Taking the output of a computer and affixing it to paper
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How do you get a printer's IP in lion?
How did you find out an existing printer's IP in lion?
In Snow Leopard you can do it in this way:
Open System Preferences
Select the printer that you want to find the IP for
Click 'Options & ...
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Can I print to PDF with my iPad?
The missing print to PDF feature on iPad (like that of Mac OS X) has been written about in a couple places on the web, but they all reference iPad apps that are no longer present in the App Store.
Is ...
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How can I change default settings for HP Laserjet Pro 100 Color MFP 175?
I've already created a new Preset configuration, but I cannot set it as the new default settings.
Anyone has any clues on achieving this?
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Can't print from OS X 10.7 to shared printer on OS X 10.6
I have a network with 2 Mac OS X computers in it.
When I try to print a text document from my upgraded OS X 10.7 to the shared printer on OS X 10.6, my print job gets stuck at the "job pending on ...
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Why did I lose the ability to print to a networked printer?
I have a Canon iP3600 printer connected to a networked hard drive and up until a few days ago I was able to print from it. however, i have now lost the ability to print ever since i downloaded Apple's ...
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How can I add standard users to the print managers group?
I'm sysadmin for a small company; my users are on 10.6.8 (iMacs) and do not have admin rights for various reasons. The only times this is annoying is when a print job jams or otherwise does not go ...
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Hyperlinks missing in printed documents
I've noticed this on several occasions where I'll print a document (Pages file, RTF, PDF, etc) and any hyperlinks in the document don't appear on the printed page. Where the hyperlinked text appears ...
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Set default printer for each location
Is there a way I can set a different default printer for each network location?
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How do I add a wireless printer?
This seems pretty easy in Windows 7, but I am unsure of how I can do this on Mac OS X. I have a Wireless printer connected to my router via Wireless, and now I want to use it with my Mac. How can I ...
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What could be stopping my WiFi printer from working?
My iMac suddenly stopped recognising my HP OfficeJet 6500 printer over the wireless network. Previously, it worked fine for years. It works with USB, and the printer connects to the router without a ...
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Creating a Printing Profile
I have a 13 inch mac pro running 10.6. I recently got a hp cp2025n. Is there a way to create a black and white printing profile. I am using the postscript driver. I print a lot of pages and and ...
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Preview.app: easily print current page only?
When printing a PDF from preview, is there an easy way to only print the currently displayed page? Now, I look up the page number and enter it two times in the page range. But maybe there is a ...
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Can't print on OS X Lion via shared printer connected to Windows Vista. Fix?
As the title states I am not able to print from my Mac to a shared printer that is hooked up to my Windows PC running Windows Vista. I am currently running OS X Lion 10.7 on a Mac Mini. My Mac is able ...
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How can I fix iPhoto 11 print quality
My wife scrapbooks our photos, and has recently upgraded from her old computer to a brand new MacBook Pro. She is a big fan of "if it ain't broke, don't fix it", so has been using iPhoto 6 on MacOS ...
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OS X Lion Printer problem
I have a clean install of Lion (I whipped the drive, then installed Snow Leopard and upgraded to Lion). Now I'm trying to add/install my network printer. It is a Brother HL-5350DN.
The automatic ...
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Print PDF with crop marks
I have an A4 PDF document that has content all the way to the border and I want to print it out.
Hence I print out on A3 sized paper (i.e. I print on paper twice the size) and then cut it to the ...
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can i print from an apple computer to a Dell printer
i just got a dell printer that is WIFI because my old printer broke. my wife now wants to buy an apple computer or laptop. Would she be able to print from an apple computer to a dell printer?
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Printing to a Cups Server without using the local CUPS doesn't work since OS X Lion
With our new 21,5"-iMac, we bought the first Mac system for our Windows/Linux-oriented office. Hence we don’t have a lot of experience in using Mac OS X.
I started to set up everything and it ran ...
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What are some steps to troubleshoot problems sharing printers, files, and screen?
I am having many problems sharing (printer, file, screen) from a Macbook Pro (10.6.8) to a PowerMac G5 tower (10.5.8). It was working just fine until we switched internet providers and got a new ...
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4answers
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Printing from an iPhone
I live in a remote area that has very good 3G and Edge coverage. I have bought and returned every other device but NOTHING seems to have reception to ANY Internet except for an iPhone.
I have the HP ...
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1answer
301 views
iPad portable printer
I have a project running on a iPad and my client have decided to print a document on his clients and with that I'll need to find a portable printer for iPad.
I have searched on Canon and HP and ...
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1answer
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Create and distribute printers
Is there a way to create a printer on a machine. Then bundle up the Printer bundle and create an installer out of it for multiple users at a location. To avoid having to explain to each user how to ...
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Scanning over ethernet, natively in OS X?
Yesterday, I purchased an HP LaserJet M1212NF.
It, like many other printers, can't scan over ethernet natively in OS X.
That is, I can scan using the stupid HP utilities that I hate (not going to ...
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How can I setup my printer to print in black and white as default?
Is it possible to set up a printer, so it will always print in black and white?
