How to Store PDF Documents on an iPhone

ACTPrinter for iPhone

This tutorial teaches you how to store documents onto your iPhone as PDF files. The documents are delivered to the iPhone wirelessly by "printing" the document to the iPhone. This will allow you to store the documents on your iPhone for later reading or to show others. This is a great option for e-tickets--no more keeping track of endless sheets of paper.

Things You'll Need

• ACTPrinter application for iPhone
• ACTPrinter Mac software
• A Mac running OSX Tiger or Leopard

Instructions

1. 

   Download and Install the ACTPrinter Mac Software on your Mac (see link in Resources below). This will download a zip file. Extract the zip file and run the "ACTPrinter Mac" application.
   
   *Note: You only have to run it once but still copy it to the Applications folder.

2. 

   Buy and install the ACTPrinter application from the App Store on your iPhone. This can be purchased for less than $1.00.

3. 

   Open the ACTPrinter app on your iPhone and leave it open on the "Home" screen.

4. Open the document that you want to print on your Mac. It can be practically anything, but you should be aware that some web pages do not convert to pdfs correctly on the Mac.

5. Go to File > Print. This will bring up the Print window. In order to transfer the document to your iPhone, now you have to "print" the document.

6. 

   Look on the lower left-hand side of the Print window for a button labeled "PDF." Click this button and then choose "Print To iPhone" from the menu.

7. 

   Choose iPhone from the menu and click OK when ACTPrinter opens on your Mac.
   
   * Note: If you don't see anything to select, make sure that ACTPrinter is open on your iPhone on the Home screen.

8. 

   Now you will see the document appear inside of ACTPrinter on your iPhone ready for reading.

Tips & Warnings

• If the "Print To iPhone" option is grayed out when printing from your Mac, try opening the document directly in ACTPrinter by right-clicking the document and choosing Open With > ACTPrinter Mac.

• If you are having trouble pinching or zooming while reading the document on your iPhone, try tapping the icon in the upper right corner. This zooms the document in and out.

Resources

• Read this Article in Spanish
• ACT Printer Software for Mac