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Re: PDF viewer for OSX?

#12199
From: Tom Stiller
Date: Thu, 06 Nov 2008 00:14
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In article <getch4$40v$1@registered.motzarella.org>,
 Justin <justin@nobecauseihatespam.com> wrote:

> Tom Stiller wrote:
> > In article <siegman-3770B0.15252404112008@news.stanford.edu>,
> >  AES <siegman@stanford.edu> wrote:
> > 
> >> In article <1ipvmql.159cffh1g948cgN%nospam@see.signature>,
> >>  nospam@see.signature (Richard Maine) wrote:
> >>
> >>> But are you sure that preview won't let you do the print to pdf thing? I
> >>>
> >> Just as one data point, FWIW:  
> >>
> >> If I open _any_ PDF document with Acrobat 7.0 Standard under OS 
> >> 10.4.11and select File >> Print, the Acrobat Print dialog box that opens 
> >> does have the usual Preview button and the "PDF" drop down menu button 
> >> down at the bottom (along with other options plus a kind of preview pane 
> >> in the dialog itself), and these buttons are not greyed out.
> >>
> >> But if I attempt to select either the Preview button or the Save as PDF 
> >> option in the PDF drop-down menu, I get a message "Preview [or Save to 
> >> PDF] is not supported".  
> >>
> >> I can go ahead and print to a printer from the Acrobat Print dialog 
> >> itself, but these Mac-specific options definitely do not work.
> >>
> >> So far as I can tell, this occurs for _all_ PDF documents, not just 
> >> password-protected ones.
> > 
> > Which is why I recommended the virtual printer: cups-pdf.
> > 
> 
> 
> I have that installed but I see no way to configure it or print to it.

You have to add a (virtual) printer using the "Print & Fax" (Leopard) 
mechanism.

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Tom Stiller

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