Tag Archives: Printing

How to create a quick ASCII banner in the OS X Terminal

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NewTerminalIconXEven if you are not a Terminal wizard, there are some fun tools and features of it that can be amusing. For instance, some online services are available for you to log into with Telnet and watch a text-based version of Star Wars, or you can play odd games that folks have coded into the “emacs” editor, among others. If you are ever sitting at your Mac and suddenly have the urge to print out a massive banner of a text phrase, then you can do that to. Continue reading →

How to customize print margins in any OS X program

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PrinterIconXWhen you use various word processing programs and other document handling tools, you will likely have options right at your fingertips for setting the page margins. These among other document layout settings can be used to customize where your content will be displayed and ultimately printed. However, you may find yourself using programs like Preview where even though printing is supported, there are no readily available tools for setting with width and height of print jobs. Continue reading →

How to require a password for shared printers in OS X

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PrinterIconXIf you have a printer set up on your Mac, then sharing it has always been a relatively simple process. Doing so allows anyone on the local network or who have remote access to the current system via iCloud’s Back To My Mac service, to see your printer as a nearby printer in the standard print dialogue. By default, this setup allows anyone to print to the shared printer; however, you can also set restrictions to require authentication before printing is allowed. Continue reading →

Add shortcuts for the PDF menu items in Print dialogues

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PrinterIconXWhen you print any document in OS X, you can manage the print job as a PDF by accessing the small PDF menu at the bottom-left of the print panel, where you can open the PDF in Preview, save it as a PDF to disk, and embed it in an e-mail or chat message, among other options. While the PDF menu itself is not inconvenient, accessing it does require you use the mouse by default; however, you can also assign custom hotkey shortcuts to access these items even quicker. Continue reading →

How to access your Mac’s printer from anywhere

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PrinterIconXIf you have a printer at home or at work that is configured with a Mac Mini, iMac, Mac Pro or other Mac that you have as a desktop workstation, then you might have found you can share the system’s configured printer to have it work as a print server. This will allow you to easily print from any system connected to the local network; however, in addition you can use this to print to your printer from practically anywhere on the internet. Continue reading →