On Microsoft Windows computers, the Universal PDF Printer printer displays the print job as a PDF file in Adobe Reader, which then prints the PDF file to your default printer. The Universal PDF Viewer printer displays the print job as a PDF file in Adobe Reader. You can then decide whether to print or save the PDF file.
On UNIX, Linux, and Mac OS X platform computers, there is no difference between the Universal PDF Printer and Universal PDF Viewer printers, as the print job is always displayed as a PDF file in a PDF viewer. You can then decide whether to print or save the PDF file.
Using PDF Printing
From a Windows application, you print in the normal way and select either the Universal PDF Printer or the Universal PDF Viewer printer in the application’s Print dialog box.
From an application running on a UNIX or Linux platform application server, you print in the normal way, specifying a PDF printer as part of the print command. For example:
$ lp
$ lpr
The file must be a PostScript file, so the application must be able to output PostScript.
On Windows computers, the PDF file is displayed in the Adobe Reader. Depending on the printer you select, either of the following applies:
■If the Universal PDF Printer printer is selected, the PDF file is printed automatically to your default printer. The Adobe Reader runs minimized and does not exit when the print job has finished.
■If the Universal PDF Viewer printer is selected, the PDF file is displayed in the Adobe Reader window. You can then decide whether to print or save the file.
On UNIX, Linux, and Mac OS X platform computers, the PDF file is displayed in a PDF viewer. You can then decide whether to print or save the PDF file. There is no difference between the Universal PDF Printer and the Universal PDF Viewer printers, as the print job is always displayed in a PDF viewer.
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