Mac OS El Capitan

[jacmac]

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

[U. S.]

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

It works now on El Capitan. Just follow Michael Brigante instruction. Great. Thank you very much.

[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

[Michael Brigante]

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

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

[James Brown]

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

[Nathan Schneider]

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

So to fix it for me...

1 ) Keeping the PDFwriter_for_Mac_1.2.1.dmg open, i clicked on the LisanetPDFwriter install package and right clicked show package contents

2)Than expand the contents folder
3)Navigate to archive.pax.gz and unzip the folder contents using Archive Utility or whatever your preference is
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

[Richard Montoya]

Ok... Am I the only one here?

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

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

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!

[Richard]

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 Montoya]

Richard... Installed like this, right?

[Richard]

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

[Richard Montoya]

Like this...

[Richard Montoya]

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.