Printing Crystal Reports in IE

Hello,
I am using CR 2008 for VS. When running a report in IE (multiple versions) and try to print, the report will not open in a new window as a PDF.... instead IE shows the notification bar at the bottom, asking if you want to save the PDF file. (see attached screen shot)
However, if I click on a hyperlink to a PDF in IE, it will open up in a new window without having to save it first.
Why is CR making IE force the user to save the PDF first? This is very inconvenient, and some users are having problems.
When I print a report in FireFox the PDF opens up without saving. Why is this not the case in IE?
Thanks!

I believe you are working with the version of CR that bundled with VS 2008 (Crystal Reports Basic for Visual Studio 2008 (v. 10.5))
The behavior you are seeing is expected with that version. If you are looking for a more intuitive printing (e,g.; no save dialog), you will have to upgrade to CR 2008 (v. 12.x) or SAP Crystal Reports, developer version for Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 / 2012 (v. 13.x).
SAP Crystal Reports, developer version for Microsoft Visual Studio (CRVS) is available as a free download from here:
SAP Crystal Reports, developer version for Microsoft Visual Studio: Updates & Runtime Downloads
Eval of CR 2008 is available from here:
SAP - Crystal Reports 30-Day Evaluation
Oh. Here is a screen shot of what printing looks like in CRVS:
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