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_hkrause_
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June 1, 2007
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'Unable to start print job'

  • June 1, 2007
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That's the error message I get with Adobe Acrobat Pro 8 (and Reader) when I try to print a .PDF with my Win VISTA 32-bit setup.

The full message:

Unable to start print job. Is printer available?

Yes, it is.

Nothing I can do in printer settings seems to fix this. I have seen this error message floating around from others, but no fix.

Any ideas?
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    _Cathy_Marshburn_
    Participant
    June 1, 2007
    Hey Guys,

    This is the message we have been getting: Unable to start print job. Is printer available?

    We figured this one out...There is a dropdown menu under Comments and Forms in the print menu. Your choices are document, document and markups, document and stamps. We were defaulted to document and markups after having opened our PDF link to view over the internet. We changed the Comments and Forms to Document (only). Then we were able to print. See if this helps some of y'all. We are currently running Adobe 8.0 on Windows XP with all updates.
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    _hkrause_Author
    Participant
    June 2, 2007
    Cathy_Marshburn@adobeforums.com wrote:
    > Hey Guys,
    >
    > This is the message we have been getting: Unable to start print job. Is printer available?
    >
    > We figured this one out...There is a dropdown menu under Comments and Forms in the print menu. Your choices are document, document and markups, document and stamps. We were defaulted to document and markups after having opened our PDF link to view over the internet. We changed the Comments and Forms to Document (only). Then we were able to print. See if this helps some of y'all. We are currently running Adobe 8.0 on Windows XP with all updates.

    Thanks but it did not work for me.
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    Bill12
    Inspiring
    June 1, 2007
    You may just have to wait until AA8 has been updated for VISTA (sometime this month I think). Keep in mind, that AA8 is not stated as being VISTA compatible - and you have found that to be the case.
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    _hkrause_Author
    Participant
    June 2, 2007
    William_A._Davis@adobeforums.com wrote:
    > You may just have to wait until AA8 has been updated for VISTA (sometime this month I think). Keep in mind, that AA8 is not stated as being VISTA compatible - and you have found that to be the case.


    Interesting that Adobe Reader 7 or whatever the previous version was
    printed fine under VISTA. Wonder if I could find a copy, and remove what
    I have now...although I do have a Reader "clone" that prints property.

    Weird stuff.
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    _efnsfl_rayfor_
    Participant
    June 1, 2007
    I am unable to print statement i can see I went to down load and print options I can see the statement but cannot print each time I only get three words on a blank page
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    _hkrause_Author
    Participant
    June 1, 2007
    efnsfl_rayfor@adobeforums.com wrote:
    > I am unable to print statement i can see I went to down load and print options I can see the statement but cannot print each time I only get three words on a blank page


    You're doing better than I am. I cannot print a .PDF. No one with an
    answer has responded yet.
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