Create a Dedicated Printer For A Certain Stationery

Learn how to create a new pdfMachine printer, configure it to use a specific stationery PDF, and then use this new printer to convert a document (like a Word file) to PDF with the stationery automatically applied.

 

Steps in Video:

  1. Open pdfMachine in Administrator mode.

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  2. Open the main menu.

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  3. Go to the Tools menu.

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  4. Select 'Add / Remove printers'.

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  5. Click the 'Add...' button.

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  6. Enter a name for the new printer (e.g., 'pdfMachine Company A').

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  7. Click 'OK'.

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  8. Close the 'Add / Remove printers' window.

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  9. Close pdfMachine Ultimate.

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  10. Search for the options for the newly created printer.

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  11. Open the printer options.

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  12. Navigate to 'Apply on print'.

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  13. Select 'Stationery'.

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  14. Check 'Enable stationery on all pages'.

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  15. Click 'Select stationery'.

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  16. Choose the desired stationery PDF file and click 'Open'.

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  17. Go back from the Stationery settings.

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  18. Close the pdfMachine Ultimate options.

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  19. Open a document in an application like Microsoft Word.

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  20. Go to the Add-ins tab in Word.

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  21. Click the dropdown for the new pdfMachine printer.

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  22. Select 'Create PDF' to convert the document using the printer settings, including stationery.

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  23. View the resulting PDF with the stationery applied.

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  24. Alternatively, use the File > Print menu in Word.

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  25. Select 'Print'.

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  26. Choose the new pdfMachine printer from the list.

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  27. Click 'Print'.

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  28. The PDF is created with the stationery applied.

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