Gabriel has pointed out some interesting apps. They don't directly solve the problem - they don't let an arbitrary app print to PDF
However, they register themselves as handlers for various document formats, and will convert those documents to PDF. So, for standard document formats, you're in luck. Thanks, gopi. On Apr 13, 2011, at 5:17 PM, Jeff Weinberger wrote: > On Apr 13, 2011, at 4:15 PM, Gopiballava Flaherty wrote: > >> Hi Jeff, >> >> I don't know of any way to do this, and I'm fairly certain that Apple >> doesn't provide the hooks into the OS needed to do this. >> >> The development tools do provide a Mac app that simulates a printer and lets >> you get a PDF on your Mac... >> >> I find that a lot of apps do let me email PDFs out. >> >> Thanks, >> >> gopi. >> >> >> On Apr 13, 2011, at 4:11 PM, Jeff Weinberger wrote: >> >>> Hoping this didn't get lost on it's way and that I haven't given anyone >>> here reason not to respond.... >>> >>> Any suggestions or thoughts would be much appreciated! >>> >>> On Apr 8, 2011, at 9:13 AM, Jeff Weinberger wrote: >>> >>>> On the mac, when one prints, there is an option to " save as PDF." is >>>> there a comparable option on the iPad (which presumably would save to >>>> iBooks or other PDF-capable app)? Or an app that would provide this >>>> capability? >>>> >>>> Thanks! >>>> >>>> Jeff >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> iPhone-talk mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/iphone-talk >> > > Thanks, Gopi. I feared that, but am not surprised. Appreciate the info! _______________________________________________ iPhone-talk mailing list [email protected] http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/iphone-talk