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Access a printer on the network that is connected via USB to a Windows 7 PC
I have a Canon PIXMA iP5000 printer that is connected via USB to a Windows 7 PC. I'm trying to access it via my Mac running OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard.
I've tried the steps in the following article: ...
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Printing current date and time on each page
I'm often printing several versions of a document (e.g. a paper in progress). To keep track of the printouts I would like to print the date and time of printing onto each page, regardless of which ...
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1answer
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What are the secret options of the pdf convert tool from OS X?
I recently discovered the /System/Library/Printers/Libraries/convert tool that is able to convert HTML, DOC, ... to PDF.
It works great but it has some optional arguments that are not documented: -a ...
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how do I print to a cups server
I have an old imac that I have turned into a printing server with cups, it is running debian
I need to set up printing on a mac running leopard
I have tried inputing the info directly on the ...
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how to print or export annotations in a pdf file?
I have a pdf file containing annotations from someone else (I assume they are made in windows with some Adobe software, but I'm not sure).
They look like that:
and can be displayed in Preview.appor ...
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Split a single page PDF into multiple pages
Is there an easy way (in Preview or whatever) to scale up and split a PDF file with a single page into multiple pages? What I would like is to split say an A3 paper document into two A4 pages, to ...
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Trouble browsing Windows network printers from Mac
In the "Add Printer" dialog Windows section, there are no printers showing up, even though there are several in the office.
I think this might be because my Mac is not "logged onto" the Windows ...
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4answers
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Print to pdf with Adobe Reader
I'm filling out a PDF form that doesn't work with Preview so I have to use Adobe Reader (ugh). After I fill out the form, I want to print it to PDF so that it is finalized.
Unfortunately, Adobe ...
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How do I add a user to Print Administrator group but not full administrator?
He unplugged the printer and plugged it back in. OS X (10.6) asked for the print administrator password. I would like to add the user to that group but not the full administrators group. How do I do ...
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iPhone 4 camera capabilities to read QR code
I have no iPhone 4 here now but I need to know how well is its camera for reading small-size QR codes. Now I have some test QR codes printed on a sheet of paper and my old 1.3MPx smartphone camera ...
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Can i Print to a dell 3010cn from Snow Lepoard
i have a dell 3010cn printer, and a iMac
having some trouble getting it installed, i know that its not officially supported but i installed foomatic-rip and ghostscript and downloaded the pxldpl PPD ...
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Where can I find the AirPrint firmware update for my HP 8500A printer?
I was excited when my new HP 8500A arrived this weekend because I wanted to try out its recently added AirPrint compatibility. However, I can't seem to find the requisite firmware update for the ...
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Installing a HP Color LaserJet 1600 on MacOS 10.6.4
I'm trying to install a HP Color LaserJet 1600 on MacOS 10.6.4 with little luck. The printer works fine from my Windows machines. HP doesn't support the MacOS for this printer by default so I followed ...
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How can I print a booklet from a pdf file?
I have a pdf document, and I want to print it as a booklet, i.e. two pages of the document on each side of a sheet of paper and so that (when printed) the entire thing can just be folded in the middle ...
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Can I print envelopes/address labels from Address Book?
As Christmas approaches I'd like to send a letter to my friends and family. I currently have their contact information in Address Book. Is there a way to print envelopes with my contacts' mailing ...
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1answer
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Can I print to an Airport-shared printer from Linux? from iOS?
I'm considering buying an Airport Express for wifi in my house. I'll plug my printer into the USB port, so I can print from my Mac over wifi.
Two related questions:
Will I be able to print from my ...
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3answers
309 views
Keep Preview from autoresizing print output
Whenever I want to print a PDF file from Preview, the print dialog defaults to shrink the page to fit the bounds of the page. I have to manually select scale: and enter 100 into the text field. Is ...
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2answers
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Printers that Work With Mac OS X?
I'm planning to purchase a printer + scanner soon and want to have one that will be able to work with Mac, as well as Windows machines. I am hoping for one that will have a wireless printing/scanning ...
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Are there sites that support editing and ordering photo prints, cards, and books on an iPad?
I'm reposting this question (unchanged) from webapps.stackexchange.com, because I've received no answers there and this seems like an appropriate question for the Apple Stack Exchange site.
I've ...
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Is there any way to print directly from my iPad to my wifi-connected printer?
I am happy to purchase an app, but the only printing app I'm aware of seems to just let your ipad connect to a computer that is connected to the printer and effectively print through it.
I'm ...
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Which photo websites have iPad support for editing and ordering prints, cards and books?
I've tried the Shutterfly iPad app, which allows uploading photos, but doesn't support any other functionality available on the website. And I can't edit photos or design cards and books from the ...
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Can any apps print from the iPhone?
Can any apps print from the iPhone? Preferably via WiFi...and to an Epson PX710 all-in-one in my case.
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Which solutions are available for printing on the iPad to a HP LaserJet 1020 printer?
I have an HP LaserJet 1020 connected to an IOGear network print server.
Currently the iPad doesn't support printing out of the box, however I have heard there are several third-party solutions on the ...
