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Advice on printing PDFs from Macs

apple-desk-office-technologyHave a Mac? Wanting to print out a PDF article?

To find out whether you can print a PDF on a Mac (using Preview, the default PDF viewer in OS X), use the following steps:

  1. In Preview’s top menu bar, go to ’Tools’ > ‘Show Inspector’, or press cmd + i.
  2. The Inspector window will now appear.
  3. Click on the padlock icon.
  4. You should then see a summary of the permissions for the current PDF, including whether you may, or may not print the document.

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Please, do get in touch with us if you have questions about this.

 

24-25th March 2015: PCAS Service Interruption

Astronout fixing the spaceship

As part of its service improvement, the Bodleian Libraries is undertaking to upgrade the PCAS servers on the 24th & 25th March 2015:

  • Please note that during this time, no copying, scanning or printing will be available on these PCAS machines.
  • However, during this period, the Sainsbury Library staff will undertake to provide printing services to all SBS students and staff, between the hours of 9.00am to 4.45 pm.
  • Other copying services will not be available: users are asked to plan around this disruption to service.

The Bodleian Libraries apologises for this disruption to service.

Printing|#sbslibwall

Hi there – yes, as John has indicated there are most definitely issues with the current printing functions of which we are aware. The ones we are focused on are those that have emerged because of the non-compatibility between the software that runs PCAS (the printing system) and Windows 7, which emerged when we upgraded the PCs (which we had to do because the previous version of Windows was no longer supported by Microsoft).

And again as John has said, we are hoping the Bodleian wide solution will be delivered soon.

But something that may also be of interest: we are looking to have an alternate local back-up printing service for those occasions when library staff are not here to help out – something our IT friends here at SBS are looking at and will let you know about that as soon as we have the details.

Chris Flegg

Printing|#sbslibwall

Another question has arrived on our library wall: 2015.02.13

The PCAS printing system is provided by the Bodleian Libraries, so the Library and the School don’t get to choose the software and printers that are provided.

However, this is really useful feedback, we are hoping that PCAS will improve a lot when the software is upgraded later this year. This should resolve the issues that we currently have with intermittent connectivity and PDF printing.

Also if you are having other specific issues with PCAS, please do ask the Library staff – we may be able to help!

John Pilbeam