judgment until I see it.)
Hank Arnold
Ultimate (64-bit) machine last week. I use ESET Smart Security and it
went wild with alerts and spyware alerts. It seems that PDFCreator tries
to install numerous (and hidden) toolbars and other things. I finally
went back to old faithful, CutePDF.
Regards,
Hank Arnold
Microsoft MVP
Windows Server - Directory Services
http://it.toolbox.com/blogs/personal-pc-assistant/
Stubby
> Be careful, I tried installing the latest version on my Windows 7
> Ultimate (64-bit) machine last week. I use ESET Smart Security and it
> went wild with alerts and spyware alerts. It seems that PDFCreator tries
> to install numerous (and hidden) toolbars and other things. I finally
> went back to old faithful, CutePDF.
>
> Regards,
> Hank Arnold
> Microsoft MVP
>
> On 9/24/2010 7:51 AM, Stubby wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > Just to tie a bow around this, I ended up using the PDFCreator from
> > SourceForge. Installation was very easy and it worked the first
>
> - Show quoted text -
More testing showed that CutePDF, MS, QuickenPDF and PDF Creator can't
handle a screen with a pie chart. That's my startup view in Quicken
and I thought it would be a good test. So for now, I'll be avoiding
all PDF printers if possible. (Of course that's the whole point: a
PDF printer allows me to give away information without disclosing the
entire program, such as Quicken, and without sending an actual printed
page by USMail.)
John Pollard
> On Sep 25, 6:10 am, Hank Arnold <rasi...@aol.com> wrote:
>> Be careful, I tried installing the latest version on my Windows 7
>> Ultimate (64-bit) machine last week. I use ESET Smart Security and it
>> went wild with alerts and spyware alerts. It seems that PDFCreator
>> tries
>> to install numerous (and hidden) toolbars and other things. I finally
>> went back to old faithful, CutePDF.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Hank Arnold
>> Microsoft MVP
>> Windows Server - Directory
>> Serviceshttp://it.toolbox.com/blogs/personal-pc-assistant/
>>
>> On 9/24/2010 7:51 AM, Stubby wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> Just to tie a bow around this, I ended up using the PDFCreator from
>>> SourceForge. Installation was very easy and it worked the first
>>> try. Thanks, All.- Hide quoted text -
> More testing showed that CutePDF, MS, QuickenPDF and PDF Creator can't
> handle a screen with a pie chart. That's my startup view in Quicken
> and I thought it would be a good test. So for now, I'll be avoiding
> all PDF printers if possible. (Of course that's the whole point: a
> PDF printer allows me to give away information without disclosing the
> entire program, such as Quicken, and without sending an actual printed
> page by USMail.)
Actually, both the Quicken PDF Printer and CutePDF Writer can print
Quicken pie charts.
I created a Quicken Spending > Spending by Category report/graph; closed
the report, leaving just the pie chart displayed; and successfully printed
to both of the aforementioned PDF printers.
I also successfully printed a Home tab view with about 8 graphs (3 pie
charts, 5 bar graphs) as well as other displays, to both the Quicken PDF
Printer and CutePDF Writer.
The PDF file aesthetics are not as good as the screen display in Quicken,
but the basic information (chart and text) seems adequate.
Some versions of Quicken have had difficulties printing from the File
menu. I did the above tests with Q2010 RPM R10 U.S.
Stubby
chart in question. Displaying the .pdf file with Adobe Reader v9,
there is only an outline of the right size for the top panel. The text
in it says "This item does not print". Other than the questionable
grammar, there was no other error noted. I'm using 2010QR10 and
CutePDF.
David H. Lipman
| Be careful, I tried installing the latest version on my Windows 7
| Ultimate (64-bit) machine last week. I use ESET Smart Security and it
| went wild with alerts and spyware alerts. It seems that PDFCreator tries
| to install numerous (and hidden) toolbars and other things. I finally
| went back to old faithful, CutePDF.
/* There is absulutely ZERO MALWARE from PDFCreator! */
John Pollard
> I retried printing "See Where Your Money Goes" which includes the pie
> chart in question. Displaying the .pdf file with Adobe Reader v9,
> there is only an outline of the right size for the top panel. The text
> in it says "This item does not print". Other than the questionable
> grammar, there was no other error noted. I'm using 2010QR10 and
> CutePDF.
Well, at last, we are finally seeing the same thing - though not drawing
the same conclusions. I got the same result when "printing" the "Where
Your Money Goes" to a PDF file.
But, as I said earlier; Quicken has had some problems printing via the
File menu print options for quite some time - as I recall, the problems
were not limited to printing to a PDF file.
And as I have already posted ... the problem you are experiencing, does
not demonstrate that Quicken can not print graphs to a PDF file - as you
said. The only thing you have proven is that Quicken can not print that
specific screen to a PDF file.
I'd like it if Quicken could successfully do everything it suggested it
could do ... but then, I'm a realist.
If you have not already done so, I suggest you post this problem to the
Intuit/Quicken feedback site, at:
http://quicken.intuit.com/support/feedback/
Andrew Hamilton
<8plu...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>But, as I said earlier; Quicken has had some problems printing via the
>File menu print options for quite some time - as I recall, the problems
>were not limited to printing to a PDF file.
There was a time, around 2008 I think, when Quicken was printing a lot
of reports and checking account reconciliation's to my Postscript
printer at 10% magnification. I would go in to printer properties and
fix the offending parameter, and then Quicken would simply write over
that setting the 10% value.
