BorlandTalk.com Borland discussion newsgroups   Archives   FAQ   Search   Memberlist   Usergroups   Register   Profile   Log in to check your private messages   Log in  Print to an Acrobat file (or converting to an Acrobat file)          BorlandTalk.com Forum Index -> comp.lang.pascal.delphi.misc View previous topic :: View next topic   Author Message Neil Macintyre Guest Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2004 3:20 pm    Post subject: Print to an Acrobat file (or converting to an Acrobat file) Is there an add-on I can get so that I can send output to a file and this file can then be converted into an Acrobat file? For example, if I specify an output file name of C:My DocumentsTest then I would expect that this would create C:My DocumentsTest.PRN and then the conversion routine would create C:My DocumentsTest.PDF Neil Back to top Jeremy Collins Guest Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2004 4:15 pm    Post subject: Re: Print to an Acrobat file (or converting to an Acrobat f Neil Macintyre wrote: Quote: Is there an add-on I can get so that I can send output to a file and this file can then be converted into an Acrobat file? For example, if I specify an output file name of C:My DocumentsTest then I would expect that this would create C:My DocumentsTest.PRN and then the conversion routine would create C:My DocumentsTest.PDF If you search around you can find print drivers that create PDF files direct. Here's one: http://www.clicktoconvert.com/ -- jc Remove the -not from email Back to top Maarten Wiltink Guest Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2004 5:17 pm    Post subject: Re: Print to an Acrobat file (or converting to an Acrobat f "Neil Macintyre" <bellfieldpark (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote Quote: Is there an add-on I can get so that I can send output to a file and this file can then be converted into an Acrobat file? For example, if I specify an output file name of C:My DocumentsTest then I would expect that this would create C:My DocumentsTest.PRN and then the conversion routine would create C:My DocumentsTest.PDF Adobe supply a generic Postscript printer driver. Ghostscript can convert Postscript to PDF. Groetjes, Maarten Wiltink Back to top Marco van de Voort Guest Posted: Wed Jan 21, 2004 9:05 am    Post subject: Re: Print to an Acrobat file (or converting to an Acrobat f On 2004-01-08, Neil Macintyre <bellfieldpark (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote: Quote: Is there an add-on I can get so that I can send output to a file and this file can then be converted into an Acrobat file? For example, if I specify an output file name of C:My DocumentsTest then I would expect that this would create C:My DocumentsTest.PRN and then the conversion routine would create C:My DocumentsTest.PDF Payware or free? I sometimes use LaTeX to do this, but I already have it installed, and it is quite a large package if you only use it occasionally (100MB'ish) Back to top John Dammeyer Guest Posted: Wed Jan 21, 2004 10:22 pm    Post subject: Re: Print to an Acrobat file (or converting to an Acrobat f Search on the WEB for FreePDF. It installs behind an Apple Printer and intercepts the output and converts it to a .pdf file. So set your default printer to the apple and print as if you were sending to a regular printer. Once I call Printer.CloseDoc it starts whirring away on the disk drive and then launches a dialog asking where you want the file saved. It can also automatically run Acrobat so you can see the results. I am quite impressed. So far I have only monochrme enabled but apparently there is a way to do colour too. John Marco van de Voort <marcov (AT) stack (DOT) nl> wrote: Quote: On 2004-01-08, Neil Macintyre <bellfieldpark (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote: Is there an add-on I can get so that I can send output to a file and this file can then be converted into an Acrobat file? For example, if I specify an output file name of C:My DocumentsTest then I would expect that this would create C:My DocumentsTest.PRN and then the conversion routine would create C:My DocumentsTest.PDF Payware or free? I sometimes use LaTeX to do this, but I already have it installed, and it is quite a large package if you only use it occasionally (100MB'ish) Back to top Maarten Wiltink Guest Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2004 9:31 pm    Post subject: Re: Print to an Acrobat file (or converting to an Acrobat f "John Dammeyer" <johnd (AT) STRIP (DOT) autoartisans.com> wrote Quote: Search on the WEB for FreePDF. It installs behind an Apple Printer and intercepts the output and converts it to a .pdf file. So set your default printer to the apple and print as if you were sending to a regular printer. Once I call Printer.CloseDoc it starts whirring away on the disk drive and then launches a dialog asking where you want the file saved. It can also automatically run Acrobat so you can see the results. I am quite impressed. So far I have only monochrme enabled but apparently there is a way to do colour too. Yes. I think the Apple LaserWriter Plus was a colour PostScript printer. Can you install it to hook into Adobe's generic PostScript driver? Adobe, being the originator of PS and PDF and all, publish a generic PS printer driver to which only printer-specific items such as unprintable areas need to be added. There is a parameter file for the Distiller in which you can simply print straight up to the edge. Groetjes, Maarten Wiltink Back to top Catherine Rees Lay Guest Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2004 12:38 pm    Post subject: Re: Print to an Acrobat file (or converting to an Acrobat f In article <400efae2.627546303 (AT) news (DOT) islandnet.com>, John Dammeyer <johnd (AT) STRIP (DOT) autoartisans.com> writes Quote: Search on the WEB for FreePDF. It installs behind an Apple Printer and intercepts the output and converts it to a .pdf file. So set your default printer to the apple and print as if you were sending to a regular printer. Once I call Printer.CloseDoc it starts whirring away on the disk drive and then launches a dialog asking where you want the file saved. It can also automatically run Acrobat so you can see the results. I am quite impressed. So far I have only monochrme enabled but apparently there is a way to do colour too. John There are lots of similar products which you can find on the web, usually they are advertised as being for emailing documents, but they are in fact just alternative printer drivers. Some are free, some have free versions with nag screens or banners. Two which I've used are PDF Mailer and Win2PDF (which I use at the moment because it supports a huge range of paper sizes, so I can use it to compensate for the fact I don't own an A0 plotter but my customer does!) Both these do colour. HTH, Catherine. Quote: Marco van de Voort <marcov (AT) stack (DOT) nl> wrote: On 2004-01-08, Neil Macintyre <bellfieldpark (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote: Is there an add-on I can get so that I can send output to a file and this file can then be converted into an Acrobat file? For example, if I specify an output file name of C:My DocumentsTest then I would expect that this would create C:My DocumentsTest.PRN and then the conversion routine would create C:My DocumentsTest.PDF Payware or free? I sometimes use LaTeX to do this, but I already have it installed, and it is quite a large package if you only use it occasionally (100MB'ish) -- Catherine Rees Lay To email me, use my first name in front of the "at". 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