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illusionstoo
illusionstoo
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May 13, 2016
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Print form field

  • May 13, 2016
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First of all, let me say how much I do NOT like the new Acrobat. I've been using it since v1. Thought I had a good handle on it, but that is not the case with the new Acrobat DC. Case in point. I have a extremely simple form; just text fields. I used an existing PDF provided by someone, completed it and tried to print it. Everything is fine on screen. Nothing is set to be visible but not print. It should be a simple matter of printing the form.

No.

Half the instructional text doesn't print at all. None of the form fields print.

Placed the file in InDesign, loaded some fonts it thought it needed and tried again. Now I get the form fields, but very faint and the font int outlined.

So I recreated the form in InDesign, exported to a PDF, created and form and completed it once again. All the instructional text printed as expected, but the form fields won't print in Acrobat. Brought in into IInDesign once again and the form field fonts are once again outlined and very faint.

What at I doing wrong? Seems insane that I can't print the form. This is an agency that will not accept an electronic version and I have trouble completing forms by hand. This used to be the solution. It isn't any more.

Why?

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maxwyss
Legend
May 13, 2016

You might have to provide a bit more information, particularly about the concerned form, but also about versions of your operating system and platform.

(and don't be offended…) does the printer have full ink tanks?

illusionstoo
illusionstooAuthor
Participating Frequently
May 13, 2016

Sorry. Not offended at all. I was extremely frustrated that I spent nearly 4 hours on a job that should have taken 10 minutes at the most.

Yep, full ink cartridges in my Epson WF-3520. Test prints in full color are fine.  I have a year old 27" iMac running El Capitan 10.11.4 (current), running current versions of all Adobe CC. Mac has 32GB memory and a 3T fusion drive.

As I mentioned before, I've used Acrobat from day one and loved Acrobat Pro. Not so happy with DC. Any suggestions are much appreciated.

Thanks for the quick response.

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maxwyss
Legend
May 13, 2016

Just as a test to see whether there may be an issue with the form itself… how does it print from Preview.app?

Otherwise, it would be helpful to know about the form itself (if you can disclose it).

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