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April 26, 2023
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Unable to export PSD through Artboards to PDF or file

  • April 26, 2023
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After creating multiple artboards in a PSD and exporting it through Artboards to PDF or file, Photoshop crashes with an error "There was an error opening your printer. Printing functions will not be available until you have selected a printer and reopened any documents."

No clue why this happens suddenly. The issue gets resolved with complete Creative cloud uninstallation and reinstallation but don't want to do that anymore.

Is anyone else facing this technical issue?

Correct answer Edson Hayashi

Hello, folks! I faced some issues with the same warning. I fixed it by activating the Print spooler.

WIN+R > Type: Services.msc [press enter] > Search for Print Spooler > Open and set Startup Type to Automatic and on Service Status click on Start.

15 replies

Edson HayashiCorrect answer
Inspiring
February 6, 2025

Hello, folks! I faced some issues with the same warning. I fixed it by activating the Print spooler.

WIN+R > Type: Services.msc [press enter] > Search for Print Spooler > Open and set Startup Type to Automatic and on Service Status click on Start.

Participant
June 23, 2024

i am stuck with this issue. did anyone resolve this issue?

 

Participant
September 26, 2023

Somewhere else, I read that when exporting artboards, Photoshop truncates the sixth line when a paragraph is longer than six lines. I had a document with 12 lines, and most of the sixth line would not print. It just came out blank, but lines seven through 12 were intact. What I did as a workaround was change the spacing after paragraph from essentially a double return (25 pt using 12 pt copy) to the default for the point size of the text (14.4 pt). Then I artificially broke the sixth line at the end with a single paragraph return (in the middle of a sentence!) and deleted the initial space in front of the text that moved to the following line.  So, to Photoshop, it looked like two consecutive paragraphs of six lines each. And that worked. Until Adobe can address this bug, this may work for you, too.

CqnseAuthor
Participating Frequently
April 29, 2023

The workaround I found was to create an action for all the artboards one by one and then export them to one specific location every time. 

CqnseAuthor
Participating Frequently
April 29, 2023

The only solution for this problem is to clean all Adobe files and reinstall everything from scratch. But thanks for your help.

Stephen Marsh
Community Expert
Community Expert
April 28, 2023

Sounds like it is easier to fix the original issue than to code around it! Either way isn't easy or fun.

CqnseAuthor
Participating Frequently
April 27, 2023

Yes, I do.
Basically, I create multiple artboards and export all of them in a single PDF.

Stephen Marsh
Community Expert
Community Expert
April 26, 2023

Thanks, I didn't mean that checking/unchecking the box would fix the problem – just that I need to know what settings to use to replace the PSD options in the alternative script.

 

Edit: Do you ever save multi-page PDFs?

CqnseAuthor
Participating Frequently
April 26, 2023


It doesn't work both ways (checked or unchecked).

Stephen Marsh
Community Expert
Community Expert
April 26, 2023

It's the PDF export options I need to know (the box is unchecked in your photo of the screen). I'll need to see if I can work this out from the original script.