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Printing legal document error "this document can not be printed"

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July 26, 2026
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Since last week, suddenly facing issue to print mixed pages legal + letter and it shows error “ "this document can not be printed"”. surprisingly i can print individually legal and letter documents but not mixed.

Correct answer Amal Jaiswal

Hi all

Please go through the steps shared in the help page Can't print PDF with mixed pages in Acrobat | Adobe Acrobat and see if that works.

Let us know how it goes.

~Amal

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mapsypam

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Thank you for the patch! My printer is printing now without the pop up box, but it will only print either letter or legal but not mixed. I have a call in with brother support to make sure I have my settings right

Amal Jaiswal

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Community Manager

Hi all

Please go through the steps shared in the help page Can't print PDF with mixed pages in Acrobat | Adobe Acrobat and see if that works.

Let us know how it goes.

~Amal

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Vibrant_difference828a

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This patch worked for us, thank you!

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Majestic_discoverer6845

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Leaving this here incase it helps anyone. A combo of unchecking the protection mode as stated and changing the printing PDL to PCL 5x

This is how to do it (well at least on our printers, it should exist for you though somewhere)

Settings > Bluetooth & devices > Printers & scanners > select the printer > Printer properties.
Device Settings tab.
Click PDL... near the bottom.
Available languages dropdown > select PCL5x.
Untick Data passthrough (this may also help).
OK, then Apply, then OK.

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mapsypam

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mapsypam

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There is no pdl near bottom for me and I cant see anything saying available languages on any tab there

Swenny27

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I’m guessing this is a widespread issue with mixed documents related to the latest update. Would be great if Adobe could acknowledge this. Windows 11, Acrobat 2026.001.21771 64 bit

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Vibrant_difference828a

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Looks like they might be?

Swenny27

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I see that now. I missed expanding that set of replies. Fingers crossed it gets patched quickly

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Vibrant_difference828a

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A few employees at the company I work at are experiencing this issue as well. Windows 11, Acrobat 2026.001.21771 64 bit

When they attempt to print their file, an error comes up saying “This document can not be printed” and when that is closed, a second error comes up of “An error occurred while printing this document, kindly use our help page to troubleshoot.”

We have tried checking Choose paper source by PDF page size and unchecking enable protected mode at startup.

I’ll be checking this thread periodically, so if any other tips are identified, please reply to this.

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mapsypam

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SAME problem!! I cannot find an answer anywhere

dasc1977

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I tried this today and it worked

Disable Protected Mode: Go to Edit > Preferences > Security (Enhanced), uncheck Enable Protected Mode at startup, restart Adobe Reader, and try again

DelanaGAbney

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It didn’t work for me. I tried that too.

Meenakshi0101

Community Manager

Hi tricitynotary, dasc1977, ct327and DelanaGAbney

Thank you for reaching out and reporting this issue.

As mentioned, the problem started recently. Could you please confirm if it began last week or over the weekend? Additionally, please provide the following information so we can investigate further:

The current version number of Acrobat installed on your machine
A screenshot of the error message
A short video demonstrating the steps you take to print
A sample file that we can use to replicate the issue
The operating system on your machine

We will share this information with the product team to facilitate further investigation.

We look forward to your response.

Thanks,

Meenakshi

DelanaGAbney

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Im having the same issue, but across the board with my PDF notary docs.

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tricitynotaryAuthor

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@jane-e

Yes

ct327

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I have the same issue. It just started recently. I can see the adobe updated. how do I get old version so I can get rid of the error and print properly?

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mapsypam

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I tried that too- I disabled the new version and restarted my computer and it does the same thing so I re enabled the new version

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