can't find my printed pdf files on my mac

[dennisfred]

can some help me with the set up

[Richard]

Hi Dennis,
  Go to Macintosh HD, then click on "Users" then click on "Shared" then click on "PDFwriter." Your printed files will be in the next folder which is named after the user of the computer.
           Richard

[dennisfred]

richard thank you for your reply, can the location of the print files be changed or  selected as i print

[Richard]

Hi Dennis,
There is no option to select the folder to which the file will print and changing the location of the folder would require changing the application's code. There is another very good option: download software for your computer which allows you to create an automated program to monitor the print folder and apply rules that you create. I have a mac and use Hazel. Hazel costs $25 and can be purchased at: www.noodlesoft.com  If you have a pc try Belevedere which is free. Search online for: "belvedere automates your self-cleaning pc"  I am a counselor and write a note after meeting with each client. I label the note with the client's first name. Hazel monitors the folder PDFwriter prints to and when a file with the client's name appears, Hazel applies the rule I have written telling it where to file the note. You can also use the GROWl app to send a notification informing you when the action has been completed. It is wonderful. After writing the note, all I have to do is click print with PDFwriter and it is converted to a PDF and filed in the correct folder.  You can write rules to file any kind of document you are printing with PDFwriter. Hope this provides a solution, Richard

[n2nguyen]

You don't need to repath, you can create a shortcut. Here's the command I used to put it in Dropbox in Dropbpx/Documents/PDFs folder

$ sudo ln -s /var/spool/pdfwriter/[user] ~/Dropbox/Documents/PDFs

[trickyt57]

Here is a much simpler solution:

Locate the file located at Macintosh HD/private/var/spool/pdfwriter/your_name
(note the folder called "private" may be hidden or greyed out. Use the usual method for displaying such hidden folders)
Right click on the folder.
Choose "Make Alias"
You will now see a new folder with the same name followed by "alias".
Drag and drop the alias file into any folder you like on your hard drive. In my case, I dropped it in my_name/pdf_documents.
Now anytime you create a printed pdfwriter doc you can find it in the new alias file located in the directory of your choice.

[trickyt57]

Just in cas you can't find the "private" folder as above (normally it is hidden), then you can carry out exactly the same instreuction on the folder located at
Macintosh HD/users/shared/PDFWriter/