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Adobe Reader won't print. (But problem solved.)

Forum|Forum|8 years ago
July 30, 2017
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Hi all. I'm posting this in the hopes that it might help someone else out that may have the same symptom. Last week, my Adobe Reader stopped printing. Nothing I did produced any result. Not hitting the print icon. Not hitting CTRL+P. Not selecting "print" from the drop-down menu. There was no error message. No nothing. It was as if I hadn't clicked anything. I tried repairing the installation, no help. I've rebooted the computer many times over the last couple weeks. Here's what finally fixed it. On a whim, I went to Windows Explorer, right-clicked on the PDF file, and selected "print" from Explorers context menu. Adobe flashed open for a sec, and the document printed. Now, Adobe Reader prints as it always used to do. There must have been some little "glitch" or something going on.

Problem solved. Hope this helps someone else.

Artie

Correct answer J C36644625s4jb

Thanks, @ArtieD2. Your post from 2017 still works when nothing else will. Excellent advice!

@ArtieD2 wrote:

Hi all. I'm posting this in the hopes that it might help someone else out that may have the same symptom. Last week, my Adobe Reader stopped printing. Nothing I did produced any result. Not hitting the print icon. Not hitting CTRL+P. Not selecting "print" from the drop-down menu. There was no error message. No nothing. It was as if I hadn't clicked anything. I tried repairing the installation, no help. I've rebooted the computer many times over the last couple weeks. Here's what finally fixed it. On a whim, I went to Windows Explorer, right-clicked on the PDF file, and selected "print" from Explorers context menu. Adobe flashed open for a sec, and the document printed. Now, Adobe Reader prints as it always used to do. There must have been some little "glitch" or something going on.

Problem solved. Hope this helps someone else.

Artie

BillyT_350

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2026, and this post is still relevant! Running Acrobat on a Win11 machine, and had the exact same problem. Like Acrobat was just ignoring my print commands. Messed with the WiFi, messed with the printer, messed with my VPN. Nope. Had to right-click print, and then it was fixed. Thanks, @ArtieD2 !
As an alternative, printing would work from my browser. So, if for some reason this solution doesn’t work for you, try that.

BillyT_350

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frontier_2812

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It's 8 years later and this solution still worked! Thank you!!

Crazy how it took Adobe until 2023 to reply saying they "fixed" the issue and that it's still happening.

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mike_reddot

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Had the same frustrating experience. No error message, the printer dropdown selection just keeps dropping down whenever I click the print button.

Finally solved by doing the following :
1. Copy the file from my OneDrive to local C:\.
2. Renaming the file to shorten the file path.
IE. C:\temp\printthis.pdf
Then vola -> it prints !! (I tried again using a much longer file path -> the printing issue re-surface !!)

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cameron_9031

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Thank you so much for this. I spent way too much time trying to fix this and this is the only thing that worked.

ArtieD2Author

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And again, thanks for thanks, guys/gals.

I've been trying to figure out what could cause this. The only thing I can think of, is that maybe, when Windows or Adobe, does an update, Adobe loses the "print" association in the registry. (Or elsewhere.) Since "File Explorer" is a Windows app, doing the right-click thing, re-establishes that association.

Maybe. Just guessing.

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TeddyTurner77

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This has just helped me 8 years later. Thank you

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luke_7048

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Thanks so much! Worked perfectly

ArtieD2Author

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Thanks Luke. This post keeps on keeping.

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yvonne_7841

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I just wanted to reply and say thank you! I had a similar no printing error happen and isolated it to just Adobe (every other application could print) and even tried to uninstall and reinstall on my 2016 HP. I had to buy a new computer (2024 HP, win 11), downloaded a completely new license for work, and still the same issue! Did your right click above and it works! Very annoying that this error is still occurring seven years later.

ArtieD2Author

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Thanks for the thanks Yvonne. Glad to hear that this tip is still helping someone this many years later.

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Ashley387525408qng

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Same problem here, many, many years later. Adobe Reader won't print a PDF. Everything else can print them just fine from same computer, just not Adobe Reader. The format it created, specifically for printing, it can't print. Can't make this stuff up...

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J C36644625s4jbCorrect answer

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Thanks, @ArtieD2. Your post from 2017 still works when nothing else will. Excellent advice!

@ArtieD2 wrote:

Hi all. I'm posting this in the hopes that it might help someone else out that may have the same symptom. Last week, my Adobe Reader stopped printing. Nothing I did produced any result. Not hitting the print icon. Not hitting CTRL+P. Not selecting "print" from the drop-down menu. There was no error message. No nothing. It was as if I hadn't clicked anything. I tried repairing the installation, no help. I've rebooted the computer many times over the last couple weeks. Here's what finally fixed it. On a whim, I went to Windows Explorer, right-clicked on the PDF file, and selected "print" from Explorers context menu. Adobe flashed open for a sec, and the document printed. Now, Adobe Reader prints as it always used to do. There must have been some little "glitch" or something going on.

Problem solved. Hope this helps someone else.

Artie

ArtieD2Author

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Thanks JC. Glad to know I had something, (very little), to offer. 🙂

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Bruce36395115qmgz

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Hi- on both out iMacs (Mojave) and M2s Macbook we can't print pdfs with Adobe Acrobat to Canon MX870 printer. I've tried the Adobe TS tool (https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/kb/troubleshoot-pdf-printing-acrobat-reader.html) to set reset CUPs, but I continue to get the "Can't open "/private/var/spool/cups/tmp/..." message for the Canon MX870 and for the MF4890dw printer I get "Stopped 'Filter' failed. Apple PREVIEW prints the PDF files fine.We would like to use the Adobe Print Booklet Feature but we can't even print 1 page PDF files in Adobe Acrobat. This has been going on for several months now, but it's getting to be a problem at work. It's causing manhours of issues at work because not all know the workarounds. I've redownload from Adobe DC Reader 2022.X and the Adobe 2023.X version but there is no difference. Is there an Adobe fix at all? Thank you.

Amal.

Community Manager

Hi there

Hope you are doing well and sorry to hear that.

Please update the application to the recent version 24.01.20615 installed. Go to Help > Check for updates and reboot the computer once.

Also, go through the similar discussion that I have found on Mac support page https://discussions.apple.com/thread/251675374?answerId=253224025022&sortBy=best#253224025022 and see if that works.

Let us know how it goes.

~Amal

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