Printing to File In OSX
(Simultaneously posted to MacTalk and to Mac-N-DOS) After sending Gretchen my suggestion about how she could sneakernet her Apple print jobs to the family Wintel machine for printing on the Canon inkjet, she told me she couldn't find a way to print to file (the first step in such sneakernetting). I later found my copy of Mac OS X Unleashed which described the process and more importantly, WHAT APPLE CALLS IT. (I learned that lesson in my first cross-platform switch from a Radio Shack TRS-80 Model III to a PC--what does the new platform call it?) The process is also described at this URL: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107764 Here's what you do (I'm posting this for the benefit of others that may need the same info); 1) From your application, select the File Menu, and under that, Print. 2) Select the Printer you want to use. 3) Among the options in the Print dialog box is Copies Pages. It's actually a sub-menu with several options within it. Select Copies Pages and change the option to Output Options. 4) Under Output Options, you click the checkbox Save as File and select which kind of file to save it as. Mac OS X Unleashed (which was written for OSX 10.1) only lists PDF and Postscript as options, and the Apple site doesn't add any additional options. (Note to Gretchen: make sure your Canon knows what to DO with Postscript output before choosing that option--that could be part of the problem you've been having. If it doesn't, choose PDF and print the document with Adobe Reader.) Make your choice of file type and click Save. As I understand Unleashed, once you've saved that choice, you can recall it later by going to Output Options and selecting Saved Settings: Custom. 5) Once this is done, as Unleashed puts it; The Print button becomes a Save button, allowing you to select a location where your file should be saved. 6) Then just drag the resulting file(s) to a removable media (CD-RW, USB memory key, ZIP disk), take it to the PC and send it to the printer (if PostScript, using PrintFile, if PDF, using Adobe Reader). If you have that version of Unleashed, it's on pages 408-409. HTH -- I'm a MUGWump: My MUG is on the Mac side of the fence (since mid-2002), and my Wump is on the PC side (since 1989). I've been on the trailing edge of computer technology since 1987 and love it! [P.S.] Due to limitations on this account, please send binaries to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and a confirmation note here. -- Mac-N-DOS is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... / Buy books, CDs, videos, and more from Amazon.com \ / http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/lowendmac \ Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html Mac-N-DOS list info:http://lowendmac.com/lists/mac-n-dos.shtml -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-n-dos%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: Printing to File In OSX
Thanks, Mike. It works great. This will work for me (and I don't even have to carry my printer from one end of the house to the other;-)). On Thu, 12 Feb 2004 14:06:31 -0500, MUGWump wrote: (Simultaneously posted to MacTalk and to Mac-N-DOS) After sending Gretchen my suggestion about how she could sneakernet her Apple print jobs to the family Wintel machine for printing on the Canon inkjet, she told me she couldn't find a way to print to file (the first step in such sneakernetting). I later found my copy of Mac OS X Unleashed which described the process and more importantly, WHAT APPLE CALLS IT. (I learned that lesson in my first cross-platform switch from a Radio Shack TRS-80 Model III to a PC--what does the new platform call it?) The process is also described at this URL: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107764 Here's what you do (I'm posting this for the benefit of others that may need the same info); 1) From your application, select the File Menu, and under that, Print. 2) Select the Printer you want to use. 3) Among the options in the Print dialog box is Copies Pages. It's actually a sub-menu with several options within it. Select Copies Pages and change the option to Output Options. 4) Under Output Options, you click the checkbox Save as File and select which kind of file to save it as. Mac OS X Unleashed (which was written for OSX 10.1) only lists PDF and Postscript as options, and the Apple site doesn't add any additional options. (Note to Gretchen: make sure your Canon knows what to DO with Postscript output before choosing that option--that could be part of the problem you've been having. If it doesn't, choose PDF and print the document with Adobe Reader.) Make your choice of file type and click Save. As I understand Unleashed, once you've saved that choice, you can recall it later by going to Output Options and selecting Saved Settings: Custom. 5) Once this is done, as Unleashed puts it; The Print button becomes a Save button, allowing you to select a location where your file should be saved. 