Overview🔗

This guide will cover how to print a symbol overlay from the Symbol Overlay Maker app installed on a Mac computer. The app is available for Mac computers and can be installed from the Mac App Store.

The app is only available for Mac computers running macOS 12.0 or later and with an Apple M1 chip or later. Any Mac made after 2021 will meet this criteria. Check which chip your Mac has.

If you don’t have macOS 12.0 or later and at least an M1 chip, check out how to print an overlay from an iPad or an older Mac.

Required Items🔗

• A Mac computer
• Symbol Overlay Maker
• A printer
• a PDF reader such as Preview or Acrobat

How to Print From the Symbol Overlay Maker App🔗

1. Open Overlay Maker app.
2. Either create a new symbol overlay or open an existing symbol overlay.
3. Once your desired overlay is open, tap the share button in the bottom right corner of the window. It looks like a square with an arrow pointing upwards (see photo below; green arrow).
4. Select Save as shown below.

5. Save the overlay to your Desktop or another location on your Mac.
6. Close the Symbol Overlay Maker window.
7. Open your saved overlay. You can do this one of two ways:
   • Option 1: Find the saved overlay and double click to open.
   • Option 2: Open your PDF reader and click File then Open
8. Press ⌘ + P on your keyboard or click File then Print.
9. Ensure the following settings are set before printing:
   • Orientation: Landscape
   • Scale: 100%
   • Full Color
10. Click Print.
11. Cut out your overlays after printing, and they will be ready for use!

Tips and Troubleshooting 🔗

If you are having issues printing, we suggest emailing the exported overlay or putting it on a USB drive to print from a different computer or printing from the printer control panel.

For additional resources, check out the Symbol Overlay Maker Support Hub.