topic Re: lost ability to print pdf in Documentation

lost ability to print pdf

Anonymous — Fri, 19 May 2023 20:21:55 GMT

I cannot print to a pdf file. When printing the pdf option does not show up. Under print set-up the pdf is not there but "temporary ArchiCAD10 publisher" shows up. If I try to use that it only stalls out and nothing happens. What do I need to do to change it back to pdf?

Re: lost ability to print pdf

Anonymous — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 15:34:55 GMT

In AC10 the process for creating .pdf's changed. New new way is to publish (layouts or model views) from the publisher tab on the drawing organizer. After dragging the desired drawings into the publisher list you then select the output format, in this case .pdf. As an additional option you can have multiple layouts/drawings merged into a single .pdf file.

When i first started with AC10 i had to make some adjustments to get this to work. Below is a link the the correction that worked for me.

http://www.archicadwiki.com/TechNotes/Save_as_PDF_%E2%80%93_Disabling_the_temporary_ArchiCAD_publisher?highlight=%28pdf%29

Re: lost ability to print pdf

Anonymous — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 16:18:45 GMT

Part of the problem is that once you put the drawings into publisher and select output format - the option for selecting .pdf is not there. I cannot print to the .pdf format in the publisher and I cannot print in ArchiCAD to .pdf.

Re: lost ability to print pdf

Eduardo Rolon — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 17:46:39 GMT

Just to be sure…

Re: lost ability to print pdf

Anonymous — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 21:39:12 GMT

Had some luck. Reinstalled ArchiCAD on the computer. Whatever was causing the problem went away. ArchiCAD reinstalled the Amyuni PDF converter and it is now showing up when I go to print from the desktop and when I use the publisher.

Thanks for your suggestions and help!

Re: lost ability to print pdf

Laszlo Nagy — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 11:17:41 GMT

Rich wrote:
Had some luck. Reinstalled ArchiCAD on the computer. Whatever was causing the problem went away. ArchiCAD reinstalled the Amyuni PDF converter and it is now showing up when I go to print from the desktop and when I use the publisher.

Thanks for your suggestions and help!

Next time you need to only reinstall the PDF driver. Its intaller is located within the ArchiCAD folder.

Re: lost ability to print pdf

Link — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 03:31:14 GMT

laszlonagy wrote:
Next time you need to only reinstall the PDF driver. Its intaller is located within the ArchiCAD folder.

Are you sure that is still the case in AC11, Laszlo? The PDF Converter doesn't look like it exists as a separate application any longer. Maybe it has been bundled in with the main installation?

Cheers,
Link.

Re: lost ability to print pdf

Laszlo Nagy — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 07:25:03 GMT

Link wrote:
laszlonagy wrote:
Next time you need to only reinstall the PDF driver. Its intaller is located within the ArchiCAD folder.
Are you sure that is still the case in AC11, Laszlo? The PDF Converter doesn't look like it exists as a separate application any longer. Maybe it has been bundled in with the main installation?

Cheers,
Link.

His signature says he is using AC10, this is why I wrote this.
But you are right, for anyone using AC11 and reading this, it is good info to say that this is not the case with AC11.

Re: lost ability to print pdf

Anonymous — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 12:16:45 GMT

I will have to look at the ArchiCAD folder again. I did go through the information on the disk but did not see what might be a pdf installer. Does that show up as a separate icon within a folder? Yes, I am using AC10. I have installed all the updates from Graphisoft as they have been available.

Re: lost ability to print pdf

Laszlo Nagy — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 21:20:16 GMT

Rich wrote:
I will have to look at the ArchiCAD folder again. I did go through the information on the disk but did not see what might be a pdf installer. Does that show up as a separate icon within a folder? Yes, I am using AC10. I have installed all the updates from Graphisoft as they have been available.

Look for a folder name similar to this:
C:\Program Files\ArchiCAD 10\PDF Converter\Install

Re: lost ability to print pdf

Anonymous — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 20:50:13 GMT

Hi

I have the opposite problem where my pdf's won't print. I can print pdf's but the layouts with pdf's imported into them print as blank both from the physical and amyuni printer. The local agent have not found a solution as yet.

At least the work around is easy for this one, a literal cut and paste.

thanks

Re: lost ability to print pdf

Laura Yanoviak — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 23:27:21 GMT

You could try this. Also, I know this topic has been discussed on this forum, so I'd recommend a search.

Re: lost ability to print pdf

Anonymous — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 21:51:06 GMT

Thanks Laura. I had searched under pdf but found nothing specific. Do you know of another link that is not under pdf. The local agent says they have two instances of this and the other was fixed with the latest patch but it did not work for me.