No printer - how do i print documents from website

[robin2006]

Hi

I have a computer using Opera as the default browser and Vista program. I do not a printer.

My friend has a computer using the XP program and she also does not have a printer. However, she is able to "print" documents; she does online banking and "prints" her monthly bank statement without a real printer. She has a program already installed on her printer ..an image program I can't remember exactly the name of the program.

My question is is there any program which I can download from the website where I can it to my so called pinter so when I click print it is listed as one of the printers like the one my friend has on her computer.

any suggestions...thanks

 

[Carbon Dudeoxide]

Are you sure it isn't the Print Screen key?


When you press it, you have to paste the image into Paint and save it.

Can't you ask your friend?

[ChrisXPPro]

No printer proper = no hard copy.  No way round that.

If ''print'' indeed means just saving an image to a file to store then Carbon has probably nailed it.

[Carbon Dudeoxide]

I have a program called SnagIt and it has something similar to what Robin is talking about.
For example, if I have a Microsoft Word Document, I can choose to Print through SnagIt and it will save a High Res Image of the pages in the document.
Not free though....

[soybean]

Besides capturing a screen print and saving it as an image, "printing" to PDF is an option.  Then, you can view the file, such as a web page you've printed, in a PDF reader such as Adobe Reader or Foxit Reader. 

Here's one freeware option, one I have installed on my Win XP machine: PrimoPDF 4.1.  Quite a few other such programs are also available, in case you're not satisfied with this one.

The way this works is that PrimoPDF is added to your system as a "printer".  You then select it, just as you would a regular printer, and "print" to a PDF file. 

[robin2006]

Hi

thank you for all your input. I have installed pdf program and now i can save a document without printing it.thanks again

[soybean]

Glad to hear that solution is working for you.   

[merlin]

Use remote access>...or send it via email in a zip-file...<

[pwinegardner]

I am on a live software program and everytime I try to print screen, it kicks me off.  It apparently is conflicting with some other program.  I have tried to printscreen within the application and have tried to use the printscreen key on my keyboard.

I can paste when I use the keyboard but then have to sign back on my software.

Any clues?   I was able to do this successfully before I upgraded the software.

[ChrisXPPro]

Welcome.

May I suggest you start a new thread on this problem - even tho there is a similarity to this one.  Give details also of software in use and your machine specs etc and OS current version.

[tinker]

Another way to do this is with Adobe Professional. If you have the full version of Adobe, you can set Adobe as your default printer. It will "print" to a pdf version of the file that you can save.

[soybean]

Another way to do this is with Adobe Professional. If you have the full version of Adobe, ...

And, that option will cost you about $450.   

[Spoiler]

Why not just go and get a low end printer?

[soybean]

I think the objective here is a least-cost, paper-saving way to "print" a document.  So, a PDF "printer" is a solution.  If hard copy printing is not necessary and a PDF version of a document will suffice, then purchasing a printer is not necessary.

But, I would agree that most of us want at least a basic printer.  However, if you can adapt to the use of digital format, i.e. PDF, for documenting various documents, it not only precludes the need for a printer and paper but also avoids the cost of ink. It's a "green" strategy, isn't it?  You know, save the trees, and that's good.

My friend has a computer using the XP program and she also does not have a printer. However, she is able to "print" documents; she does online banking and "prints" her monthly bank statement without a real printer.

Re: bank statements, I believe many banks now provide provide statements in PDF format. My bank does. So, in that case, it's not even necessary to have a PDF "printer" installed, just download the PDF document. I wonder if robin2006's friend knows this.

[ChrisXPPro]

Could be Primo PDF could be of some use - making a PDF as if ''printing''.  Check it out.

Latest (free) is v4.1.