Hi, this is Anne with Graphic Design How To,
and today I'm going to show you how to set up a fictitious virtual printer that will print PDFs if
you don't already have a printer connected to your Mac. If you do have a printer already connected,
like an HP Inkjet or something like that, you can already print a PDF, and I'll show you how to do
that right now. If you're in an Adobe program, you'll just go to Print (Command + P or Control
+ P), and then you can come right down here to "Setup," say "Continue," and then go to PDF right
here and "Save As PDF." Now, if for some reason that's not working for you, you will have to
set up a virtual printer. If you're in the Adobe programs, you can usually just go to File > Save
As and then choose "Adobe PDF" right here, and it'll make a PDF fine. So this is really more for
non-Adobe programs, or sometimes you might need this feature in Photoshop, like if you're wanting
to add crops and bleeds to your document. Anyway, here's how to set up the virtual printer.
First, you'll want to go to your System Preferences, so to do that, hit Command + Spacebar
and just type in "System Preferences." Next, open your Printers and Scanners. Then, if you already
have a printer set up, you should not have to do a virtual printer at all if you want to print a PDF
because you can use this printer to do that. If you don't have anything here, go ahead and click
the plus button. Then choose this second option, and in your address, type 0.0.0.0.
For the protocol, you'll want "AirPrint," which is at the top of the list. Under "Use," click on
"Choose a driver," and then select "Software." And here, we're just going to pick the HP
LaserJet series PCL 4/5, and then say "Okay," then click "Add." Now, when you do this,
you'll get this warning that says "Can't communicate with a printer."
Just go ahead and say "Continue" and then say "Okay," and now your printer is
set up, and you should see it right over here. So now, let's try printing something. I'm
here in Notes, and I'm just going to hit Command + P to print, and then right here, you
should see PDF, and we'll do "Save As PDF." I'm going to put this on the desktop,
and then I'll save, and here's the PDF, and it looks like it worked. So that's all you
have to do. Now you can save PDFs from pretty much any program on your machine. Alright, if you
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