Hi. Usually exporting a PDF from the Lead Sheet window was a piece of cake .... But now BIAB keeps telling me the PDF995 driver is missing, and it won't install when you click on YES (see below); after reboot it's still missing. Any ideas? PS i don't have Adobe Reader installed, but Foxit Reader, Thnx, F
Have you looked at Windows Printers and Devices tho see whether it is installed or not? If you need to reinstall it, it should be on your USB hard drive as a standalone installer. I would run it "as administrator" to make sure it installs properly into Windows.
John
Laptop-HP Omen I7 Win11Pro 32GB 12TB SSD Desktop-ASUS-I7 Win10Pro 32GB 12TB SATA
I just found that it wasn't active in Windows (10) features, and might work since i activated it there, but after a reboot .. BUT it still doesn't work, although present in Windows. On my BIAB USB drive i couldn't find it BTW. PS i'll look into it tomorrow, got the Windows Blues once again ...
Well, i downloaded some PDF995 installer, oh boy, it wants to access the internet for ads unless i pay $10. What happened to BIAB's standard PDF function, which always worked? Is there a way to get Foxit Reader or another (Cute PDF) involved? can't find options for that in Preferences ... F
Yes I use cute pdf writer Just download and click and it will add to your list of available printers.
So when you go to print from BIAB chose it there, instead of your default printer that will be offered, This will save your print as a pdf file to the folder of your choice,
If you downloaded PDF995 from the PDF995 site, you have received the commercial version (which is free with ads or without ads for $10). My understanding is that the PDF995 you receive from PGMusic is a licensed version. If you have a USB drive, I would do a file search for "*995*.*" and look for the installation file. I would uninstall the ad version and re-install the PGMusic provided version. I'm not at my music computer, so I can't tell you exactly where on the hard drive it is located.
But I believe any PDF print driver should do the same thing.
I have been a long time user of PDF-995 (from back in the day where there weren't a bunch of free ones and you had do buy Adobe Pro to get one). Now they are all over the place. I believe Foxit Reader comes with a PDF print driver as well (and that's the one I generally use, although I actually own Foxit PhantomPDF - their full-featured PDF utility).
Maybe someone from PGMusic will see this post and indicate where on the USB drive the installation file is located. And there is no problem having multiple PDF drivers installed. They just each present themselves as a virtual printer. You choose the one you want.
John
Laptop-HP Omen I7 Win11Pro 32GB 12TB SSD Desktop-ASUS-I7 Win10Pro 32GB 12TB SATA
My Man !: it's in D:\bb\Data\Installers. However running the installers, rebooting Windows (and BIAB) doesn't show them, other then that there's a new (was there already) folder on my boot disk: C:\pdf995.
Alas BIAB still shows the error message (see above, OP) when you press 'Print to PDF'. It won't install ... Thnx, F
I don't use PDF995, but I was able to verify that it doesn't seem to work. In BIAB, File, Print, when you click on Print to PDF, it says that the driver is not installed and offers to do so. I did that. I rebooted and it still is reporting the driver is not installed. The regular print choices do not include PDF995 either.
I am reporting this to the developers to check.
In the meantime, just install Cute PDF and use it through the Setup Printer button.
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I've never installed PGMusic's version, but to successfully use PDF995, you have to install both the PDF995 Print Driver and the PDF995 Print Converter. Then, if you want to manage your settings, you should also download PDFEdit995. I would have to look closer to see exactly what PGMusic provides in their PDF995 package, but if you get it from the PDF995 web site, you should get all three files.
John
Laptop-HP Omen I7 Win11Pro 32GB 12TB SSD Desktop-ASUS-I7 Win10Pro 32GB 12TB SATA
To install PDF995, go to the BB\BBHelper\PDF995 Installer\, right-click on Autosetup, and select Run as Administrator. That'll install it automatically, and the "Print to PDF" button really should just work.
I do get ads if I select PDF995 as my printer in another application and use its regular Print function, but I don't get ads if I do the same in Band-in-a-Box, or if I click Print to PDF in Band-in-a-Box's Print Options window.
Regarding the ads, if you download PDF995 from their website, you will always get ads unless you pay for it. I'm not 100% sure if the version we provide should have ads when used with other programs, but will find out and let you know.
I uninstalled PDF995 through the Control Panel, then reinstalled it using Autosetup, and it worked perfectly. You just don't see an installer window appear, it installs in the background instantly.
To install PDF995, go to the BB\BBHelper\PDF995 Installer\, right-click on Autosetup, and select Run as Administrator. That'll install it automatically, and the "Print to PDF" button really should just work .
I do get ads if I select PDF995 as my printer in another application and use its regular Print function, but I don't get ads if I do the same in Band-in-a-Box, or if I click Print to PDF in Band-in-a-Box's Print Options window.
Regarding the ads, if you download PDF995 from their website, you will always get ads unless you pay for it. I'm not 100% sure if the version we provide should have ads when used with other programs, but will find out and let you know.
Thanks Kent PG Music
Alas, the BIAB installer, as Matt said (hey, i'm not crazy after all!) no go my system .... tried, autosetup, them 2 other .exes, admin, reboot and all. Foxit can be accessed through 'print setup' as mentioned by Matt on CutePDF. - Biabs' PD955, no F actually, see OP above, won't install. F
Are you assuming that Autosetup didn't work because you didn't see the installer window appear? This installer runs in the background, and it will look like nothing happened, but it should be installed now if you've followed my instructions.
Try hitting Print, then Print to PDF in Band-in-a-Box, let's see what happens.
Nope, just ran all three again, admin, reboot etc. The second .exe only shows an installer screen, tried 'print to pdf'. Nada, riente, nakko, niks, nichts ...... just the screen looping as posted on my OP ... actually on my USB AP drive the folder is in D:\bb\Data\Installers, maybe there's the problem ??
The folder is likely in both locations, and it shouldn't matter where you run it from (I just tested it from both). Autosetup.exe is the only one you need to run, by the way. You don't need to run any of the others. I never have, and this has always worked for me, and everyone I've walked through this.
Is PDF995 listed in the Control Panel's Programs and Features list? If so, please uninstall it from there, then run Autosetup.exe once more by running as administrator like I described. Reboot the machine, launch Band-in-a-Box by right-clicking on its icon and selecting Run as Administrator, then try Print to PDF once more.
No. I suspected the autosetup might have worked in the background, so I checked to see if PDF995 was available as a print driver. It wasn't.
I then had to load the second exe file, pdf995s, to get it to install. After that, it worked fine (and I don't understand why it didn't when Fiddler2007 tried the same thing).
BIAB 2026 Win Audiophile. Software: Fender Studio One 8, Swam horns, Acoustica-7, Notion 6, Song Master Pro, Win 11 Home. Hardware: Intel i9, 32 Gb; Presonus Quantom HD8 & Faderport 8, Royer 121, Adam Sub8 & Neumann 120 monitors.
Weird, I've never seen this not work before. Did you run Autosetup as administrator, and did you happen to check for it in the "Programs and Features" list? I've uninstalled and reinstalled it four times today, and it shows up within seconds (though I have to close and reopen Programs and Features to see it).
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