Can I make Save as PDF the default printer

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Can I make Save as PDF the default printer

I have an application that I only want to Print as "save as PDF." It doesn't seem like I can set this as a default printer for this application or the computer. Am I wrong or will I always need to use the drop down to save as a PDF?

15" MacBook Pro 2.4Ghz Core 2 Duo, 20" 2Ghz iMac G5, Mac OS X (10.5.6), iPod Video 30GB, AppleTV, Airport Extreme N

Posted on Mar 6, 2009 8:44 PM

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Mar 6, 2009 9:27 PM in response to jsunem

you can't set "save as pdf" as a default printer. you can try CUPS-PDF which creates a virtual pdf printer and you can use that.
http://www.codepoetry.net/projects/cups-pdf-for-mosx

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Answer 2

Mar 8, 2009 11:29 AM in response to jsunem

You can also use the scripts in /Library/Scripts/Printing Scripts. There is a Convert to PDF script there that you can save as a droplet. After doing that, dropping the files on the droplet will convert them to PDF.

Hope this helps.

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