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jaybee201
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January 10, 2010
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no pages were selected to print

  • January 10, 2010
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i have recently started receiving bank statements online and am able to download fine but when i try to print a hard copy reader 9.2 tells me that the document cannot be printed in one window, and in another it tells me that no pages were selected to print.  has anyone had this problem?

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    Burlon
    Burlon
    Participant
    March 25, 2015

    I'm having this problem and none of the proposed solutions have worked.

    Adobe, what's the issue? I pay 20 bucks a month so I can miss a deadline due to some glitch!?

    pwillener
    pwillener
    Legend
    March 26, 2015

    Adobe Reader is free; what exactly are you paying for?

    Also, you posted in a 5-year old topic; new solutions are available, but you don't give us any details.

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    gs62448683
    Participant
    August 9, 2015

    Over the past year as Adobe has increasingly tried to push the subscription model, their products have become increasingly flaky. I bought Creative Suite 6 in Jan 2015 and since then have had to de-activate and re-activate each month because even after activation it continues to think that I am using the initial trial license. Acrobat Reader (and Acrobat X) refuse to print a number of documents giving the "Unable to print document. No pages selected" messages. I am going to be trying PDFXchange and other freeware alternatives. This is a terrible disappointment from Adobe whose products I once really liked.

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    PixelTwisted
    Participant
    October 28, 2014

    I had this problem (The document cannot be printed error message, and in another it tells me that no pages were selected to print.) AFTER I recently updated Acrobat Reader. I uninstalled Reader and my PDFs printed.

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    rockyshaw19460712
    Participating Frequently
    October 2, 2014

    First let me state that this is my solution on a Macintosh running 10.7.5 and Acrobat Pro X (with all the latest updates).

    This problem started for me just this last weekend. I have been to every so-called solution that I could find via a Google search and NONE of these "solutions" even by the self-tagged "experts" work. PERIOD!

    I decided to follow one suggestion to install Acrobat Pro 9. However, instead of uninstalling Acrobat Pro X first, I left it installed.

    During the initial startup of Acrobat 9 after installation I was offered the option of installing an Extra feature called Adobe PDF Printer which allows me to "Create Adobe PDF files from any application by printing to Adobe PDF Printer". I opted in to that extra.

    Once Acrobat Pro 9 had started I tested it using one of the PDF files that had failed to print with the dreaded "No pages selected......" error messages. THE FILE PRINTED AS EXPECTED!

    I then decided I would uninstall Acrobat Pro X, but on a whim decided to try to print the same PDF file that had just printed using Acrobat Pro 9 one more time. IT PRINTED!

    All I can figure out is that somehow selecting the option to have Acrobat Pro 9 install the option for allowing other applications to create a PDF repaired something within the Mac operating system. Just a guess.

    Hope this helps someone.

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    matthewsh
    Participant
    October 14, 2014

    Having the same No Pages Selected.

    This worked for me on a MAC.

    1. Open the file in Adobe Reader.

    2. Click "Print" within the Adobe Reader application.

    3. Select "adjust to fit" if necessary.

    4. Click "advanced" to bring up the advanced print settings menu.

    5. Choose "print as image" and then click "OK" to save that setting.

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    kilroy116
    Participant
    September 3, 2014

    Hello,

    I had this same problem but was able to fix the problem.  I noticed that it happened when I pulled open a PDF from a URL on the internet.  When I clicked save from the browser and saved it to my hard drive and then tried to print it, it would not work and would give me the same error.

    When i tried it on different computers it didn't print, and when i tried to print other PDF documents, they printed just fine. I came to the solution that there must be something wrong with the file.  So I deleted the file and then pulled open the PDF file from the internet again.  Rather than saving it as a PDF from the internet, I clicked print and printed it as a PDF using Cute PDF Writer.  I saved it to my file location and then opened and printed and this worked perfectly.

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    pwrshift
    Participant
    July 23, 2013

    I couldn't solf this sudden PDF printing problem on all my printers with any of the above solutions, from my PC with Windows 7 Professional, and here's how I solved it (at least for now):

    1. I found that Windows was set for automatic update so I changed that to 'advise me before downloading and installing'

    2. I uninstalled Adobe Reader X

    3. I downloaded Adobe Reader XI

    4. It worked!  And on all my printers.

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    korviz
    Participant
    December 29, 2011

    My issue is with a pdf i downloaded from the hp.com website.  it is a specification page for a laptop i want to purchase.  i have problems printing the pdf from the web browser and even after downloading it to my desktop i get the same issue as above.

    i tried all of the previously stated solutions and nothing worked.  i have never had this issue before but my guess is that the problem lies within the way the pdf was created.

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    Adobe Employee
    Agarwal_Atul
    Adobe Employee
    January 2, 2012

    It seems that the issue is PDF specific and could be an issue with the way pdf is created. I would request you to please share the pdf document with us to investigate the problem.

    Also, let us know the version of Adobe Reader you are using. I would request you to keep your reader up to date by going to help-->Check for updates.

    Thanks,

    Atul

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    oakydokie
    Participant
    January 17, 2011

    I tried most all what was mentioned above and nothing worked.

    But then by trial and error i found if clicked on the "advanced" box into advanced print setup and ticked the "print as image" box, it would print.

    Hope this helps someone

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      thisishap
      Participant
      December 14, 2011

      I'm having this same problem as well.  It is putting me in a HUGE bind.  I cannot believe installing the newest version of Adobe Reader X would keep me from printing my map documents.  It is ridiculous!!  After reading some of the many posts, I can't believe the actual fix is to go back to the previous version.  At one time I was an owner of stock in Adobe.  I'm glad I got out.  I realize you can never account for all of the configurations that all of your users will have but in my case, the only thing different was installing Adobe Acrobat X.

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      ITEZAS123
      Participant
      December 3, 2010

      I ran into the same problem.   The problem was that it was defaulting to print "Document and Markups", when it should have been printing just the document. 

      I set the "Comments and Forms" drop down box to just "Document" and it resolved the problem.  May not be the fix for everyone, but that is something that is easily over looked and would be a lot easier than uninstalling and reinstalling the software.  I hope this helps!   

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      Anonymous
      June 28, 2010

      To get it to work for me I simply opened Acrobat Reader 9 from its icon in the Start Menu. After doing so it went through a "run once" setup and I was able to print fine.

      I didn't need to do the uninstall / re-install to get things working but am guessing that something is missing from the install process that occurs during the "run once" setup, and / or the uninstall / re-install process.

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      ct9ski
      Participant
      February 1, 2010

      Had same problem.  Uninstalled and redownloaded and now it works.

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      jaybee201Author
      Participant
      February 8, 2010

      Thanks.  It works now.

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      Echoechobrewster
      Participant
      April 7, 2010

      Was having this problem with Reader 9.3.1.  None of the suggestions worked, i.e., repaired installation, uninstalled and reinstalled installation, printed from other programs successfully, tried to print from thumbnails, set printer to print as  images in advanced setting.  None of the pdf's I had in my documents would print from this version.  I finally uninstalled this version and reinstalled 8.  It printed my PDF's fine.  This was on a network printer Hp PSC 1300v.  I believe 9.3.........1 has a bug.

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