This is version 2.0 of Print2Pict. It is a printer driver that previews and saves printed pages to PICT files or the clipboard.
The PICT file format is the standard format for saving pictures on a Macintosh. Most of the graphical applications can read these files.
If you copy a page to the clipboard, it can be paste into any document that can include pictures.
You can use Print2Pict with any application that prints using the standard Macintosh interface.
Print2Pict has four windows :
The style dialog.
This is the "Page Setup …" dialog.
It is similar to the ImageWriter style dialog.
• Paper size
Selecting a paper size will set the picture size.
• Orientation
Orientation can be either portrait (higher than wide) or landscape (wider than high).
• 50% reduction
This open is only useful for previewing pages, as you cannot specify different resolutions to the PICT format.
• Destination
When printing, the pages are either saved to files (automatically or by prompting the user for a file name), copied to the clipboard, or displayed in the preview window.
If the " clipboard" option is chosen, only the first page is copied in the clipboard.
• Options
Open the options dialog.
The job dialog.
This is the "Print …" dialog.
• Page range
You can specify here the pages to be printed. It is useful if you want to copy a given page to the clipboard.
• Destination
See "The style dialog".
• Options
Open the options dialog.
The options dialog.
With this dialog you can set some more options. Unlike the options you set with the style dialog or the job dialog, these one are saved and will still be effective if you restart your machine.
• File naming
If the mode is automatic, the PICT files are named "Appli•Doc•Page" where Appli is the application name, Doc the document name and Page the page number, and saved in the specified folder. Print2Pict will not overwrite any existing file.
• Creator
Every Macintosh files as a "creator signature" attached to it. This allow the Finder to find which application has created the file. Double-clicking on the file will launch this application. By default Print2Pict is the creator of the saved pages. You can change this by typing the creator signature of an application in the text field, or select this application with the "Same as …" button.
• Folder destination
When in automatic mode, the files can be saved either in the default disk, or in the current directory (usually the directory of the current application or of the current document).
The preview window.
If you have selected the "preview" mode, each pages will be displayed in this window. You can then save them to files or copy them to the clipboard. The page is scaled to fit in the window, but the ratio between the width and the height of the page is conserved. You can zoom to see some details of the page by clicking in the picture. The preview window resize itself according to the page size and your screen size.
• Next page
Displays the next page (if any).
• Cancel
Abort the print session.
• Copy
Copy the current page to the clipboard. The clipboard can contain only one picture. Any previous pages copied will be lost.
This software may not be sold or leased directly or indirectly. No warranty, express or implied is associated with this software. By using this software, you assume all responsibility for any direct or indirect mishaps which occur before, during or after the operation of the software.
Macintosh, ImageWriter and Apple are copyright or trademarks of Apple Computer Inc.