PDF printing in Microsoft Edge

In IE 11 & prior, you could install PDF Writer into Devices & Printers. When you printed to PDF from a document or from a web site, the pdf writer would open & you could save the pdf document anywhere on your computer and save it under any file name you wanted.

If you go to a site & it has a document in PDF format, there is no problem in saving it to any location on your computer and you can also give it a file name. 

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In Windows 10 Edge, you have a choice of Microsoft PDF or any PDF Writer you want to install. When you print to PDF from sites on the internet, or articles from the internet, you DO NOT have the ability give the PDF file a name and it always saves it to Documents folder in the library under the same name even if they are separate articles or copies of personal banking accounts. So if you do not want your new files to be overwritten, you have to change the filename each & every time and also copy it to the folder you want it in. This is a complete waste of time, especially for people who do a lot of research on the internet.  

My conclusion to Edge is that it is faster, but only at the cost of missing functions and add-ons.

Among my family & friends, I'm the most computer literate since the MS Dos days, and they count on me when they have problems. With all the new problems and complexities of windows 10 and Microsoft Edge, I am telling them to switch to Firefox or Google until OR if Microsoft decides to correct the problems they have created.

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I use Acrobat X and their native Adobe PDF "printer". Every time I try to print to a PDF, it crashes. Guess I'm going back to Chrome, because I rarely print anything anymore. This is a 100% necessity!

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Also having this problem, which makes Edge almost useless.  As a researcher and consultant I "print" hundreds of documents to pdf so I can read them from my pc/tablet rather than printing them on paper.  Not being able to name the file and select the file location anywhere on my pc to save the pdf when using the "Microsoft print to PDF" function in Edge is just stupid.  Because the "print to PDF" function of Adobe Acrobat XI crashes when used in Edge, one is forced to use the ridiculous "Microsoft print to PDF" function or a different browser.

Come on Microsoft, you can do better than this!

 

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I agree - I need to be able to both name a print to PDF file and save it to a specific location. I guess I will either revert to an old exploerer or use Chrome (ugg) which also has problems. I had hoped that Edge would fix some of the previous IE issues. Edge appears to still be a "Beta" version due to it's lack of many basic functions.

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We have exactly the same problem as described above.  The current status quo is a big step back from the past.  I hope that MS fixes this quickly.  Selecting WHERE to save a pdf file is fundamental to efficient use of folders and directories.

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From the little I have read in Tech Republic and ZDNet, there's supposed to be a big update & possibly new apps coming in late October or November. Hopefully, this problem will be solved also. I've also had problems with system restore where I lost about 15 downloads and docs after the restore. Good thing the File History backup worked since I have it set to back up every hour.

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I can work with the save as functionality not being perfect.  My problem with this function is that when you open the edge saved pages in adobe reader, the links are just underlined words and no longer have the functionality of behaving as links and using highlighter highlights space 2 to 2 and half lines above the text you also want to highlight.

I used to use chrome and CutePDF for printing, but even using cute now, the highlighter function doesn't work at all.  Old pdf'd documents created in Windows seven using cute still function normally in reader.

Though I lost interest in Firefox years ago, I think I might have to give them ago again.  There are too many bugs in Edge for my sanity.

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Hi people, What I do is when I have something in edge to print, I go to the upper right of the screen where you see the 3 dots and click that and select IE then what is in edge is now in IE 11 and that enables me to print with adobe acrobat perfectly, then I can save the pdf as normal. Problem solved.

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Thanks for the info, this will help a lot. The only thing I might worry about is if the security updates and support ends for IE11, then there might be problems. Anyway, I only need it to print to pdf only personal stuff. When I want to save articles I read on the internet, I just do a straight copy to MS Word 2010 or LibreOffice 4.4. Both of these will copy the formats AND the links also on which I do count on.

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This doesn't solve the highlighting problem or lack of links being captured in the print that I have with the print to pdf function.. I went to IE 11 and tried your "solution" but it had the same result.  Plus while its may be considered a work around, its not really a solution for the edge product where it should be fully functioning. Either way, it doesn't work for me.

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You are a life saver !!!

This tip on using the 3 dots = more actions  ( ... ) and choosing the magic words:

OPEN WITH INTERNET EXPLORER
took me to my regular IE tab where I could access my bank account's website,

and print my statements without having to download or save them first to my computer.

Game changer, thank you so much !!!

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