Cannot print a PDF file on Windows 7
I have a new work laptop which I downloaded Adobe Acrobat from the Adobe site onto yesterday. I connected successfully to the Network printer today and am able to print Word docs with no problem. However, when I try to print a PDF I click on the print ICON to the top left of the screen, a print window comes up and then I press OK and nothing happens. I have checked the print queue and nothing is being sent. I have restarted my laptop and the problem is still there. I have checked that all the settings on the pop up print window are the same as a colleague (who is using Vista) and I have also tried printing a different PDF file but to no avail. Just to reiterate, when I try to print nothing happens - no error messages, nothing, nada, zilch. Any ideas? (As you can see from my prose, I'm not exactly a power user so I would be most grateful if any suggetsions take into account my extreme computing deficiencies ! Many thanks John
April 20th, 2010 5:35pm

In Control Panel go to Printers and Right click on the Network printer and Set it as default and try to print now, let us know how it goes.. -Mukesh
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April 20th, 2010 9:48pm

Hi, If this issue only occurred on PDF file, I would like to suggest you uninstall and reinstall Adobe Reader to test the issue. If it does not work, I also would like to suggest you test the issue in Clean Boot. What’s the result in Clean Boot? Regards,Arthur Li - MSFT
April 21st, 2010 11:30am

John, Hope you are trying to take the PDF file print from Internet. Let me know did you install Adobe Acrobat 9 Standard for windows 7? If so, it is suggested to reinstall the applications. Try open IE with no-add mode. 1. Click "Start", type in "INETCPL.CPL" and press "Enter". 2. Click the "Advanced" tab. 3. Click to clear the "Enable third-party browser extensions (requires restart)" check box. 4. Click "Apply". 5. Click "Ok". 6. Start "Internet Explorer", and then try to reproduce the issue. After the test, you can re-enable the check box. Sachin Shetty| MCP|MCTS|MCITP| Please remember to mark the replies as answers and Vote as helpful if they help and unmark them if they provide no help.Thank you in advance.
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April 21st, 2010 12:12pm

Hi Mukesh The printer is already set as Default Printer, so must be something else. Many thanks for trying. Cheers John
April 21st, 2010 1:12pm

Hi Arthur Your suggestion to Uninstall then Reinstall worked. You're a star! Cheers John
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April 21st, 2010 1:32pm

Thank you for your suggestion Sachin. The problem was fixed when I uninstalled/reinstalled as per Arthur's prior suggestion.
April 21st, 2010 1:34pm

Oh, as recently i faced the same problem and no matter which printer i did it was going to the default printer, so after setting the Right printer to default i was able to print the documents, would suggest you try a reinstall the application as others have suggested.. -Mukesh
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April 21st, 2010 1:47pm

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