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VO@BHB
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October 30, 2025
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Printing Preferences Set in Windows Settings not being saved

  • October 30, 2025
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Hello - The last version of Adobe Acrobat Pro will not save the default printing preferences I set up under Windows Settings/Printers & Scanners/Adobe PDF printing preferences.  I use the USPTO "joboptions" Adobe setting all day long and always had that set up as my default printing preferences but for some reason the setting will no longer save.  It's like every time a new document gets opened up in Adobe the settings revert back to the default "Standard" regardless that I set up my preferences in Windows settings for the printer.  Typically when I set up my printing preferences under the Windows settings for the Adobe PDF printer they are saved but since the latest update it will not and it's been frustrating having to change the preferences many times during the day.  How can I get the printing preferences settings to save again so I don't have to change it per document?

 

I currently have Adobe Acrobat Pro v25.001.20813 and it says there are no updates available and the latest version of Windows 11.

 

Thanks!

Correct answer VO@BHB

Have you shut down Outlook and opened it again?

 

I live by my Outlook to keep correspondence current with my clients and vendors, and to keep myself on schedule through multiple nagging/alarms from the calendar. It's the first thing I turn on in the day, and the last thing I shut down at night. But you may have to shut down and restart Outlook for the new settings to take effect.

 

Randy


So after weeks of off and on troubleshooting with my IT group and Adobe support, it wasn't anything we could have fixed.  Apparently it must have been a weird glitch or bug that happened in a  recent Windows update, I assume. I just installed a new Windows update this morning and that seemed to have fixed whatever was previously wrong and now my default printer settings seem to be staying at the moment.  Thank you for your help (and glad to know it wasn't me)!  

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Randy Hagan
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Randy HaganCommunity Expert
Community Expert
October 30, 2025

You may want to check how your Acrobat Distiller is set to create PDF files.

 

When you "print" to Adobe PDF, you may be effectively activating Distiller to create your PDFs. Changing the setting in Acrobat Distiller to use your USPTO joboptions, choosing the Settings>Edit PDF Settings... to pull up those setting parameters and clicking the Cancel button helps "lock in" your Default Settings: edit box to reflect your USPTO profile. Then go back to your source app(s) and see if that helps "set" your PDF output settings. Hopefully, this will get you the results you're looking for.

 

Randy

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VO@BHBAuthor
Participant
October 30, 2025

Thank you Randy.  I did make the change in Distiller and that has helped.... somewhat.  It seems if I have a doc already open in Adobe and just need to re-print to PDF using the USPTO setting, the preferences seem to be retained now that I made that change.  If I am in Word and print to PDF, it seems to stay now as well.  However, If I print to PDF an Outlook email attachment (right-click on the doc and using Quick print), it switches my Windows settings for Adobe back to the Standard again.  Very odd!  Adobe PDF with the USPTO printing preference is set up as my default printer setting in Windows, so using Quick Print should just use those settings.  I'm not sure why selecting "quick print" for an email attachment makes the printing preferences change back to "Standard" again.  Any thoughts?  

Randy Hagan
Community Expert
Randy HaganCommunity Expert
Community Expert
October 30, 2025

Have you shut down Outlook and opened it again?

 

I live by my Outlook to keep correspondence current with my clients and vendors, and to keep myself on schedule through multiple nagging/alarms from the calendar. It's the first thing I turn on in the day, and the last thing I shut down at night. But you may have to shut down and restart Outlook for the new settings to take effect.

 

Randy

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