No printer?

[James Wilde]

Still another addition.  See bottom.

On Dec 16, 2009, at 15:46 , James Wilde wrote:

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> On Dec 15, 2009, at 21:26 , James Wilde wrote:
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>> Hi, I feel incredibly stupid.
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>> I am running GC 2.2.9 on a Mac.  I'm relatively new to the Mac.  I've been using 2.2.9 on linux before, and I remember printing out reports without a problem.
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>> Now I wanted to print my first report on the Mac.  I have my trusty Brother laser printer as the default printer on the Mac, directly connected via USB.  But when I press the print button or choose File/Print Report, there is no default printer and I can't find anywhere to add one.  I've been in under GnuCash/ Preferences and there's nothing on the Printing tab except something about print date format, print block characters.
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>> I checked the documentation and the FAQ but found nothing about how to configure the printer.  So if someone can give me a hint, I'd be very grateful.
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> A little more information.
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> On the Mac I have virtualbox, in which I can run a Ubuntu 9-10 client.  On this client I have installed GC, and I can print reports.  
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> The interesting thing is that this instance has TWO printers:  on the one hand my trusty Brother as above, on the other Print to File.
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> Now it's one thing that the Mac is not showing my laser printer, but why would Print to File also be missing from the printer list?
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> TIA
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In the mailing list archives I've seen a reference to a work around for a problem involving creating a PDF file from a report.  I've looked around, but I can't find anywhere to do this.  Anyone?

//James