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Printing PDF Packages/Portfolio

locojester
Registered: Feb 19 2010
Posts: 2

I'm having issues printing PDF Packages. This seems to be an Adobe bug. This Print Bug exists on both Acrobat 8 and 9, and the bug may or may not exist depending on how you view the "PDF Package" (ie: Desktop, Firefox, IE).

If you open the PDF Package on your desktop and view via Adobe Reader for the most part it prints as expected for "Print Current Documents" or "Print All Documents". Although the "Print Range" is misaligned (ie: "Print All" behaves as "Current View", "Current View" behaves as "Current Page".

If you open the PDF Package on a browser with an Adobe Reader plugin, a different scenario occurs.
You might experience that you're locked into printing only the "coversheet" of the PDF Package.
And again your "Print Range" might be misaligned.

In Adobe Reader 8, a dropdown appeared when you selected "File>Print" or the "Print Icon". The dropdown then gave you an option to "Print Current Documents" or "Print All Documents". Which basically provided you an option to print the entire "PDF Package" or choose to print only a section of the "PDF Package".

In Adobe Reader 9, the option to choose between "Print Current Documents" or "Print All Documents" was removed.

In fact I started to document the instances to see if its an isolated issue and it looks like it fails to print (as intended) 60% of the time. Of the 40% that does print as intended... it looks like half the time the "Print Range" is misconfigured.

Also, I've noticed that Reader utilizes two different "Print Dialog" boxes.

The testing scenario I set up was that you can print in three different ways:
1. File>Print
2. ctrl + P
3. print icon

Three ways to view the PDF package:
1. Download PDF Package & view on your desktop via Adobe Reader
2. View PDF Package on Firefox w/ Adobe Reader plugin
3. View PDF Package on Internet Explored w/ Adobe Reader plugin

My computer is using:
XP Pro SP3, Acrobat Reader 9

I've also spot tested on:
XP Pro SP3, Acrobat Reader 8
Vista, Acrobat Reader 8

Any Ideas?

vector
Registered: Aug 25 2010
Posts: 2
Sorry no idea, but a similar problem. I can print a package okay using Acrobat Professional, but my clients using Acrobat Reader can't print the entire package.
Does anyone know how to print a complete package using Reader?
Merlin
Acrobat 9ExpertTeam
Registered: Mar 1 2006
Posts: 766
Hi,

using Reader 9 I can choose between "All pages" and "Selected pages" in the print dialog box…
(Mac OS X.6 - Reader 9.3.1)
vector
Registered: Aug 25 2010
Posts: 2
Thanks for the addition Merlin, but those settings only apply to each single pdf in the package. What if I want to print the whole package, without the hassle of printing each pdf separately.