Not having a printer in this business can make life unnecessarily difficult. It takes time and money to purchase a printer, set it up, and maintain it. Plus, you're kind of screwed if you don't have a scanner and/or fax machine, too. Here's how to skip the printing and scanning altogether. And it's totally free!
1. Go to www.primoPDF.com. On the lefthand side, you'll see Try Primo. Click "Download Free".
2. Install the software the way you would any other piece of software.
3. Open up the PDF you need to print in Adobe Reader. Click the Printer icon.
4. When the Print box pops up, select "PrimoPDF" from the Printer dropdown box.
5. Make sure you close the original PDF. Don't worry - you won't lose your data.
6. PrimoPDF should appear. Screen quality is fine for these purposes. Just click on "Create PDF".
7. Save the PDF wherever you want.
If you want to enter text into the form fields, you may do that. If you just want to sign, skip these next two steps.
8. In the upper righthand corner, click on Text > Add Text.
9. Click on the field where you want the text to go. Continue clicking on the fields where you'd like to type until you're ready to sign.
Ready to sign? Make sure you've completed all the fields you need to. You may sign three ways, but I only recommend two of them. One, you may manually sign your name on your touchpad, with your mouse, or with a Bamboo tablet if you have one. Or, you can use MS Paint, GIMP, Adobe Illustrator, or any other similar program to sign your signature. Save it as a .jpg. **NOTE: It seems counterintuitive, but make sure that you use a white brush on a black background if you're using Adobe Illustrator. Otherwise, you'll get a black box around a white signature in Primo.
10. Under the "Add Text" box we just clicked, click on "Place Signature". A white box will appear where you can draw your signature or add an image. To add an image, click the dropdown box at the top and select "Add An Image". Find the file on your computer, then save the signature.
11. When you're ready to place your signature, drag and drop it into the signature field. Then, click "Done Signing" and "Confirm". It will prompt you to re-save the file. Save it wherever you saved the original PDF to replace the unsigned file.
12. It will prompt you to upload the file. Just click "Not Now".
And you're done! Now you have a filled out form or contract that you can email to whatever site you're applying to.




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