You can use any PDF printing software with AnyPO.  It's just a matter of installing the software and then selecting the PDF printer driver when you print the PO.  When you do this, the PDF software sends the PO to a PDF viewer (which is usually the free Adobe Acrobat program.).

But you can greatly speed up this process by utilizing a feature in AnyPO which integrates PDF printing into the AnyPO program.

To take advantage of the integrated PDF features, you'll need to download a copy of PDF995.  PDF995 is a free software program.  The reason that we have selected PDF995 is because of its ability to respond to commands from other software.  In AnyPO, it can be triggered without changing your default printer, and it will open a display window without asking for a filename.  There are other advantages as well.  If you're interested, you can download a copy from the following website:  www.pdf995.com.

One advantage of PDF995 is that it can be used to preview PO's before they are printed.  Previewing PO's by the use of a PDF viewer is far more versatile than any previewer built into software.  You have all sorts of ways of enlarging and reducing the size of the PO.  Moreover, you can save it and email it to customers, and, of course, you can print it.

As we mentioned, PDF995 is a free software program.  It does, however, display a sponsor page before opening the viewer.  We want to emphasize that PDF995 is NOT adware.  The sponsor page is a way for the developers of PDF995 to promote their company.  Since the software is, it's quite understandable that they would want to derive some benefit from the software's use.

However, you can turn off the sponsor page by registering the program.  That's another reason why we settled upon PDF995 for AnyPO.  The cost to register is only $9.95.  It's not necessary to register the software if you don't want to, but as the price of software goes, the cost is negligible.  In addition to removing the sponsor page, it makes you eligible to receive support.

To turn on the integrated PDF preview and file printing feature, select FILE >> PRINT PURCHASE ORDER.  From the dialog box that appears, click on the "More Options" button.  Look through the list of options and place a checkmark on "Use PDF995 for previewing and PDF printing."  For more information on the other PDF choices, see Printing: More Options.