How to disable default opening of Print dialog box?

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March 7, 2017
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I have a file and when I open it the print dialog comes up along with the file. I guess this is something the creator put into the document; however I cannot find a way to disable this. Do you know of a way to disable it so that the print dialog does not open every time I open the document.

Using Acrobat Pro XI on Windows 10.

Thank you, Rich

Correct answer Bernd Alheit

Try this:

disable JavaScript in Acrobat

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AMS26469334vigu

Participant

I had this same issue and found that in the preferences of the printer itself, "Print Preview" was enabled by a check box. Disabling this got rid of the Pop Up

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Khushigupta22purelove

Participant

And I would like to thank you too Rich for asking this question as it solved my issue too.. Thankyouu, God bless you 😇🙏

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mebskivt

Participant

This didn't work because there was nothing in the script box. Suggestions. Thanks,

Tiffany N.

Participant

I was having the same issue and had nothing listed under Document JavaScripts either. I selected All JavaScripts and the print command was there. I removed it and now the document opens normally.

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Micky444

Participant

Can you explain the steps to get to select "All JavaScripts"

I have disabled all JavaScripts through

Edit

Preferences

JavaScript

unchecked enable JavaScript

and now a yellow bar appears when I open the pdf that says "JavaScript is currently disabled…"

I just want to see a clean pdf when I open, like I saw a month ago until some update occurred and now I have these random work arounds.

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IonKov

Participant

Isn't there a more proper way for this??

try67

Community Expert

This is usually done with a script that is embedded at the doc level. If you have Acrobat Pro you can probably remove it by going to Tools - JavaScript - Document JavaScripts and editing the code. Look for something like this line and remove it:

this.print();

Then save the file and re-open it and the dialog should no longer appear.