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Printing to pdf forces a save

Brent
Brent
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I have Cute PDF set as my default pdf program. When I set FireFox to print to it, rather than printing it forces the file to save (and it about a 1" square window no less.) This is new since I reinstalled Firefox recently due to a crash. Does anyone know how to fix this, and is it related to my being unable to print when I click the Print icon, but instead being forced into Print Preview? (something that started a while ago and refuses to go away.)

Thanks.

I have Cute PDF set as my default pdf program. When I set FireFox to print to it, rather than printing it forces the file to save (and it about a 1" square window no less.) This is new since I reinstalled Firefox recently due to a crash. Does anyone know how to fix this, and is it related to my being unable to print when I click the Print icon, but instead being forced into Print Preview? (something that started a while ago and refuses to go away.) Thanks.

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Wesley Branton
Wesley Branton
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If you have set your default printer on your system to CutePDF, you will be prompted to save the file as a PDF. Please ensure that the default printer on your system is your printer.

Thanks.

jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
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If you would prefer an PDF printer that can auto-save without asking you to name the file, check out PDFCreator and its Autosave Mode feature.

http://www.pdfforge.org/pdfcreator

http://www.pdfforge.org/pdfcreator/manual/autosave-mode