Printing to PDF does not work on Mac OS X

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Open a workbook
2. Go to File > Print...
3. Set the print options and press 'Next'
4. Do the Page Setup (at least on a Mac) and press OK
5. In the Print dialog select PDF > Save as PDF...
6. Enter the name of the file, select the directory to save in

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
A PDF of the open workbook. Instead I get nothing, no PDF.

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
I'm using XMind 3.0.1 on Mac OS X 10.5.6.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by harmhilvers on 26 Jan 2009 at 6:32

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This probably happens when there's no printer driver installed on your Mac.  
Try install a printer driver --- even 
a shared one or a 'fake' one will work.

Original comment by frankshaka on 27 Feb 2009 at 6:11

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I have no printer installed on my system, since I don't have one. So your 
conclusion
is correct :) .

Installing a fake printer is of course an option, but all the other 
applications on
my Mac work perfectly fine when using the Print dialog to save to PDF. Yes, I 
can
install a fake printer, but that doesn't look like a real fix to me. Will this
problem nevertheless be fixed somewhere in the future?

Original comment by harmhilvers on 5 Mar 2009 at 8:05

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That's what we've also been hoped for since we're Mac users, too :) . Eclipse 
SWT is the window system 
framework XMind is based on, but unfortunately the printing abilities it 
provides seems not so satisfying on 
all platforms. It tries to treat each platform equally and thus have to give up 
some great features on the Mac, 
such as the Save-PDF-File-without-printer-driver feature. We don't know whether 
it's going to support this 
feature in the future. The answer seems no at least until their next version or 
two from the last schedule 
they've made. However, we have successfully saved the XMind maps to PDF files 
as long as there's one shared 
printer driver installed on our machines. The printer from which you installed 
the driver is NOT required to be 
in the network when you do the saving. Sorry for the inconvenience but we're 
unable to guarantee when this 
problem is going to be fixed.

Original comment by frankshaka on 6 Mar 2009 at 11:05

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Since I don't have a printer and there are none available on my Wireless 
network; I
went into System Preferences, printers, IP, type "AAAA" in the Adress field.. 
and
clicked ADD.

Went back to XMind3 and used the Print features and "Save as PDF" option: the 
PDF was
created.

THE WORKAROUND WORKS !

Original comment by gilloust...@gmail.com on 24 Sep 2009 at 2:18

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Original comment by stephen0...@gmail.com on 23 Dec 2010 at 9:25

• Changed state: Accepted