"Ian Jackson" wrote in message
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In message , Arfa Daily
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"Ian Jackson" wrote in message
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In message , Jim Hawkins
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Anyone know how to convert a .pdf file into a .jpg one ?
You have several suggestions. However, yet another way is to use
'Bullzip PDF Printer'.
As well as producing PDF files from almost anything, Bullzip* can
produce eight other image formats - including JPG.
*I almost always use Bullzip (freeware) to produce PDFs.
http://www.bullzip.com/products/pdf/info.php
Note: Also needs Ghostscript V8.6.4 or later.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/ghostscript/files/
http://sourceforge.net/projects/ghos...ostscript/8.71
/gs871w32.exe/download
-- Ian
I thought that this Bullzip thing sounded quite useful, so I downloaded
and installed it, which all went ok. However, it seemed to bolt itself in
as the default 'printer', and completely removed any reference to the
'real' HP hardware printer. Thinking that it had just set itself up as the
default, I went into control panel to put the HP back to that status, and
Lo ! it had gone from the list ... So I then had to re - add it as a new
shared network printer, and make sure that it was set as the default. Am I
missing something here ?
It's a while since I installed (or updated) Bullzip, and I don't recall
any problems. However, when installing it, there could well be a question
like "Do you want to make Bullzip your default printer". Maybe you missed
it and let it do it, while I spotted it, and said "No".
However, I'm surprised that it removed the incumbent default HP printer
from the list of printers, instead of just displacing it. I have several
printers listed (mostly PDF printers), and I've never had one
spontaneously removed when installing any of them.
I have to have the HP as the default, otherwise the missus and so on won't
understand when they come to print anything. Now that I've re-instated the
HP as the default printer, Bullzip is still in the list, but obviously as
a selectable alternative. Have I got it right now ?
It looks like you have - but, Bullzip should not have removed the existing
default HP.
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Ian
Yes Ian, that was my feeling too. I'm pretty sure that I didn't miss any
questions about defaults. I've been using computers a very long time, and I
am always extremely careful to note all the installation options on any new
piece of software that I'm installing, purposely to avoid this sort of
thing. For instance, I always look for an option to install the software
somewhere other than on the C drive, as I like to keep that for OS stuff
only. I have another completely separate physical drive for applications.
Also, I am always on the lookout for these installations wanting to add
taskbars on the screen and background programs that I don't want.
As soon as I had installed it, I opened up a Word document to see how it
would present in the print options. It was there, in the window, as the now
default printer. I did the drop-down to re-find the HP hardware printer, and
it was not there, which is when I went to the control panel to see what was
going on. There was no reference to the HP at all, so I did an 'add
printer', told it that it was a network printer, and let it go search. It
found it and identified it correctly, and then asked if it should use the
driver that it had already got installed for this printer. I told it yes,
and there it then was, back on the screen, and set as the default. When I
then went back and checked in my Word document, the HP was back to being in
the window as the default, and when I opened the drop-down, Bullzip was
there as a selectable option, which worked ok.
Puzzling ... :-\
Arfa