On Mon, 5 Nov 2012 11:41:31 -0800 (PST), pblair <pblair@pcug.org.au> wrote in soc.genealogy.computing: >The results are in... > >To be able to use the PDF writer with FTM 2005, I would need to purchase the most recent version of the driver. There is a trial available, so I could check that it does indeed work. > >However, the latest version costs quite a bit more than my Windows 8 upgrade, even with the present special offer. I will give it a miss. Don't know about FTM which I don't use, but for strictly PDF printing, you can find the free Ghostprinter. Denis -- Denis Beauregard - généalogiste émérite (FQSG) Les Français d'Amérique du Nord - www.francogene.com/genealogie--quebec/ French in North America before 1722 - www.francogene.com/quebec--genealogy/ Sur cédérom à 1780 - On CD-ROM to 1780

The call to the PDF 'printer' comes from an internal FTM menu item, and seems to be hard-wired. I've tried a couple of 3rd party printer drivers with no success. Paul

pblair wrote: > The call to the PDF 'printer' comes from an internal FTM menu item, and seems to be hard-wired. I've tried a couple of 3rd party printer drivers with no success. Does the new FTM want to use the "default" printer? I've noted that another non-genie program that used to allow me to pick the printer on-the-fly now insists on the default one, while a genie program updated itself to allow on-the-fly choice... Cheryl