Thanks Ronni, it would seem that in the absence of a 6S or 6S Plus
(I have an inherited 5S) there is no way to make a PDF of an email
_on an iOS device_. I've looked at the features of 3 or 4 of the App
Store PDF creators and not one of them explicitly states the ability
to make a PDF of an email is one of it's built in features. Perhaps
there is one that does it. I will leave it there for now. Thanks for
feedback as usual.
Kind Regards
Pete.
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Hi Peter,
On 24 Mar 2016, at 6:59 PM, Peter Crisp wrote:
Thanks Ronni, yes that would probably work but how do I “Export as
PDF” a Mail message on an iOS device?
If you have a iPhone 6S or 6S Plus you can using its 3D Touch!
"The process of creating a PDF from, say, a webpage and then having
it exported to an email client is something that could come
in useful for a lot of us, and it’s something we would use many
more times than we care to admit. We’re guessing creating PDFs on
iOS is something you might have fought with in the past too, so
here’s a quick rundown of how you can do just that and without any
third-party apps required.
The only limitation? You’ll need one of Apple’s iPhone 6s or
iPhone 6s Plus smartphones in order for it to work.” Read more
here: How To Export As PDF On iOS Using 3D Touch
I wish Apple had never decided to pull the 'Print to PDF’ app that
Steve Jobs announced back in 2011 from the App Store :(
When Apple introduced AirPrint to iOS, they made it incredibly easy
to send files right from your iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad to any
compatible Wi-Fi printer in the vicinity. Unfortunately, what Apple
didn't do was bring 'Print to PDF' (Export as PDF) along for the
ride.
There are 'Print to PDF' apps in the App Store that offer some form
of the same, but I’ve never found one as good as the original
‘Print to PDF’ - which was an app that runs a virtual print server
on your iPad or iPhone. Any time you choose to print, in any app that
can send documents to AirPrint, you can instead pick 'Print to PDF' as
a destination.
Cheers, Ronni
Peter Crisp petercr...@westnet.com.au [4]
On 24 Mar 2016, at 12:01 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:
Hi Peter,
The one thing I cannot still do is print an email when I'm off the
wifi network.”
I must be missing the point here… You mentioned you can print PDFs
remotely, so why not ‘Export as PDF' a mail message you wish to
print?
Cheers, Ronni
Sent from Ronni's iPad4
On 23 Mar 2016, at 6:15 AM, Peter Crisp wrote:
Thanks for this Ronni, I think I can get all of the 'object type'
items (eg a PDF, JPG, Doc, XLS etc) printed either locally (on the
WiFI network the printer is on) or remotely.
The one thing I cannot still do is print an email when I'm off the
wifi network. When I am on the WiFi network, it is easy, the device
simply recognises the Airprinters in vicinity and it locates the
Brother printer. But when off WiFi network, the AirPrint option
doesn't work as it is unable to 'find' the printer, as expected. There
appears to be no alternate way to remote print an _email body._
The Brother documentation is silent specifically on email printing
but plenty of information on printing attached items or standalone
objects (PDF, JPG, DOC, etc).
Regards
Pete
On 20 Mar 2016, at 11:57 AM, Ronda Brown wrote:
Hi Peter,
You might find some helpful information here:
Brother MFC-9335CDW MF Laser Printer
Brother iPrint&Scan app, AirPrint, Google Cloud PrintTM & Wi-Fi
DirectTM,NFC Web Connect Print from and scan to DropBox, Evernote®,
Facebook, Flickr®, Google DriveTM, PicasaTM & SkyDrive®
Sent from Ronni's iPad4
On 19 Mar 2016, at 1:55 PM, Peter Crisp wrote:
HIi there, I have recently bought myself a Brother printer an
MFC-9335CDW and it is a Laser Multifunction. Brother have a good app
"iPrint and Scan" and within that is the ability to print documents,
photos etc remotely. Whilst I struggle a little particularly with
iCloud, I am able to fumble my way through getting documents up into
Google drive and then via the app can print attachments remotely to
the printer that I manage to save into Google drive.
My main question is if I simply want to print an email body (not
with any attachments) from a location away from the WiFi network the
printer is located on (and hence not an 'airprint' print job), there
doesn't seem to be a way to do that. I think I understand that to
print remotely, I have to get the object I'm trying to print into the
Cloud (either iCloud Drive, Google Drive, Dropbox) somewhere and then
tell the app to print that object from the cloud service wherever I
placed it.
Has anyone else experienced and resolved this conundrum?
Regards
Pete
Links:
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[1] mailto:petercr...@westnet.com.au
[2]
http://www.redmondpie.com/how-to-export-as-pdf-on-ios-using-3d-touch/
[3]
http://www.wired.com/2011/08/print-to-pdf-a-virtual-printer-for-your-iphone-ipad/
[4] mailto:petercr...@westnet.com.au
[5] mailto:ro...@mac.com
[6] mailto:petercr...@westnet.com.au
[7] mailto:ro...@mac.com
[8] http://download.brother.com/welcome/doc100144/cv_eng_mpg_ios_a.pdf
[9]
http://support.brother.com/g/s/id/htmldoc/ios/eng/manual/index.html#GUID-8A047202-8698-4090-9C11-32822488A611_20
[10] mailto:petercr...@westnet.com.au
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