How do I enable print to PDF on Mac?

Wondering how to print to PDF on Mac? You can do so easily without needing to use expensive programs like Adobe® Acrobat®. In this article, we'll explain how to print to PDF with one of the best Acrobat alternatives - PDFelement for Mac.

How to Print to PDF on Mac with PDFelement

There are two ways to print to PDF in PDFelement. After downloading and installing the program on your Mac, select one of the following methods to print to PDF on Mac.

Method 1: Print to PDF on Mac by Creating

Go to the "File" menu and select the "New" option. You will see several options there. They are as follows:

• Create PDF from File: make a PDF from the file on your computer.
• Create PDF from Window Capture: you can generate a PDF from the window you have opened on Mac.
• Create PDF from Selection Capture: you can create a PDF by selecting an area of your Mac desktop to capture.
• Create PDF from Screen Capture: you can make a PDF file from a screen capture of your Mac computer screen.
• Blank Document: make a blank PDF file using this option.

Method 3: Drag the Document to Print to PDF

The third option to print to PDF on Mac using PDFelement is to simply drag and drop the file into the program window or onto the PDFelement icon. The file will now be open in the program, ready for editing or saving.

While it is easy to print to PDF on Mac, creating PDF files can be more of a challenge. If you're looking for more options when creating PDF files, your best bet may be PDFelement. Not only will this program allow you to easily print to PDF on Mac, but it will also allow you to easily manage the PDF files you create. You can also easily combine multiple files in multiple different formats to create a PDF file. This is a feature that is unique to the program and helps to save a lot of time. Annotate your file by highlighting text, marking up content, adding comments, or striking through text effortlessly.

PDFelement comes equipped with tools to help you create, edit, save and even print PDF files easily. It is a program that is like no other when it comes to PDF management and a must-have for people who work with PDFs on a regular basis. It makes PDF creation very easy.

• You can edit PDFs easily. Add and remove text, add and remove images, and even remove whole sections of the document. Annotation features also allow you to further customize the PDF.
• Print PDFs easily. You even get the option to print double-sided PDFs and password-protected PDFs.
• Despite having many useful features, this program isn't overly complex like some other similar software programs are. It is very easy to use and efficient.
• You can export PDF files easily through email and other cloud storage options.
• PDFelement supports macOS 10.14, 10.15 Catalina, and 11 Big Sur.

Tips: How to Print to PDF on Mac using the Built-in Printer

Printing to PDF on Mac basically means that you are exporting or converting your file to PDF format. Although this process might sound complicated, it isn't. Here's how you can print to PDF on Mac with the built-in printer.

Step 1: begin by opening the document you want to print to PDF on your Mac. Once the document is open, click on the file menu and select "Print". You can also just hit CMD+ P on the keyboard.

Step 2: in the lower-left corner, you should see the PDF button. Click on the drop-down menu to select the "Save as PDF" option. Click on "Save" in the dialogue box and select a destination folder to save the file.

Your file will now be saved as a PDF and the original file will still be available on your Mac. You can make sure that the file has been saved as a PDF by locating it using Finder or another app. You can view the file later and even edit it as a PDF using a PDF editor like PDFelement.

Security features in Snow Leopard and later editions that disable the Adobe PDF Printer. Adobe Acrobat 9.1 Pro and later editions up to Acrobat 11.0.x Pro remove the Adobe PDF Printer. Add, they add a Save As Adobe PDF command. Customers using earlier versions of Adobe Acrobat in Snow Leopard cannot use the Adobe PDF Printer.

Technical changes in Mac OS X Snow Leopard (v10.6) and the later editions prevent Adobe from delivering a PostScript-based printer module. However, the new PDF workflow takes advantage of the PDF-based printing architecture already present in Mac OS X. By choosing Save As Adobe PDF from the PDF menu, Apple-based PDFs are converted to Adobe-quality PDFs using your JobOption settings.

The benefits of a PDF-to-PDF print workflow include the following:

• Better performance
• Higher-quality PDFs
• The ability to create PDFs that are compliant with Standards, such as PDF/X and PDF/A
• The potential for adding functionality to PDFs, such as bookmarks, hyperlinks and watermarks

Users of non-Adobe PostScript-based publishing applications cannot print directly to Adobe PDF, and must use another PDF creation method.

Some versions of some Adobe products, such as InDesign and Illustrator CS4 or CS5, don't support the PDF menu in the Mac OS X print dialog box. For those cases, either save as (Illustrator) or export (InDesign) to a PDF file. Or, print to PostScript® file and open that file with Distiller, Acrobat Professional, or Apple's Preview application. For more information, see Error | Save as PDF options unsupported | Create PDF | InDesign, Illustrator | Mac OS 10.6 or later

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