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hello, i am very satisfied with the PDFWriter. unfortunately, he does not work on
Mac OS El Capitan. does anyone have a solution?

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I could confirm this - it doesn't work on El Capitan anymore. Please fix it.

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Formatting Help
It works now on El Capitan. Just follow Michael Brigante instruction. Great. Thank
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U. S.
(/u/silvuwe/)
2015-10-05

Last edit: U. S. 2015-11-03

Richard

I have been using PDFWriter with OS X 10.9 Mavericks. I recently updated to

El Capitan and PDFWriter is working well. Have you tried reinstalling
PDFWriter? Richard

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I just did a clean install of El Capitan. Following the directions for installing
PDFWriter didn't exactly work right. The directions are incomplete.

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(/u/richardcwe
sley/)
2015-10-23

Michael
Brigante
(/u/mikeb0708
7/)
2015-10-29

The following worked for me:

1) Install PDFWriter package by double clicking
2) Go to system preferences Printers and Scanners pane
3) Click the Plus sign to add a printer and select PDFwriter
4) In the Use: field it defaults to Generic PostScript Printer-- this doesn't work-- use the drop down and choose "Other..."
5) Now you have a file dialog box, navigate to
/Library/Printers/Lisanet/PDFwriter/PDFwriter.ppd and click the Open button
6) You are back in the Add printer dialog box, click the Add button and you are
done!
Hope this works for all of you

Thanks Michael - this solved the problem - thanks for sharing.

James Brown
(/u/jlbrown123
/)
2016-01-07

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LOL and here is what worked for me. I followed Michael Brigante instruction but i
didnt have a clean version of El Capitan, and in step 5 i didnt have this folder to
point to PDFwriter.ppd
Nathan
Schneider

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So to fix it for me...

(/u/natejames/
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1 ) Keeping the PDFwriter_for_Mac_1.2.1.dmg open, i clicked on the LisanetPDFwriter install package

2015-11-03

2)Than expand the contents folder

3)Navigate to archive.pax.gz and unzip the folder contents using Archive Utility or whatever your p
4)Navigate to the unziped files, in my case it was under my download as an Archive folder
5)Expand the folder Library and you will see Lisanet/pdfwriter/
6)Copy the Lisanet Folder and save it the /Library/Printer folder
7)Follow Michael Brigante's post to add printer driver

Thanks to Michael for posting his solution that got me in the right direction
Cheers

Ok... Am I the only one here?

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I followed Nathan Schneider's & Michael Brigante's instructions... I got nothing!

Richard
Montoya
(/u/slowpokez
zz/)

When I click the "+" sign, I only get these header icons:
- Default
- IP
- Windows

2015-11-24

My System Prefrence page will not allow me to select anything in the "Use" field.
It is grayed out and PDFWriter does not show up.
If you've managed to crack the code, you would be my hero!

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Richard
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sley/)
2015-11-24

Richard,
I can tell from your screen shot that your install failed. Try installing PDFWriter
again. If successful, you should find it by navigating to the following folder:
Finder--Library--Printers--PDFWriter. If there, double click it and the
PDFWriter printer screen will appear with a tab to change settings. Good luck,
Richard

Richard... Installed like this, right?

Richard

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Montoya
(/u/slowpokez
zz/)
2015-11-24

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Richard
(/u/richardcwe
sley/)
2015-11-24

Richard,
Yes, the install was successful. By default, El Capitan blocks apps that were not
purchased from the App Store. First check your settings by navigating to: System
Preferences--Security & Privacy--General. Change the setting under "Allow Apps
Downloaded From:" to "Anywhere" and see if that helps. After installing
PDFWriter, change the setting back.
I attched a copy of the PDFWriter Manual. Read through it and follow the steps
again and see if you are able to add PDFWriter to the printer settings. Good luck,
Richard

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Like this...

Richard

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Montoya
(/u/slowpokez
zz/)
2015-11-24

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Richard. I appreciate your help, but the advice you are offering is suited for
beginners. I'm looking for something a bit deeper than the user manual. Thanks.

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Richard
Montoya

Last edit: Richard Montoya 2015-11-30

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zz/)
2015-11-24

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