Re: Printing to Adobe pdf

Posted by John Pollard on April 20, 2006, 10:35 am

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Suzanne Knapp wrote:

> Using Q2004 I tried to print a report to Adobe PDF. Got a

> dialog box

> with the message:

> Unable to find Adobe PDF Resource Files

> C:Documents and SettingsAll UsersDocumentsAdobe PDF

> 6.0Settings[].joboptions

> The [] represents the lozenge indicating a non-displayable

> character.

> The dialog box asked whether I wanted to run the Installer in

> Repair

> mode, which I did, but it didn't help - I still get the error.

> The Adobe joboptions are there in the Settings folder

> indicated, but

> they have readable names like "Standard.joboptions" and "High

> Quality.joboptions".

> In Q2000 I was able to print reports to PDF, but an error has

> apparently been introduced in Q2004. Is there any way of

> getting

> around it? I want to email reports to others in my group, and

> text

> files just aren't as nice as PDF's.

As a possible point of reference: I don't use Q2004, but I have
it installed on my laptop. I just downloaded CutePDF to the
laptop, told Q2004 to use the CutePDF printer to print reports,
generated a report and printed it to a pdf file with no
problems.

Q2004 Home & Business, US, R1.

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Posted by Suzanne Knapp on April 20, 2006, 8:42 pm

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I'd forgotten I have another PDF creator (Jaws) and that worked, too. So
it's just Adobe that's broken. Thanks.

Suzanne

> Suzanne Knapp wrote:

>> Using Q2004 I tried to print a report to Adobe PDF. Got a dialog box

>> with the message:

>> Unable to find Adobe PDF Resource Files

>> C:Documents and SettingsAll UsersDocumentsAdobe PDF

>> 6.0Settings[].joboptions

>> The [] represents the lozenge indicating a non-displayable character.

>> The dialog box asked whether I wanted to run the Installer in Repair

>> mode, which I did, but it didn't help - I still get the error.

>> The Adobe joboptions are there in the Settings folder indicated, but

>> they have readable names like "Standard.joboptions" and "High

>> Quality.joboptions".

>> In Q2000 I was able to print reports to PDF, but an error has

>> apparently been introduced in Q2004. Is there any way of getting

>> around it? I want to email reports to others in my group, and text

>> files just aren't as nice as PDF's.

> As a possible point of reference: I don't use Q2004, but I have it

> installed on my laptop. I just downloaded CutePDF to the laptop, told

> Q2004 to use the CutePDF printer to print reports, generated a report and

> printed it to a pdf file with no problems.

> Q2004 Home & Business, US, R1.

> --

> John Pollard

> First initial underscore Last name at mchsi dot com

> Please reply to newsgroup