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printing FILE NAME and DATE PRINTED?

when i was on a mac i used to be able to have a default in the printer dialog so that every page printed showed the file name and the data printed. i would like to do this in the mac but i am guessing that this has to be done in either the specialized software dialog box or perhaps in a mac dialog box?

in any event, can anyone help me figure out where i might find a place to do this? i haveadobe acrobat but i wold also like to do it in something like Preview as well.

TIA

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Posted on May 4, 2013 1:01 PM

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PAHU

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Posted on May 5, 2013 12:43 AM

There is no option in Acrobat to do this. Nor does the standard print dialog offer it for Preview. I also could not find a setting within CUPS to perform this.

There are print drivers that support this and there are also some machines that can do this, although they typically print the information on a preceeding page.

So you may have to rely on third party software to achieve this.

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hotwheels22 Author

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May 9, 2013 2:47 PM in response to LilyLC

hi. i want to assume that you did not take this as what was meant. i of course meant that it would be helpful to get your - or others' - input on actual usage. this should be clear in that i was explaining that i rarely find directions to read the help menu to be of any use unless someone can point to a specific passage that i may have overlooked.

what i meant of course is that this is a /forum/ and that i find talking to people on the forum to be of most benefit which is why i am posting.

anyway, please accept my apologies if i offended you in any way!

printing FILE NAME and DATE PRINTED?