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I use a program that won't let me print to PDF, only directly to a printer. If I try to print to PDF using CutePDF for example, it prints out a blank page that says the feature is not supported. However, I need to print to PDF so I can transfer the document to another computer that has a printer connected to it.

How does the program know if I'm printing to a PDF or directly to a printer? Is there a way to spoof this so I'm allowed to print to PDF? What is technically different between the two?

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If you look at http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/dd183552%28v=vs.85%29.aspx you can see one of the fields that can be queried is the name of the printer. Possibly the program looks for a printer with the name of the popular PDF printer programs.

Is it possible to rename your PDF printer?

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