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Printing to Acrobat PDF

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Wed, 2007-08-22 05:45
Mal Leadbetter
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I am trying to print P3 programmes to PDF

Set up the printer etc, go to print and get error message

Printer Error : General Error

I am sure this has been discussed here before, but I can’t remember the work round

Thanks in advance

Mal
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Thu, 2007-09-20 04:26
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Frederic Fasquelle
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James,

I can’t remind but do you have possibility to modify settings and thus graphic print quality, in order to increase it to 1200dpi for example,
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Thu, 2007-09-20 04:21
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James Barnes
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I have not had this problem with PDF creator, it works fine for me and I just use it on the default settings (at least I think I do...)
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Thu, 2007-09-20 03:41
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Frederic Fasquelle
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Hi ASHRAF,

I confirm your asumption on PDF creator, it caused me a lot of trouble in the past.
What you should try is to only print the page distorted and to incorporate them in your master pdf file.

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Thu, 2007-09-20 03:10
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Ashraf Jahangeer
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Hi Mirna,

I have tried this it works but the fonts are distorted.

That is the reson I am using PDF Creator.

Regards,


Ashraf
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Thu, 2007-09-20 02:54
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Mirna Halabi
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Go to your printer settings, set Adobe PDF Printer as your default printer, go to your program, edit whatever you want in page setup. Then close and click the printer icon in the main page.
This should work!
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Sun, 2007-09-16 14:05
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Dieter Wambach
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Hi
I just had the same message. Simple reason: It is a new pc and I forgot to install SP2. So I installed SP3 - the recent one - PDF-printout works fine.
Regards
Dieter
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Sun, 2007-09-16 08:52
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Alexander Bernardo
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Find this adobe software "adobe distiller 5", install it to your computer and it works fine. I’ve been using this for more than a year and i did not encounter problem.
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Sun, 2007-09-16 07:18
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A D
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Never faced this kind of problem!!

Gets converted in few seconds

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Sun, 2007-09-16 07:13
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Tuaha Mustafeez
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hi everybody,

am new on the plannet. Can anybody tell me why primavera takes a longer time to convert the files to Pdf. is this because of RAM of your system or am i the only one facing the problem? plz respond

regards
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Sat, 2007-09-08 07:09
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John Wishart
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Just click on the print icon instead of using the file/print commands, this work for me.
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Thu, 2007-09-06 10:02
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James Barnes
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I use the same software as Ashraf and it works fine. We have Adobe writer available here but it was too much of a faf for direct from P3 printing. No problems printing from preview either.

I do still use Adobe Acrobat to bind different prints together to make a full presentation though.
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Thu, 2007-09-06 07:56
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Ashraf Jahangeer
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Hi there,

I was faced with the same problem and installed PDF creator and it works perfect.

http://www.pdfforge.org/products/pdfcreator/

Regards,

Ashraf
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Wed, 2007-08-29 05:53
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Daniel Limson
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Yes, Paul is absolutely right. P3 is an old software running on 16 bit and is no longer compatible with the latest softwares running on 32 bits.

Another solution is to download cute.pdf from the internet and this works perfectly with P3.

Cheers,
Daniel
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Thu, 2007-08-23 08:39
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Paul Harris
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Mal

P3 is 16 bit and cannot handle the long paths used by 32 bit software. Load P3 Service Pack 3 and then go into Acrobat properties and create a new port with a short path e.g C:\P3\OUT.

Then it will work OK, just set the default printer before you start printing.

Paul E Harris
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Thu, 2007-08-23 08:30
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Mal Leadbetter
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Funny enough, mine is a Dell lap top to, never had the problem with Toshiba’s. However, I can you PDF for everything else, Word, Excel, MS Project, PowerProject. It just would not work with P3 when in printing from print preview.
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Thu, 2007-08-23 05:07
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Clive Randall
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Ihave a Dell computer and it will never print from anything except the icon

It seems to be some sort of interface problem maybe your hardware is the same
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Thu, 2007-08-23 04:19
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Mal Leadbetter
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Thanks all for your input.

Not printing from print preview has worked

Cheers

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Wed, 2007-08-22 12:00
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Se de Leon
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Don’t use pull down menu i.e. pull down file menu then click print command. Instead, click the print icon only.

Hope this helps.

Se
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Wed, 2007-08-22 11:41
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Melecio Bandibas,...
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Add printer - Adobe PDF and make as default printer.
Go to P3 printer set-up and select Adobe PDF. Go to P3 & click save toolbar.

Click printer tool bar of P3.









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Wed, 2007-08-22 06:42
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Paul Harris
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If you have Acrobat then load SP4 and create a local printer port in Acrobat properties with a short path.

Paul E Harris
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Wed, 2007-08-22 06:41
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Ferdinand U.
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Try printing at bar chart view using print icon, not in print preview..I think..
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