This is version 3.0 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's new in version 3.0 ?
Ñ Color and high resolution pictures when possible.
Ñ Custom "paper" sizes.
Ñ Full support of System 7's Balloon Help.
Ñ Any scale factors in the preview window.
Ñ 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
Ñ Put the Print2Pict file in the "Extensions" folder.
Ñ Put the folder containing the Print2Pict extensions where you like.
Ñ Open the "Chooser" from the apple menu.
Ñ Select Print2Pict in the dialog.
Ñ Close the "Chooser".
Ñ Choose "Print╔" in the current application "Menu" file.
Ñ Click on the "Options" button.
Ñ Select the "Extensions" icon in the list.
Ñ Click on the "Search" button. Print2Pict must now know where are its extensions.
Ñ Close the dialog.
Ñ 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.