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ajbjr
ajbjr
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August 14, 2017
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It sometimes takes several minutes to prepare a print file

  • August 14, 2017
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I cannot seem to find a pattern.  Often I print a PDF and it goes quickly but 20% of the time I print a file and it takes minutes to grind through to print.  It doesn't seem to be related to document size.  Single page documents can go slowly as likely as larger documents.  It is quite frustrating to wait 3 or 5 minutes for a document to print.

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Stephen Marsh
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Stephen MarshCommunity Expert
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September 22, 2017

The PDF files need to be shared via a file sharing service, such as DropBox, WeTransfer etc.

Luke Jennings
Luke Jennings
Inspiring
August 15, 2017

Your computer and printer are secretly married, and sometimes they argue about whose turn it is.

Printing pdf is very slow

    Stephen Marsh
    Community Expert
    Stephen MarshCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    August 15, 2017

    Perhaps these “slow files” contain transparency and require flattening during printing, when “fast files” are already flattened with no transparency.

    ajbjr
    ajbjrAuthor
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    August 16, 2017

    I am not familiar with the concept of flattening but I have watched this for several months and the types of files that run slow are very diverse and don't appear to have any special complexity.  With the last big update I usually get a window (after the file opens) that says something like preparing the file with a progress bar the walks through page by page and can take quite a while.  But the printing doesn't seem to be held hostage to this window when it is fast and the window is slow.

    ajbjr
    ajbjrAuthor
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    August 28, 2017

    You do have Acrobat Pro, right?

    Tools > Print Production > Flattener Preview (preview settings, highlight transparent objects)

    or

    Tools > Print Production > Preflight: Check - Transparency Used


    NO, Adobe Acrobat Reader DC - and it is still happening about one in five print jobs.

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