QuickBooks is one of the most popular accounting software among small and medium businesses. It has a simple and intuitive user interface that even a non-accountant can easily use to manage accounts, inventory, payroll, sales tax as well as other business finances.
However, this software application is not free from bugs. Sometimes, users might face QuickBooks Printer Not Activated Error Code 20 while printing an invoice or other documents through QuickBooks. This error displays the message “QuickBooks is unable to save your form as a PDF file”.
Fixing the QuickBooks Printer Not Activated Error Code 20
There are a couple of possible causes for this error. If you receive this error, please try one or more of these solutions. If one doesn’t resolve the issue, move on to the next one.
Solution 1: Download and run Print and PDF Repair Tool
QuickBooks Print & PDF Repair tool will help you fix your printing or pdf issues with QuickBooks Desktop. This program is not compatible with QuickBooks Online, but it can be used with all versions of QuickBooks Desktop including QuickBooks Pro/Premier/Enterprise Solutions 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012 and 2011.
Here is how to use this tool:
Download the Print & PDF Repair Tool by Intuit. You will be prompted to save a file named QBPrintAndPDFRepairTool.exe in your Downloads folder. Locate the downloaded file and double-click it to run it. The tool may prompt you to shut down QuickBooks before it continues but if it does not then make sure that QuickBooks is closed before continuing with the repair process. Select your version of Windows from the drop-down menu and click Continue. When prompted to close any open programs, click OK.
QuickBooks is a very powerful, reliable and easy to use accounting software. But still it has some errors which can trouble users. One of the most common errors in QuickBooks is QuickBooks Printer not activated error code 20. While printing invoices or pay checks from your QuickBooks desktop, this error pops up on your screen and prevents you from printing anything.
There are many causes of this error, but mostly the reason is that QuickBooks was not installed properly, it might be a conflict between two or more printers, there may be some issues with the printer driver installed on your computer or there may be some problem with the printer settings of your computer.
