Is there a PDF Printer Driver available for MAC?

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April 20, 2017
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I am used to creating separations in Illlustrator on a Windows PC. I switched to MAC, and I cannot figure out how to print a PDF so that I can separate my screens for printing. Is there a PDF Driver to install for MAC?

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解決に役立った回答 Dov Isaacs

No, not anymore.

Apple changed MacOS to prohibit such drivers.

The only thing close would be to save an Illustrator file as PostScript or print to a file and manually distill it.

Note that pre-separated PDF (i.e. each process separation is on a separate PDF page) is not considered a recommended workflow. No modern RIP requires or recommends this type of workflow for any number of good reasons which can be discussed elsewhere!

- Dov

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Inspiring

I've been using an app called "PDF Printer" that I downloaded from the Apple App Store. It enables me to print to PDF like before in Mac OS X (before Apple removed such functionality). There's a free version that limits you to an output of 1 or 2 pages, and a full version that cost $19.99

Note: I'm currently running macOS Sierra and all works fine.

Not sure if this will get you everything you need in terms of print options, but its worth a try!

Hope this helps.

Dov Isaacs解決！

Legend

No, not anymore.

Apple changed MacOS to prohibit such drivers.

The only thing close would be to save an Illustrator file as PostScript or print to a file and manually distill it.

Note that pre-separated PDF (i.e. each process separation is on a separate PDF page) is not considered a recommended workflow. No modern RIP requires or recommends this type of workflow for any number of good reasons which can be discussed elsewhere!

- Dov

- Dov Isaacs, former Adobe Principal Scientist (April 30, 1990 - May 30, 2021)