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    Is there any FREE software/print driver that I can download so that I can print my documents to PDF format?


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    Yup. Linux has the answer.

    Check http://www.linuxgazette.com/issue72/bright.html.

    I tried it and it works. Please get the latest versions of the software. They have been improving the quality of the output with each release.

    I will set it up this weekend to refresh my memory in case you have any questions. I think I had to make some slight modifications to get it to work.

    In essence, you set up a Samba printer and use Ghostscript to print to the pdf file.

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    I once was looking for a program just like that the best I fouund was http://download.com.com/3000-2064-10...ml?tag=lst-0-3

    Sharware program you can do a search for "pdf print" from your favourite free software archive and see what you come up with...

    PS - Get a copy of Adobe Acrobat or try thier trail version

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    I forgot to mention that it has to be for Windows. Anyway I downloaded pdf995 and tried it out. It did exactly what I wanted it to do (Convert a report produced by an old Visual Foxpro app to pdf format). I also tested it out on HTML and MSWord documents (with tables) and it was successful.

    pdf995 is free.

    Thanks for the input.

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    The linux solution will work on Windows. You can print from a Windows machine to the Samba printer.

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    Excellent !!

    Thanks !!

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