Printing with adobe print to pdf and then using the deskew feature adds lines

Report · Sep 25, 2024

Took quite a bit of time to find out what was causing the lines..

We edit abstracts, we have a records system that has stored scans of court documents in .tif format. To add these to an abstract we need to print them off from that program to PDF files, many of these scans are not straight so I have been using the deskew feature in "Scan and OCR" in the "Optimize Scanned Pages". I turn off all but the "Descreen" in "FIlters" So no adaptive compression, no recognize text, background removal, or text sharpening.

This works well, however using this tool on pages that have been printed with the Adobe Print to PDF printer that is installed with Adobe Acrobate Standard 2020, random lines are added to the page, when complete. No lines are added from pages that have been scanned in, only pages that have been printed with the adobe print to PDF printer.

Why is this happening and what can I do to prevent it? I have tried turning off font smoothing and other settings on the printer driver, with no success.

Report · Feb 10, 2025

Hi @Fyrebaugh,

Hope you are doing well. Thanks for writing in!

It seems like an issue with the application you are editing the files with, rather than Acrobat.

Do you see any issues when viewing the file directly after creation? If yes, we would like to have some more info for further investigation:

1. The app version you are using (go to Home-> Help-> About Acrobat);

2. The OS and its version;

3. A screen recording of the issue for better understanding.

Meanwhile, please ensure you are on the latest version of the application (2024.005.20xxx) for the best experience.

-Souvik