It is very easy to print a PDF on Mac, the Mac functions are very similar to Windows . You will not need to download or install programs like Adobe or others, thanks to access to printing and file conversion , these functions come natively on Apple computers. In this article we will show you how you can do it, how you can print a PDF document on your Mac
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- How do I install Mac drivers for my printer?
- If I want to print a PDF on Mac, do I need my printer model?
- What program is recommended to print a PDF on my Mac?
- What is the way to print my PDF inside an Apple computer?
- Make a normal impression
- Double-sided PDF printing
- Print a document multiple times
- What shortcuts are there to directly print a PDF from my Mac?
How do I install Mac drivers for my printer?
If you need to use a printer that you have not added or perhaps the printer does not appear in the Print box, you need to download the printer’s drivers in order to connect to it. Normally, macOS automatically uses AirPrint to connect to printers or to download printer drivers , but if it does not recognize it, you can make these settings.
Choose the Apple menu, find System Preferences, and click Printers & Scanners. Select the printer in the list, in this case it is when it does not recognize it. After selecting it, you are going to delete. Click the Add button, in the menu that will open search for Add Printer or Scanner. In that box that will open, you will see all the IP printers that have been shared on the network. When you see the name of your printer select it.
Once the printer is selected, choose the following: Use AirPrint , if the printer is compatible with this option, the AirPrint option will appear. Use the Printer Software Installed on the Mac or downloaded from Apple, or use the Printer Software from a Stored File on the Mac, this option is in Other , select the file and add.
If I want to print a PDF on Mac, do I need my printer model?
In most cases when it is a printer compatible with AirPrint, which is the technology that Mac uses to add a printer, it will automatically connect or download the printer drivers.
If it is a network printer that is not in the list of available printers, you must add it with IP . So you need to know the IP address or the name of the printer, the model number or the name of the printer software.
What program is recommended to print a PDF on my Mac?
Preview you can use it to print a PDF, selected images from the same page, you can even include the notes of a document. In Preview you can print a PDF even if you don’t have the app with which the document was created.
To use this Mac program you must open the PDF or whatever you are going to print, if there are several files use a Preview window. To start printing select View, then Thumbnails, select File and finally Print.
What is the way to print my PDF inside an Apple computer?
When you select to print the file, a menu will open where the different ways of printing are, in case you don’t see the options you just have to go to Show Details. These are the options.
Make a normal impression
For a normal printing you just have to choose Selected Pages in the Side Bar and that’s it. Now just click on Print.
Double-sided PDF printing
To double-sided a PDF, click Preview, now choose Layout . In the drop-down menu choose Pages By Sheets, it only remains to select the number of pages you want to appear on each side of the paper, and click Print.
Print a document multiple times
If you want to print a document several times, you just have to click on the drop-down menu or Preview and the Copies per Page option appears , choose the amount you need and finally print.
What shortcuts are there to directly print a PDF from my Mac?
The Mac keyboard contains many shortcuts that if you learn them you will save all the step by step, you will save time, when printing if you want to use it for direct printing you just have to press the Command + P key , with this command you will give it the Print order of the current document. There are many shortcuts that you can learn, you just have to look for them at support.apple.com.