So, I finally called Quicken support and got some bozo who insisted
that I needed to install an HP laser printer driver. That didn't
address the issue, and I told him, so he proceeded to walk me through
step by slow and painful step, the procedure for doing what I didn't
want to do. It was like he was one of those dolls that has 3-4
pre-recorded sounds. Pull the string and hear a sound. I hate
Quicken "support."
ps56k
"Howard" <How...@Home.com> wrote in message
news:4phn96p6ahm0i6tfi...@4ax.com...
just tried it - failed -
Don't have Q2009 running during this test,
and tried printing this message from OE to the Quicken PDF printer.
It failed - with a small dialog box -
Activation Error
Printer not activated, error code - 30
Andrew
Did u try "printing" a report from Quicken to the PDF writer, then close
Quicken, THEN run your other app to try it? (I probably should know this,
but what is 'OE' in your sentence "...from OE to the Quicken....")
David H. Lipman
| Did u try "printing" a report from Quicken to the PDF writer, then close
| Quicken, THEN run your other app to try it? (I probably should know this,
| but what is 'OE' in your sentence "...from OE to the Quicken....")
X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.5931
OE --> Outlook Express
Andrew
> From: "Andrew" <and...@jkl.com>
>
>
>
>> Did u try "printing" a report from Quicken to the PDF writer, then
>> close Quicken, THEN run your other app to try it? (I probably
>> should know this, but what is 'OE' in your sentence "...from OE to
>> the Quicken....")
>
> X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.5931
>
> OE --> Outlook Express
Duh! Oh, you mean what I'm using right now. (Slap on my head in digust for
not coming up with that one.)
Hank Arnold
> From: "Hank Arnold"<ras...@aol.com>
>
> | Be careful, I tried installing the latest version on my Windows 7
> | Ultimate (64-bit) machine last week. I use ESET Smart Security and it
> | went wild with alerts and spyware alerts. It seems that PDFCreator tries
> | to install numerous (and hidden) toolbars and other things. I finally
> | went back to old faithful, CutePDF.
>
>
> /* There is absulutely ZERO MALWARE from PDFCreator! */
>
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PDFCreator
http://www.mywot.com/en/forum/3256-pdfcreator-www-pdfforge-org-is-causing-havoc-with-toolbar-install
http://www.wikihow.com/Remove-PDFCreator-Malware
http://www.mularien.com/blog/2009/03/24/sourceforge-hosted-pdfcreator-trojantoolbar-warning/
http://csclab.murraystate.edu/serendipity/index.php?/archives/34-Malware-urlseek20.vmn.net.html
David H. Lipman
| On 9/26/2010 7:54 PM, David H. Lipman wrote:
>> From: "Hank Arnold"<ras...@aol.com>
>> | Be careful, I tried installing the latest version on my Windows 7
>> | Ultimate (64-bit) machine last week. I use ESET Smart Security and it
>> | went wild with alerts and spyware alerts. It seems that PDFCreator tries
>> | to install numerous (and hidden) toolbars and other things. I finally
>> | went back to old faithful, CutePDF.
>> /* There is absulutely ZERO MALWARE from PDFCreator! */
| http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PDFCreator
| http://www.mywot.com/en/forum/3256-pdfcreator-www-pdfforge-org-is-causing-havoc-with-
| toolbar-install
| http://www.wikihow.com/Remove-PDFCreator-Malware
| http://www.mularien.com/blog/2009/03/24/sourceforge-hosted-pdfcreator-trojantoolbar-
| warning/
| http://csclab.murraystate.edu/serendipity/index.php?/archives/34-Malware-urlseek20.vmn.
| net.html
All a bunch of CRAP !
Such as the statement "...the software is bundled with a browser toolbar component that
has behavior which I would consider malware or trojan-like behavior..."
I repeat...
/* There is absulutely ZERO MALWARE from PDFCreator! */
I have NEVER had a problem with PDFCreator on dozens of installs. But I will admit, I
never install *any* toolbars for browsers. All Browser toolbars are crapware and NEVER
needed. That includes Google, Yahoo, Ask, etc...
The Tool Bar may be crap, but it is in NO WAY malware!
David H. Lipman
| On 9/26/2010 7:54 PM, David H. Lipman wrote:
>> From: "Hank Arnold"<ras...@aol.com>
>> | Be careful, I tried installing the latest version on my Windows 7
>> | Ultimate (64-bit) machine last week. I use ESET Smart Security and it
>> | went wild with alerts and spyware alerts. It seems that PDFCreator tries
>> | to install numerous (and hidden) toolbars and other things. I finally
>> | went back to old faithful, CutePDF.
>> /* There is absulutely ZERO MALWARE from PDFCreator! */
| http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PDFCreator
| http://www.mywot.com/en/forum/3256-pdfcreator-www-pdfforge-org-is-causing-havoc-with-
| toolbar-install
| http://www.wikihow.com/Remove-PDFCreator-Malware
| http://www.mularien.com/blog/2009/03/24/sourceforge-hosted-pdfcreator-trojantoolbar-
| warning/
| http://csclab.murraystate.edu/serendipity/index.php?/archives/34-Malware-urlseek20.vmn.
| net.html
PDFCreator-1_0_2_setup.exe
0/43 -- Not even Sophos flags the installer.