How do I install the 'Print to Evernote' feature?

[rafikiphoto 22]

On my last Windows 10 64 bit laptop under the list of available printers there was the very useful 'Print to Evernote' listing. I used it quite a lot. Since installing 6.2.4 on the new machine (same OS) this 'printer' is not listed. How do I install this 'Print to Evernote' feature? I have tried getting Windows to look for it under Devices and Printers but no luck there.

[gazumped 11,652]

Hi.  I've been a Windows Evernote user for the past several years and I've never seen a 'print to Evernote' option.  Closest you'll get for a document is to print to a PDF file and then import the file.  Otherwise the usual suspects of Copy/Paste / web clipper etc..

[rafikiphoto 22]

5 minutes ago, gazumped said:

Hi.  I've been a Windows Evernote user for the past several years and I've never seen a 'print to Evernote' option.  Closest you'll get for a document is to print to a PDF file and then import the file.  Otherwise the usual suspects of Copy/Paste / web clipper etc..

So have I and I have used 'Print to Evernote' most of that time. It does exist...somewhere. It's similar to the 'Send to OneNote' feature.

[gazumped 11,652]

Well,  you're not the first person to look for one...  (in no particular order..)

https://discussion.evernote.com/topic/38776-print-to-evernote-on-windows/

https://discussion.evernote.com/topic/18437-how-to-i-print-to-evernote/

https://discussion.evernote.com/topic/15813-request-print-to-evernote/

 

[rafikiphoto 22]

13 minutes ago, gazumped said:

Well,  you're not the first person to look for one...  (in no particular order..)

https://discussion.evernote.com/topic/38776-print-to-evernote-on-windows/

https://discussion.evernote.com/topic/18437-how-to-i-print-to-evernote/

https://discussion.evernote.com/topic/15813-request-print-to-evernote/

 

Please see screenshot. Printer on the far right. Taken from my Surface Pro 3 Win 10 64 bit

[gazumped 11,652]

Consider me convinced.  Never seen anything about this up to now however.  It's definitely not an additional feature that needs to be added in or switched on.  When you install the app,  what you see is what you get.  I'm currently using the latest beta and there's nothing in their either.

Maybe someone else has something more on this...

[rafikiphoto 22]

I have never installed it. It has always been there - except for this installation. I even uninstalled and reinstalled to see if it would appera but not this time!

[jefito 5,589]

6 hours ago, rafikiphoto said:

Please see screenshot. Printer on the far right. Taken from my Surface Pro 3 Win 10 64 bit

So right click on the "Print to Evernote" icon, and select Properties. What do you see?

[rafikiphoto 22]

13 hours ago, jefito said:

So right click on the "Print to Evernote" icon, and select Properties. What do you see?

Hehehe! The 'manufacturer' is Foxit Software Inc. I have Foxit Phantom PDF installed on each device. I have sent in a  support ticket to Foxit asking for confirmation that it is their driver and how I can retrieve it for my laptop. Nothing comes up on their website or forum. I'll report back when I receive a reply.

[jefito 5,589]

Mystery solved.

[s2sailor 2,183]

3 hours ago, rafikiphoto said:

Hehehe! The 'manufacturer' is Foxit Software Inc. I have Foxit Phantom PDF installed on each device. I have sent in a  support ticket to Foxit asking for confirmation that it is their driver and how I can retrieve it for my laptop. Nothing comes up on their website or forum. I'll report back when I receive a reply.

If you haven't already, maybe you just need to reinstall the Foxit software.

https://www.foxitsoftware.com/blog/integrating-evernote-and-your-pdf-software/

[rafikiphoto 22]

6 minutes ago, s2sailor said:

If you haven't already, maybe you just need to reinstall the Foxit software.

https://www.foxitsoftware.com/blog/integrating-evernote-and-your-pdf-software/

Thanks, I hadn't seen that blog but it was on my list to do at home this evening. I'll report back with the result.

[rafikiphoto 22]

Instead of a complete uninstall and reinstall I tried a repair on Foxit Phantom PDF and, lo and behold, the 'Print to Evernote' icon has reappeared.

Thanks everybody for your contributions.

[HerbyDE 101]

Wow! Thank you for the software hint. Just tested with MS-Word - works fine!

print-to-evernote.mp4

[gazumped 11,652]

Thanks for the link guys - I got this now too..  but it still just saves the file to PDF and sends that to Evernote...

[TIddly27 39]

You can do pretty much the same thing with any pdf printer.  Simply have Evernote watch a folder, save the PDF to that folder and Whola, evernote creates a note in that folder with the PDF name.

[FactMan 196]

I find that it is best to add pdfs to a folder that is not immediately uploaded to EN - I get a "temporary" file uploaded before the full conversion is done if I don't do that. So, a separate folder, and then move a batch of pdfs.

[TIddly27 39]

14 minutes ago, FactMan said:

I find that it is best to add pdfs to a folder that is not immediately uploaded to EN - I get a "temporary" file uploaded before the full conversion is done if I don't do that. So, a separate folder, and then move a batch of pdfs.

We have not had this issue.  I have a couple of folders into which we put files.  For invoicing and Deposits.  Then my person that does the paperwork on these items can easily know there are new ones.  We must be using smaller files or something.

[gazumped 11,652]

Might be an OS or a scanner issue - I found the same,  that my scanner opened a file in the Import folder into which it intended to save the scanned document.  Evernote immediately tried to import the file,  but got a 'file opened in another application' error because the scanner hadn't finished yet.  I scan to one folder and move files to the import folder in batches,  after OCR,  editing,  re-naming etc.  It's a useful extra step.  However - if you don't find it necessary,  that is perfectly fine..