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michaelgro
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July 16, 2018
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Can I add a print button to interactive pdf that would print only specific section of the document? In example pages from pdf bookmark.

  • July 16, 2018
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As in the title. I need to place the "print" button to my document that would print only chosen pages. "Execute a menu item" option in acrobat does allow to specify the range of pages automatically. Thanks for help!

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try67
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try67Community Expert
Community Expert
July 16, 2018

Yes, you can do it using a script. Here's a simple example of how to print pages 2-5:

var pp = this.getPrintParams();

pp.firstPage = 1;

pp.lastPage = 4;

this.print(pp);

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    michaelgroAuthor
    Participant
    July 17, 2018

    Thank you guys! It works

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    michaelgroAuthor
    Participant
    July 17, 2018

    One more question: this solution works properly when document is viewed in Acrobat, but does not work when document is opened in web browser. In chrome button opens print dialog, but page range is set to whole document by default (seems that chrome ignores a part of the script). In firefox it does not work at all (probably because it does not support pdf forms anly longer). Not to mention Edge, where every interactive element displays quite strange... Suprisingly, in Internet Explorer everything works fine.

    Is it possible to use script which would avoid this struggles?

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    George_Johnson
    Inspiring
    July 16, 2018

    Yes, but you'll have to use JavaScript. Here's a link to the documentation: Acrobat DC SDK Documentation

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