© 2016 Rodney I. Yager
An OSX print to pdf-file printer driver
Click to download the installer pkgRWTS PDFwriter in an OSX 10.11 compatible print driver that enables you to “print” your documents directly to a pdf file. It has similar functionality to CutePDF on Windows.
Download the installer package by clicking on the printer icon above and install as usual. After installation, your new printer will be ready for use.
Simply print your documents using PDFwriter as your printer.
The “printed” PDF files produced will be stored in the directory
/Users/Shared/PDFwriter/<your user name>
For convenient access to this folder, simply drag it to the right hand end of your dock.
If you want to uninstall PDFwriter, open Terminal.app, type
/Library/Printers/RWTS/PDFwriter/uninstall.sh
and press Return. You will be asked for your admin password. After hitting Return, PDFwriter will be entirely removed from your system.
In the event that you want to compile your own copy, you can clone this repository. The product installer can then be compiled by executing the script
sources/buildscript.sh
If you have a DeveloperID, a signed product can be compiled by running
sources/buildscript.sh -s "<Your DeveloperID>"
As this project is released under GNU GPL License Version 2, you are welcome to make modifications and improvement and incorporate it in your own software, provided you also release your software under the same licensing system. Read the License for full details.
RWTS PDFwriter is closely based on Lisanet PDFWriter by Simone Karin Lehmann. Lisanet PDFwriter was, in turn, based on CUPS-PDF.