Adobe Reader won't print. (But problem solved.)

Forum|Forum|8 years ago
July 30, 2017
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Hi all. I'm posting this in the hopes that it might help someone else out that may have the same symptom. Last week, my Adobe Reader stopped printing. Nothing I did produced any result. Not hitting the print icon. Not hitting CTRL+P. Not selecting "print" from the drop-down menu. There was no error message. No nothing. It was as if I hadn't clicked anything. I tried repairing the installation, no help. I've rebooted the computer many times over the last couple weeks. Here's what finally fixed it. On a whim, I went to Windows Explorer, right-clicked on the PDF file, and selected "print" from Explorers context menu. Adobe flashed open for a sec, and the document printed. Now, Adobe Reader prints as it always used to do. There must have been some little "glitch" or something going on.

Problem solved. Hope this helps someone else.

Artie

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Thanks, @ArtieD2. Your post from 2017 still works when nothing else will. Excellent advice!

@ArtieD2 wrote:

Hi all. I'm posting this in the hopes that it might help someone else out that may have the same symptom. Last week, my Adobe Reader stopped printing. Nothing I did produced any result. Not hitting the print icon. Not hitting CTRL+P. Not selecting "print" from the drop-down menu. There was no error message. No nothing. It was as if I hadn't clicked anything. I tried repairing the installation, no help. I've rebooted the computer many times over the last couple weeks. Here's what finally fixed it. On a whim, I went to Windows Explorer, right-clicked on the PDF file, and selected "print" from Explorers context menu. Adobe flashed open for a sec, and the document printed. Now, Adobe Reader prints as it always used to do. There must have been some little "glitch" or something going on.

Problem solved. Hope this helps someone else.

Artie

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paulh59305636

Participant

Hi Artie and Ankanchha

I'm having the same issue....it's just stopped printing from the Adobe viewer.
If I save the PDF in another folder, if I right-click on the file name and select print....it will print...but gives me no options.Eg if I've got a 16 page PDF and I want to print pages 1-5, it wont let me...it just prints the whole thing.
It doesn't give me the printer menu.
This has just happened a few days ago.

I'm running Windows 10 !!!

Maybe not the same operating system as you.

Still cant get it to work

Akanchha.....is this a common problem?

AkanchhaS8194121

Legend

Hi Paul,

You may try printing this way Print selected pages of a PDF file using Acrobat or Reader

-Akanchha

AkanchhaS8194121

Legend

Hi Artie,

Thanks for sharing the troubleshooting, we appreciate your time and effort.

This would be a helpful information for someone who will experience the same.

Regards,

Akanchha

J

JDLLC

Participating Frequently

6 years later this is still a problem. Couldn't figure out why I couldn't print a pdf. I tried reinstalling the printer, rebooting, ran the troubleshooter, but adobe acrobat just wasn't sending it to the queue. The right-click print trick mentioned in this forum helped me get around the problem. Running windows 10 with all adobe products up to date.

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