Hi Ron6576,
I am sorry, I use Adobe Acrobat, but there are many free virtual printers available, I have never used any of them, but I am sure some of them would have that functionality.
Automate PDF Printing
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Ron-6928
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Is there a way to automate PDF printing without prompting users? I'd like to be able to print to PDF files without user interaction. Idealy, when I print something (from any app)... I expect to see a fileMMDDYYHHMMSS.PDF in a specified folder on the storage without getting prompted for a filename and location to save it to.
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Ron-6928 4,991 Reputation points
2022-11-08T18:43:55+00:00 Thanks for the reply. I've heard that scripting can automate Microsoft Print to PDF printer. Do you know any 3rd party (virtual) PDF printer that saves to files without prompting?
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DaveM121 868K Reputation points Independent Advisor2022-11-08T17:41:32+00:00 Hi Ron6576,
I am Dave, I will help you with this.
There is no option or setting in Windows or even a registry hack to automatically print a file to PDF without the user providing a file name and location, there may be a free 3rd party PDF virtual printer available online, but the Windows PDF printer cannot do this.