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Iamfiesty74
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August 30, 2017
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quick print button? in Acrobat DC

  • August 30, 2017
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Hello....

I hate when I print a pdf the print dialog box opens...  Is there a way to just print to the defaulted printer. 

    Correct answer Dov Isaacs

    There is no “built-in” method of doing this. Conceivably, some JavaScript can be written to do this.

    But be careful for what you ask. Printing a PDF file does entail options such as page ranges, copy count, simplex/duplex, fitting to page, etc. Eliminate those options appearing and you are at the mercy of whatever was last done (i.e., sticky settings). You may actually need a fairly complex script to fill in exactly what options you always want for a one-button print solution.

              - Dov

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    JR Boulay
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    JR BoulayCommunity Expert
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    July 18, 2024

    Taking 1 hand off the mouse (which required 1 click) and putting 2 hands on the keyboard to do a CTRL+P and Enter is not faster in any way.

    When you have 5 fingers, CTRL-P only requires only one hand.

    In the graphic arts industry, this is part of the recruitment tests: working with only one hand without using keyboard shortcuts is eliminatory.

     

    Acrobate du PDF, InDesigner et Photoshopographe
    JR Boulay
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    JR BoulayCommunity Expert
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    April 5, 2022

    All you have to do is:

    "CRTL + P" and "Enter"  (CMD + P  on Mac)

     

    It's faster than clicking on any icon.

    Acrobate du PDF, InDesigner et Photoshopographe
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      paulf39243375
      Participant
      January 11, 2023
      quote

      All you have to do is:

      "CRTL + P" and "Enter"  (CMD + P  on Mac)

       

      It's faster than clicking on any icon.


      By @JR Boulay

      Taking 1 hand off the mouse  (which required 1 click) and putting 2 hands on the keyboard to do a CTRL+P and Enter is not faster in any way.

       

      The idea that it is a dangerous feature is just ridiculous! If a "professional environment" doesn't understand the feature, well "professional" is being used very loosely. If someone did accidentally print a thousand page document... well then just Cancel the print, not rocket science. If this is Adobe's concern, then simply add a little code that checks the number of pages to be printed - drop some options in Preferences where the user can specify if they want the warnings or not and at how many pages it should generate the warning and problem solved.

       

      These are tools to optimize our workflows, when people have ideas on how the tool can be improved to optimize something they should be listened to.

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      Brett32453288jibr
      Participant
      September 22, 2023

      Your absolutely right. The option should be there for users that just want this feature. It doesn't have to be enabled by default, but should still be offered to anyone that wants to use it.. I also would like a simple quick print button, would save a lot of time when printing multiple documents. 

      Dov Isaacs
      Dov IsaacsCorrect answer
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      August 30, 2017

      There is no “built-in” method of doing this. Conceivably, some JavaScript can be written to do this.

      But be careful for what you ask. Printing a PDF file does entail options such as page ranges, copy count, simplex/duplex, fitting to page, etc. Eliminate those options appearing and you are at the mercy of whatever was last done (i.e., sticky settings). You may actually need a fairly complex script to fill in exactly what options you always want for a one-button print solution.

                - Dov

      - Dov Isaacs, former Adobe Principal Scientist (April 30, 1990 - May 30, 2021)
        vbsumpter
        vbsumpter
        Participant
        February 1, 2018

        Dov,

        Please don't treat us like children. This issue is NOT addressed.

        Not everyone who uses DC is a power user of print-production documents.

        Many of us simply like the greater annotation and document handling capabilities we had under the old, and often missed, Acrobat Pro product line.

        If memory serves correctly, Pro had a Quick Print button (Pro also had a much, MUCH, better deskew functionality, but that's another topic).

        The issue here is we are trying to save keystrokes...and TIME.

        Many of us are paid on results...so TIME = results = pay. Make sense?

        Your response "But be careful for what you ask." comes off as that of governmental/paternalistic bureaucrat.

        We know how to configure our Toolbars.

        We know how to tell the difference between the full-functioned Print button and the Quick Print button.

        At least we do in Office and the several other industry-standard products that offer this functionality.

        Please and Thank-you!

        -v

          Abambo
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          AbamboCommunity Expert
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          February 2, 2018

          vbsumpter​,

          Sorry about the fact that Dov's answer does not fit your requirements, but the answer is correct and answers the question to the point.

          The Adobe print dialogue has been built to do anything you need in one dialogue. Only if there are special requirements, you will need to pass on and use the printer manufacturers panel. Those panels are very often overloaded with functionallity spread over different tabs, that it is a pain to use them, if you need them.

          Out of memory, I would say that Pro had no Quick print button.But you ma prove me wrong on this topic. The question, however, is not new:

          https://acrobatusers.com/forum/printing-prepress/quick-print-pdf/

          ABAMBO | Hard- and Software Engineer | Photographer
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