printing a pdf file prints to prn instead of printer

[amitbarkan73]

Hello,

When I open a PDF file and try to print, it prints to prn file and saves the file to desktop. Even though the correct printer is selected. If I right-click on the file and say print, it goes to the printer, but then i can't chose pages, it prints the whole document.

This only happened recently and until then it was printing fine, nothing that I know of changed.

any help?

thank you.

[emilyd30128955]

Thanks for sharing how to find the port. That did it for me too! 

[Fran6C29]

Thank you so much!! Worked for me after trying about 10 other things. 

[Alluring_Rainbow5C8D]

This helped me too. No other solution worked. 

[Catherine5CC8]

Thank you so much!!! I had been stressing out for so long now. This worked for me!

[TamerO]

Thank you. The inconvenienve solved out.

[Fahadd dipto]

I am facing also same issue..now its working..:)

[simonwadey]

I have a HP printer and the print to file check box was un-checked so I removed the printer and then reinstalled it and problem solved dosent try to save as PRN any more.

[Peter5EFA]

Thanks...  Saved my problem too!  But be sure to click on the "Advanced" button first!

[defaultii9gvwa7qs86]

Yes, that works... But being a C, C++, C# , html/css/jscript coder myself, who has done UI work, I didn't have any patience with a UI that would assume by default that when I select "print" that I would want it sent to a file.Not at all my idea of intuitive.

But as acrobat dc is free and other pdf apps are also free and available, there was "no harm, no foul" to anyone.

[danny_daniel_5234]

Gracias. Solucionado el problema

[S. S]

Hi @danny_daniel_5234,

Hope you are doing well.

Thanks for sharing about what worked for you.

Please feel free to add your upvote to the solution that worked. This helps future users to get the solution quicker through searches.

Regards,
Souvik.