Print Issues from AutoCAD to PDF

Question

When I print a PDF from AutoCAD, Acrobat is taking all the text in the file and adding it as comments labled "AutoCAD SHX Text". For small documents the comments do not impact performance, as there might be only a few per page. But for larger documents there can be tens of thousands of comments, which negatively impacts processor performance. This problem does not occur when using other non-Adobe PDF readers, such as PDF X-Change Editor. An example one-page file is attached.

Any help in resolving this issue would be appreicated. Thanks.

My computer runs Windows 10 Enterprise, Version 10.0.19043, x64-based PC, with Intel i706820HQ CPU @ 2.70GHz. I am running Acrobat Pro DC Version 2022.001.20142.

Abambo · Answer

It's not Acrobat adding this, but Autocad. https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/autocad/troubleshooting/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/Drawing-text-appears-as-Comments-in-a-PDF-created-by-AutoCAD.html

However, I have no idea, why this causes a problem with Acrobat and not with other readers.

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