I've been using Draftsight on Mac for about 8 years now and LOVE it. However, I installed the new 2017 SP-1 version yesterday and now I can't print to pdf on my Mac.
Anyone have advice? Do I need to install a separate pdf printer (like Cute PDF but for Mac) to my machine, and if so does one exist?
Donna Sink
Mar 26, 17 3:18 pm
David have you installed the new SP-1 version on your PC? And did you get it to work?
zachrice
Apr 1, 17 4:30 pm
Donna - I installed SP1 today and have the same problem. Did you find a solution? I print to PDF and get blank pages or an odd size page with a tiny dwg in the corner. Zach
Donna Sink
Apr 2, 17 7:13 pm
This was exactly what I got - a tiny drawing in the corner of a huge page. When I'd save it as a pdf and open it I could look at the file info and see that the sheet size was 279" wide. NOthing I tried fixed it.
Donna Sink
Apr 2, 17 7:13 pm
This was exactly what I got - a tiny drawing in the corner of a huge page. When I'd save it as a pdf and open it I could look at the file info and see that the sheet size was 279" wide. Nothing I tried fixed it.
So my solution was to buy a cheap PC, load Draftsight on it, and use it for ONLY drafting. It's working flawlessly. Draftsight is STILL calling their Mac version beta, at least five years after it launched.
S W
Apr 2, 17 2:27 pm
You might need to install the v9 pdf .ppd drivers from older versions of OS X
There's a download hidden somewhere on the Adobe site.
zachrice
Apr 3, 17 7:50 am
Donna,
Yes. Same here. When I “Save as PDF” I get a 200 in. x 200 in. sheet that appears blank, but has a tiny drawing in the corner.
I found 2 workarounds:
Downloaded PDFWriter and installed it as a printer. Worked until I rebooted. Now does not. Aaaarggghhh.
Then noticed that since I could print and “Open PDF in Preview” I could then “Export as PDF.” Works fine. But damned annoying.
Zach
prismpeterr
Jun 7, 18 3:56 pm
You have installed SP1 which has bug so you can't convert to pdf to solve this issue you have to install SP2 which you can download from Apple iPad Support
I've been using Draftsight on Mac for about 8 years now and LOVE it. However, I installed the new 2017 SP-1 version yesterday and now I can't print to pdf on my Mac.
Anyone have advice? Do I need to install a separate pdf printer (like Cute PDF but for Mac) to my machine, and if so does one exist?
David have you installed the new SP-1 version on your PC? And did you get it to work?
Donna - I installed SP1 today and have the same problem. Did you find a solution? I print to PDF and get blank pages or an odd size page with a tiny dwg in the corner. Zach
This was exactly what I got - a tiny drawing in the corner of a huge page. When I'd save it as a pdf and open it I could look at the file info and see that the sheet size was 279" wide. NOthing I tried fixed it.
This was exactly what I got - a tiny drawing in the corner of a huge page. When I'd save it as a pdf and open it I could look at the file info and see that the sheet size was 279" wide. Nothing I tried fixed it.
So my solution was to buy a cheap PC, load Draftsight on it, and use it for ONLY drafting. It's working flawlessly. Draftsight is STILL calling their Mac version beta, at least five years after it launched.
You might need to install the v9 pdf .ppd drivers from older versions of OS X
There's a download hidden somewhere on the Adobe site.
Donna,
Yes. Same here. When I “Save as PDF” I get a 200 in. x 200 in. sheet that appears blank, but has a tiny drawing in the corner.
I found 2 workarounds:
Downloaded PDFWriter and installed it as a printer. Worked until I rebooted. Now does not. Aaaarggghhh.
Then noticed that since I could print and “Open PDF in Preview” I could then “Export as PDF.” Works fine. But damned annoying.
Zach
You have installed SP1 which has bug so you can't convert to pdf to solve this issue you have to install SP2 which you can download from Apple iPad Support