![]() Just drag that printer icon to your Dock, or hold down command-option while dragging the icon to your Desktop to create an alias in that location.) (The printer-actually its print-queue program-is located in ~/Library/Printers. ![]() If you place your CUPS-PDF printer in the Dock, or create an alias of it on the Desktop, you can drag most documents onto the printer icon to automatically save a PDF version in your CUPS-PDF folder. If, like me, you save to PDF more than you print to paper, you can set your virtual printer as the default using Print & Fax preferences this makes saving documents as PDF files as easy as pressing Command+P, return.ĬUPS-PDF is also useful for converting documents to PDF format. Choose it and click on Print and a PDF of your document is created in a new cups-pdf folder on your Desktop, with the PDF file named using a combination of the document name (the Web page name if printing from a browser) and the CUPS print-job number. Once you’ve completed that initial setup process, your new PDF “printer” appears in the Printer pop-up menu in every print dialog. (If I choose to rename the resulting PDF before saving, that’s another step.) This may not seem like much, but when you print to PDF as many times each day as I do, it’s a hassle. Whereas printing involves simply pressing Command+P and then the return key, saving a document as a PDF requires me to press Command+P, mouse down to the PDF button and click on it, choose Save as PDF from the resulting menu, navigate to the desired folder, and then press return. My only beef with this system is that I wish it were more efficient. And since I have a good backup routine, all those documents are also backed up regularly.) (Which means that in addition to saving trees and toner, I’ve also made it easier to store and find information about past purchases. For example, I have a Receipts folder that contains a PDF receipt for every online purchase from the past few years. In fact, as part of my personal efforts to conserve, the vast majority of “printing” I do these days is directly to PDF. In any program, you just choose the Print command, click on the PDF button in the Print dialog, and then choose Save As PDF. ![]() ![]() ![]() One of my favorite Mac OS X features is the capability to “print” to a PDF file. ![]()
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