Top 5 Free PDF Printers for Mac (macOS Sierra Included)

Equipped with some of the best printing functions, Wondershare PDFelement for Mac is the only choice when you want to easily print PDF files on Mac. This is especially true if the PDF files you want to print are edited and you want all of the edits, even images in the document, to appear correctly in the printed file. It is a program that is very easy to use, despite its highly specialized features. Just a few clicks stand between your edited PDF and a top quality printed PDF.

Pros:

• It is very easy to use. Regardless of the size and formatting of the document, the printing process can be accomplished in just one click.
• Before you print the document, PDFelement allows you to format, edit and annotate the document in any way. All of the changes made will be reflected in the printed file.
• You can also use PDFelement to convert PDFs to any format before or after printing.

AirPrint is the free PDF Printer on Mac which is developed by Apple company. This free application is completely compatible with Mac OS X and can be sued to both create and print PDF files. It is a great program to use especially when you are looking for a simple solution that comes with a pleasing interface. Its editing function however, aren't as promising although if you are going to use it for other functions such as printing and viewing PDF files, it is not so bad.

Pros:

• There's a free and paid version. The paid version does however have almost the same features as the free version.
• It is very reliable when it comes to PDF creation and can even combine different files into one PDF document.

Cons:

• Only the paid version allows password-protected PDFs.
• It has an editing feature but the feature cannot be used to perform highly sophisticated functions. You can only perform minor edits.

This is a free PDF Printer for Mac and also a PDF Creator that lets you create PDFs from multiple images. It is also quite handy in combining PDF files. You can use it to merge different PDF files together to create a single large PDF file.

Pros:

• It can create PDFs just by printing.
• It can be used to merge a number of images to create one PDF file.

Cons:

• It only comes with the print function. There are no options to create, edit or even convert PDFs.
• Some of its features are incompatible with the Mac OS X.
• Some functions such as "Default" folder sometimes fail to respond.

This is a cool free PDF Printer for Mac that can be used to create PDF documents from other formats such as Word, Excel ad PowerPoint. It is one of the most highly recommended because it works very well producing a high quality PDF and even allowing out to easily edit the PDF whenever you want to.

Pros:

• It comes with features that allow users to merge several files into a single document.
• PDFs can be printed in a single click.
• Exact formatting is maintained during creation.
• It is very simple to use.

Cons:

• It is a little difficult to work with encrypted PDFs.

This is another lesser known free PDF Printer for Mac that constantly produces top quality results. It comes packed with a lot of features that are designed to make PDF management easy and it can be useful for a number of functions including adding passwords to your document, merging documents and even adding a watermark to any PDF document. It can even be used to merge and split PDF documents from various other formats. All of these features are packaged into a small, lightweight PDF with a pleasing interface.

Pros:

• It many features can be useful when you want to create and edit PDF files. Editing in particular can be done in numerous different ways.
• It can be used to encrypt and decrypt a PDF document.

Cons:

• This application can only run on a Python based platform.