Creating PDF Files from the Print Command

To create PDF using the Print command

  1. Create a new document or open an existing document in any print-capable Windows application.
     

  2. On the File menu, select Print. In the Printer dialog box select Kofax PDF as your active printer.
     

  3. Click Printer Properties if you wish to modify settings.
     

  4. Click OK.
     

  5. Specify printing options, either for the current file or as preferences for future use.

    Enter the target PDF file name and location in the Save As dialog box.

    To view the PDF file, select View Resulting PDF.

    Select Document Settings and click Edit to display the Document Settings dialog box and view and change opening options for the resulting PDF and add information such as title, author, keywords, etc. to make it easier to find when searching.
     

  6. Click Save.

 

Your printing options may differ, depending on the settings you specify for the Kofax PDF driver, as described in PDF Create Properties. To set options only for the current PDF creation session click the Properties button. To set preferences for all future PDF creation, go to the Windows Start menu, choose Devices and Printers, select the printer Kofax PDF, right-click and choose Printing Preferences.

Profiles (including tagged PDF) are available only when using Create Assistant. You must use individual settings for PDF creation via the Print dialog box.

When starting from Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint, you may prefer to use a direct connection to PDF Create rather than the Print command, since this allows transfer of comments, links, bookmarks and metadata.

When the Print command is chosen from the File menu of Power PDF, the button Imposition allows you to prepare the current PDF document for submission to a printing house.