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    • OsvaldoO
      Osvaldo @scottalanmiller
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      @scottalanmiller the client wants Microsoft...

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      • RomoR
        Romo
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        I have seen this twice and I just had to use a third party PDF printer, couldn't get the Microsoft one to work again. Both machines where on the latest Windows 10 version when it happened, so maybe a version update could bring it back.

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        • OsvaldoO
          Osvaldo @Dashrender
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          @Dashrender good point, testing now, thanks

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          • DashrenderD
            Dashrender @Osvaldo
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            @Osvaldo said in "Microsoft print to PDF" feature in windows 10 not showing drivers when activated:

            @scottalanmiller the client wants Microsoft...

            Interesting - I have honestly never seen/heard that before.
            quite the opposite - for example, my EHR "requires" Adobe Reader - and as such when someone doesn't have it, certain other people freak the hell out because they have no idea that it doesn't matter. This of course is perpetuated by the EHR vendor themselves who claim they only support systems with Adobe Reader, not other PDF viewers

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            • scottalanmillerS
              scottalanmiller @Dashrender
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              @Dashrender said in "Microsoft print to PDF" feature in windows 10 not showing drivers when activated:

              @Osvaldo said in "Microsoft print to PDF" feature in windows 10 not showing drivers when activated:

              @scottalanmiller the client wants Microsoft...

              Interesting - I have honestly never seen/heard that before.
              quite the opposite - for example, my EHR "requires" Adobe Reader - and as such when someone doesn't have it, certain other people freak the hell out because they have no idea that it doesn't matter. This of course is perpetuated by the EHR vendor themselves who claim they only support systems with Adobe Reader, not other PDF viewers

              Same here. It's always "the built in PDF stuff isn't good enough", sans explanation.

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              • DashrenderD
                Dashrender @scottalanmiller
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                @scottalanmiller said in "Microsoft print to PDF" feature in windows 10 not showing drivers when activated:

                @Dashrender said in "Microsoft print to PDF" feature in windows 10 not showing drivers when activated:

                @Osvaldo said in "Microsoft print to PDF" feature in windows 10 not showing drivers when activated:

                @scottalanmiller the client wants Microsoft...

                Interesting - I have honestly never seen/heard that before.
                quite the opposite - for example, my EHR "requires" Adobe Reader - and as such when someone doesn't have it, certain other people freak the hell out because they have no idea that it doesn't matter. This of course is perpetuated by the EHR vendor themselves who claim they only support systems with Adobe Reader, not other PDF viewers

                Same here. It's always "the built in PDF stuff isn't good enough", sans explanation.

                Well, in their defense, Windows 7 didn't have a built in PDF viewer when we went live with this EHR - so there was no built in. Also, back then IE was the preferred browser.

                But that said - they still haven't updated their requirements. I'm sure they do that so they only have to deal with one PDF viewer for support purposes, but still - definitely sucks.!

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                • scottalanmillerS
                  scottalanmiller @Dashrender
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                  @Dashrender said in "Microsoft print to PDF" feature in windows 10 not showing drivers when activated:

                  Well, in their defense, Windows 7 didn't have a built in PDF viewer when we went live with this EHR - so there was no built in. Also, back then IE was the preferred browser.

                  How is that in their defense? That makes them even crazier if they are applying something unrelated - not trusting something that they haven't tried or even know exists. That means that there is NO reason for it, let alone a good one.

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                  • CCWTechC
                    CCWTech @Osvaldo
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                    @Osvaldo said in "Microsoft print to PDF" feature in windows 10 not showing drivers when activated:

                    @scottalanmiller the client wants Microsoft...

                    As if a pdf created by Microsoft is better than one created by another PDF creator. I'd show them 2 PDF's and see if they can tell which one was made by Microsoft. 🙂

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                    • OsvaldoO
                      Osvaldo @Romo
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                      @Romo Did try the version update and still not working, Thank you for the response

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                      • scottalanmillerS
                        scottalanmiller @CCWTech
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                        @CCWTech said in "Microsoft print to PDF" feature in windows 10 not showing drivers when activated:

                        @Osvaldo said in "Microsoft print to PDF" feature in windows 10 not showing drivers when activated:

                        @scottalanmiller the client wants Microsoft...

                        As if a pdf created by Microsoft is better than one created by another PDF creator. I'd show them 2 PDF's and see if they can tell which one was made by Microsoft. 🙂

                        hashtag blaine

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                        • CCWTechC
                          CCWTech @scottalanmiller
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                          @scottalanmiller said in "Microsoft print to PDF" feature in windows 10 not showing drivers when activated:

                          @CCWTech said in "Microsoft print to PDF" feature in windows 10 not showing drivers when activated:

                          @Osvaldo said in "Microsoft print to PDF" feature in windows 10 not showing drivers when activated:

                          @scottalanmiller the client wants Microsoft...

                          As if a pdf created by Microsoft is better than one created by another PDF creator. I'd show them 2 PDF's and see if they can tell which one was made by Microsoft. 🙂

                          hashtag blaine

                          LOL.

                          #notshocked

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                          • OsvaldoO
                            Osvaldo @scottalanmiller
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                            @scottalanmiller lol. good point! I am preparing the presentation

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                            • ObsolesceO
                              Obsolesce
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                              Foxit has always been a good one for the print to pdf, at least back when Win7 was standard. But Foxit was the goto pdf viewer for basic features, or pro when they needed more.

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                              • jt1001001J
                                jt1001001
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                                Sadly latest version of Foxit free (10) got rid of their PDF printer, so Its win10 or Adobe now (haven't checked other PDF utilities)

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                                • ObsolesceO
                                  Obsolesce @jt1001001
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                                  @jt1001001 said in "Microsoft print to PDF" feature in windows 10 not showing drivers when activated:

                                  Sadly latest version of Foxit free (10) got rid of their PDF printer, so Its win10 or Adobe now (haven't checked other PDF utilities)

                                  Boo 😞

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