How to capture searchable text when using a Windows utility to print to PDF?

When creating a PDF from another source, whether a web page, LibreOffice/MS Office DOCX document, or an EPUB book, I usually want to keep searchable text, as well as an image of each page. That process has become difficult in Windows 10, whether using MS Print to PDF, BullPDF, CubePDF or other utility: only page images are captured, not text. Note that specific apps can still create PDF with text, such as Firefox's own print to PDF, and PDF-XChange Editor save as PDF (though not print to PDF). Also note that the issue does not involve DRM, as the files being printed are not protected; some hav

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