6) Then just drag the resulting file(s) to a removable media (CD-RW, USB memory key, ZIP disk), take it to the PC and send it to the printer (if PostScript, using PrintFile, if PDF, using Adobe Reader). If you have that version of Unleashed, it's on pages 408-409. HTH -- I'm a MUGWump: My MUG is on the Mac side of the fence (since mid-2002), and my Wump is on the PC side (since 1989). I've been on the trailing edge of computer technology since 1987 and love it! [P.S.] Due to limitations on this account, please send binaries to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and a confirmation note here. *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Gretchen Summers [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Mac-N-DOS is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... / Buy books, CDs, videos, and more from Amazon.com \ / http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/lowendmac \ Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html Mac-N-DOS list info:http://lowendmac.com/lists/mac-n-dos.shtml -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-n-dos%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: Printing to File In OSX
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2004 19:17:10 -0500 From: Gretchen Summers [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks, Mike. It works great. This will work for me (and I don't even have to carry my printer from one end of the house to the other;-)). Success at last! BTW, which way did you end up printing to file--PDF or Postscript? -- I'm a MUGWump: My MUG is on the Mac side of the fence (since mid-2002), and my Wump is on the PC side (since 1989). I've been on the trailing edge of computer technology since 1987 and love it! [P.S.] Due to limitations on this account, please send binaries to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and a confirmation note here. -- Mac-N-DOS is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... / Buy books, CDs, videos, and more from Amazon.com \ / http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/lowendmac \ Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html Mac-N-DOS list info:http://lowendmac.com/lists/mac-n-dos.shtml -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-n-dos%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: Printing to File In OSX
It worked just as well with the postscript process. Thanks for the suggestion, Mike. On Thu, 12 Feb 2004 19:42:05 -0500, Gretchen Summers wrote: PDF. I'll try postscript, too, just to see if it works. On Thu, 12 Feb 2004 19:27:08 -0500, MUGWump wrote: Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2004 19:17:10 -0500 From: Gretchen Summers [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks, Mike. It works great. This will work for me (and I don't even have to carry my printer from one end of the house to the other;-)). Success at last! BTW, which way did you end up printing to file--PDF or Postscript? -- I'm a MUGWump: My MUG is on the Mac side of the fence (since mid-2002), and my Wump is on the PC side (since 1989). I've been on the trailing edge of computer technology since 1987 and love it! [P.S.] Due to limitations on this account, please send binaries to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and a confirmation note here. *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Gretchen Summers [EMAIL PROTECTED] *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Gretchen Summers [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Mac-N-DOS is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... / Buy books, CDs, videos, and more from Amazon.com \ / http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/lowendmac \ Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html Mac-N-DOS list info:http://lowendmac.com/lists/mac-n-dos.shtml -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-n-dos%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: Printing to File In OSX
Gretchen Summers wrote: It worked just as well with the postscript process. Thanks for the suggestion, Mike. You can share files and folders or do you copy this to removable media? -- Mac-N-DOS is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... / Buy books, CDs, videos, and more from Amazon.com \ / http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/lowendmac \ Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html Mac-N-DOS list info:http://lowendmac.com/lists/mac-n-dos.shtml -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-n-dos%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: Printing to File In OSX
I emailed it to myself, and opened it on the PC. On Fri, 13 Feb 2004 12:52:48 +1100, Darren wrote: Gretchen Summers wrote: It worked just as well with the postscript process. Thanks for the suggestion, Mike. You can share files and folders or do you copy this to removable media? *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Gretchen Summers [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Mac-N-DOS is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... / Buy books, CDs, videos, and more from Amazon.com \ / http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/lowendmac \ Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html Mac-N-DOS list info:http://lowendmac.com/lists/mac-n-dos.shtml -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-n-dos%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
