This is version 3.4 of Print2Pict. It is a printer driver that previews and saves printed pages to PICT files or the clipboard. It works only under System 7 or later.
Drop it in your extensions folder and select it with the Chooser.
It has an on-line help you can copy to the clipboard and print using any word processor. It also supports Balloon Help.
- Description:
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.
- What is new in version 3.4 ?
• A bug in the handling of resolutions that prevented Print2Pict to work with some applications was fixed.
• The default paper size and orientation can be chosen.
• A background color or a background picture can be added to the pages.
• The Postcard extension can now print without bombing.
• Two new extensions: print to a ScrapBook file, Send pictures to remote applications.
- What was new in version 3.0 ?
• Color and high resolution pictures when possible.
• Custom "paper" sizes.
• Full support of System 7's Balloon Help.
• Any scale factors in the preview window.
• Use of extensions to add new functionality:
- Print to MacPaint file: The pages are saved in MacPaint format.
- Print to PICS: The pages are saved as the frames of a PICS movie.
- Print to text: The text is extracted from the pages and saved in a text file.
- PostCard: The pages are saved into a standalone application. You can edit a complex document with a DTP software, and then "print" it as a "PostCard". This postcard can then be sent to anyone, who can read it and print it without the DTP software.
- Installation
• Put the Print2Pict file in the "Extensions" folder.
• Put the folder containing the Print2Pict extensions where you like.
• Open the "Chooser" from the apple menu.
• Select Print2Pict in the dialog.
• Close the "Chooser".
• Choose "Print…" in the current application "File" menu.
• Click on the "Options" button.
• Select the "Extensions" icon in the list.
• Click on the "Search" button. Print2Pict must now know where are its extensions.
• Close the dialog.
• Cancel the print dialog.
- Writing Print2Pict extensions:
If you are a C or a Pascal programmer, you can write your own extensions. Print2Pict does all the hard work and your extension is called with the printed page as a PicHandle. You can then save this picture in any format you like. A source example comes with Print2Pict (Print to PICS). The file P2PX.h contains all the documentation about writing extensions.