Solved looking for a PDF printer. Printer dialog will then print to PDF

[sdowney717]

I have found several but either they error, or they put a watermark or they just dont work.

 

[Mellon Head]

Which ones have you tried?

I use PDF Creator. It works well.

 

[sdowney717]

Found an error that some PDF printer drivers dont like this line.

Printer.PaperBin = printDlg.PaperBin ' this line causes a 380 error with some PDF printer drivers

Anyway, I found this one works with no watermarks, doPDF 8.

doPDF Quick Download

 

[sdowney717]

hmmm pdf creator popped up an avast viral malware warning, now the installer is hung up.
seems to have halted the install.

 

[sdowney717]

Although it is installed the PDF printer, I suppose Avast halted the install of the 'additional bagage'
I just tested PDF creator in my program and it does work ok, like doPDF 8..

 

[sdowney717]

Bolt PDF works ok.
Free PDF Printer Software - Print Documents Directly to PDF

So far Bolt PDF, doPDF 8, PDF Creator (with caveats) are working ok with no watermarks.
I had to modify my program which a few were causing errors, a couple of them had issues with that particular printer property.

 

[Mellon Head]

Sorry about the malware. I'm glad Avast caught it. I have an older version that I've never had an issue with. But I definitely won't be recommending it anymore if it ships with malware.

Good to know.

 

[sdowney717]

Best Free PDF Writer Software | Gizmo's Freeware
Apparently it is just the installer.

Warning: The PDFCreator installer is bundled with OpenCandy. See our information page here for more details.

I verified PDF24, PDFCreator, Bullzip, doPDF8 all work ok.

PDF24, takes you to an insecure site according to Chrome browser.

 

[Mellon Head]

I hate the way some of this freeware is bundled with crap like OpenCandy. It makes me not want to use any of it. The freeware/shareware producers are just harming their own products by doing this.

I won't upgrade ImgBurn for the same reason. I use an old version where the installer doesn't contain malware.

 

[Squidward]

I have used Bullzip with W7 with no problems. My Adobe Standard also works well for printing to .pdf, although it defaults to color and I always have to go to the menu and choose black and white.