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I am trying to print/generate a pdf of a contribution receipt from the search results of a find contribution.  I click check the contribution I select Print or email Contribution Receipts then click generate pdf and it always produces an error.  I am trying on two different sites of mine one on 4.0.7 another on 3.2 and nothing happens on either. 

Is there anything specific I haven't configured correctly?  In my 4.0.7 I added a pdf template..Anything else that would keep it from working?

I need a way to print thank you letters.  I am thinking about just reworking the receipt template and printing them at the end of each day through this method.  I have read through this forum  http://forum.civicrm.org/index.php?topic=21251.0  and would love to see an easy button like this or something.   

This is all the error says.. I have debugging turned on and backtrace on.  How do I find the error log file or the backtrace? 

"Sorry. A non-recoverable error has occurred.
We experienced an unexpected error. Please post a detailed description and the backtrace on the CiviCRM forums: http://forum.civicrm.org/
Return to home page."

Dec 08 13:43:59  [info] Could not find membership record:

Dec 08 13:43:59  [info] $Fatal Error Details = Array
(
    [message] => We experienced an unexpected error. Please post a detailed description and the backtrace on the CiviCRM forums: http://forum.civicrm.org/
    =>
)


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