Wow. That was a funny thing to say, considering where you cross-posted.
Download and install a "pdf printer" and you'll be able to save anything as a pdf. There are a lot of good, free ones around but I'm most familiar with pdf creator at . It's free and open source so you can use it legally for private and commercial purposes.
After installation, pdf creator will look like any other printer on your system. Just open the file that you saved and select "print." The print dialog pops up and you'll see "pdf creator" as one printer option. Choose that and away you go.
One caveat. During install, PDF Creator give you the option of opting out from installing a "browser toolbar." I recommend you do that. Unclick it and the toolbar will not install.
The print to PDF is a way to print a file to a PDF file .. it's strange terminology but it gets past some legal issues I believe.
If you have Open Office it lets you save to PDF, place the image into a page and click the button "Save Copy To PDF" I do this often for my resume and it works well.
You need a program that will create a .pdf file from the scanned image. Adobe Acrobat is the most widely known, but it'll cost ya. You can get a freeware program called PDF Creator from:
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You scan your document and select "Print to PDF" (or something to that effect), and name the created file and save it.
Really! I'm reading on alt.home.repair [and wondering how the OP thought it was on topic] and almost replied that I've had better luck with freeware than a whole bunch of paid programs over the years.
When I saw that it was crossposted I killed my reply without looking to see where it was cross-posted to.
Add 'open source' to the software & I challenge anyone to come up with a scenario where there is a better commercial option.
| Really! I'm reading on alt.home.repair [and wondering how the OP | thought it was on topic] and almost replied that I've had better luck | with freeware than a whole bunch of paid programs over the years.
| When I saw that it was crossposted I killed my reply without looking | to see where it was cross-posted to.
| Add 'open source' to the software & I challenge anyone to come up with | a scenario where there is a better commercial option.
| Jim
Adobe Acrobat Professional. There.... A "better commercial option." :-)
For this scenario a TWAIN capable program that will scan and create a PDF.
I know what your printer looks like but have never fooled around with one of them. I have a Lexmark printer/scanner and the software for it allows me to save anything scanned as a PDF. The software for your HP printer may have a similar function built in to the HP software. With my printer, I scan a document then click "save as" from the file dialog box and choose PDF. I have to upload a lot of work orders and invoices via The 'net and most folks want a PDF document. You may have already looked at the driver software for your printer but I would guess that the full software suite from HP will give you more functionality. The HP page I found is here:
It has a "scan" button (along with "print", "copy", and "fax" buttons).
The print button works. The copy button works. The fax button works. But I never used the scan button and that one button does not work. It just says "waiting for PC" in the display when I hit the scan button.
On the PC side, whenever I use the suggested programs, they ask for the "source" but the source box is empty.
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