Acrobat Pro XI Mac won't print a .pdf file, but Apple Preview will print correctly

A dead thread, but I have a couple other clues:

It's not just Acrobat Pro for me (X11 11.0.10). It's also Indesign. (Haven't tested AI and PSD.)

If I go to the system printer from within the Adobe printer, then back out again, I can print.

I have been having a similar problem for years, and it continues now even with the latest version of Acrobat. 

I am running Acrobat XI Pro on Windows 7 using VMWare, and the hardware is an iMac running OSX 10.9.3.  The printer is a Brother MFC-9970CDW.  All software and O/S's have been updated. 

I can print all PDF files with Preview on the iMac, but many documents won't print on Acrobat XI Pro under Windows 7.  I don't run Acrobat on the Mac -- just Adobe Reader.  Acrobat XI Pro completes the print to the printer on VMWare (i.e., spools it to the Mac printer), but it never prints.  I get an error message on the Mac printer driver saying "Stopped - Unable to convert postscript file".  The same document will print with no problem on Adobe Reader under Mac OSX and on Preview.

If you send me a link, I'm happy to send you a file which will fail every time on Acrobat XI Pro on Windows and print every time on Preview and Adobe Reader.

Yes there is something wrong with Acrobat.....or HP. Here's a little more info on what seems to work and not.

I have both a MacBook Pro Retna and an iMac 21.5. Running Adobe Reader XI on one and Acrobat X on the other.

I also have a networked HP CP2025 color laser and a Cannon MX880 (wireless networked).

The ONLY printing problem i have is when trying to print from either Reader XI or Acrobat X to the HP.  I can print to the Canon just fine from either.

Also I can print to the HP from ANY other software on either mac, even if i open the pdf up in Preview (which i now have to do as default).

The curious thing is the printer itself has the light flashing and says 'printing' (on the little display on the printer) yet it just stops eventually and nothing prints.  Very curious.  I've tried all kinds of options, reinstalling printer, etc. etc.  I've tried deleting the plugin as suggested inthis dialogue.

So....i'm out of options.  I guess i'll just use preview for printing.  Hope this additional info helps!

I am having this problem, but I think I have figured out the problem. In my Acrobat plug-ins, I am missing the Webkit built-in PDF reader. How can I download and reinstall this? I hate to have to reinstall the entire application.

I've been having this same problem on and off for a long time, through various flavors of Acrobat. With this latest round it is my tax documents downloaded from TurboTax that refuse to print. It's not specific to the PDF, it has happend on files I've created from Indesign as well as files I've downloaded from the internets. Printing 15 pages or all 60 at once doesn't change a thing. I'm using an HP LaserJet 4000 with the most current Acrobat on OSX 10.7.5.

From what I've observed, when printing from Acrobat, the print software attempts to spool the entire job before starting printing. This spooling takes forever, and then for whatever reason the job just flushes out. In my case I get no errors, it simply just does not print.

I just found this solution on another board, I tried it  (I removed the same file listed below) and it worked for me.... 

Safari won’t save or print PDFs: how to fix

:: Tuesday, January 29th, 2013 @ 5:29:46 am

:: Tags: Computers

If Safari won’t save or print PDFs (but views them without any problems), you probably have an Adobe PDF plug-in installed. In Safari, go to Help->Installed Plug-ins and do a search for “PDF.” If you have anything with “PDF” in it other than “WebKit built-in PDF,” that is probably the culprit.

On my computer, the problem was “AdobePDFViewerNPAPI.plugin”. To remove it, I quit Safari, did a Spotlight search (Command-Option space) for that file name, and then dragged it to the trash. When I restarted Safari, I could print and save PDFs again. You can also manually find the plugins by going to the system “Library”  folder (the one at the root of your hard disk, not in your user folder) and looking in the “Internet Plug-Ins” folder.

I’m on OS X 10.8.2, running Safari 6.0.2 (8536.26.17).

For all of you having this problem, try this, I found it by accident.

Make sure you have the latest version of Acrobat Reader installed. (not sure if this helps but this was one of the things I just did)

Instead of selecting file / print on a pdf file or a web pdf file (in safari)  hit shortcut CMD P it brings up a different printer window ( the one from  reader)  normally when I hit file print, the preview window is blank, but when I hit CMD P the reader preview window shows the contents and allows me to print.

STRANGE BUT TRUE

Same issue here. Running on an iMac with latest version of Mavericks. Can print with any application (including Adobe applications) except for Acrobat.  I can actually print the PDF's through Mac "Preview" so that is my current workaround. Seems like an obvious issue with Acrobat since no other programs have issues. My issue just started last week. Took me a few days of headaches to sit down and really troubleshoot the issue.

Please let us know in case you are still facing the issue so that we can continue the investigation.

I have exactly the same problem, with different hardware. iMac 2.8GHz, running OS X 10.7.5, printing Acrobat X1 to HP Photosmart C4480 via USB. Any PDF file, including those I create, won't print from Acrobat X1, but the same files print no problem from Apple's Preview. 'Print as Image' isn't greyed out though.