Print to file: Access denied

I have done some searching around, but can't find a solution to this problem.
My printer is in for repairs and I want to print to file. I get "Could not open the file: Access denied."

Jacee said:

See this Print to file - access denied - Tech Support Guy Forums

Thanks, I've already been there and don't see any relevant solution.

where you are trying to save the file to?

Ztruker said:

Could it be because the printer is not attached? Sounds weird but I wonder if that is the cause. Use of a virtual PDF printer like doPDF that WHS mentioned would solve the problem for now.

No the printer isn't on line. That's why I am trying to print to file; so that I can print the files later when printer is on line. Do you mean "print to file" doesn't work if a printer is not connected?

Thanks, Allan

brady said:

where you are trying to save the file to?

Well usually you are confronted with a file manger so that you can select where to save it. I did however try and save the file as Sudoku.prn in C:\Temp. It did that, but when I tried to open the file Windows didn't recognize it.

I had the same issue, however I got around it by supplying the path I wanted to save the file to using the Microsoft XPS printer and selecting print to file. For instance I have a partition R: where I keep my personal records. In the "Output Filename" box I entered "R:/Personal Records/Output_Filename.xps" and saved. I was able to open and view the doc in XPS viewer as well without issue. Hope that helps anyone who comes across this post...Happy New Year