Printing With Adobe

[magistra]

I'm trying to print off a pdf file, but keep being told "the document can't be printed", then "no pages have been selected", then "a drawing error occurred" Whatever does all this mean? I normally have no trouble printing from web sites.

[SlackAlice]

Its much easier to download the .pdf file to your computer first and then print from there.

[magistra]

thanks SlackAlice. Where do I download it to and then how do I access it for printing?

[Buenchico]

It's not clear how you're accessing the file. Many browsers now come with a facility to view pdf files within a web page and many people make the mistake of going to File > Print (or using Ctrl P) from their web browser, which typically results in a blank page being printed. The trick required is to look within[i the web page for a printer icon and to click on that. (In some cases there's no printer icon immediately visible but hovering your cursor towards the foot of the screen brings up a floating panel which includes one).

As Alice suggests, it's often best to save a pdf file to your hard drive and then open it separately, so that you can print it from there. If you're having problems using Adobe's software (which is horrid anyway!), simply switch to using a [i]decent] pdf viewer. My own preference is for Sumatra PDF:
http://www.sumatrapdfreader.org/free-pdf-reader.html
but Foxit is probably the most popular alternative to Adobe Reader:
http://www.foxitsoftware.com/Secure_PDF_Reader/
(There's absolutely no reason whatsoever to have Adobe Reader on your computer at all. It's bloated, non-user-friendly and prone to virus attacks. The very first thing I did when I got this computer was to get rid of the pre-installed Adobe Reader!)

[Buenchico]

>>>Where do I download it to and then how do I access it for printing?

If you're getting it from a web link, right-click on that link and select 'Save target as' (or 'Save link as', or something similar; it depends upon which browser you're using). Save it to 'My Documents' or to your Desktop or to anywhere else that suits you. Then double-click on that file to open it with your default pdf viewer (which might be Adobe Reader but should preferably be Foxit, Sumatra PDF or similar). Then print from there.

If you're getting the pdf from an email, simply use the option to save the attachment to your choice of location and then double-click on it from there.

[SlackAlice]

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What he said, in all of its glory ☺☺☺