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pdf files print garbled text

2007-11-05 07:43:50

birdman300

Registered: Nov 5 2007

Posts: 2

When I try printing pdf files from Acrobat Reader the text looks fine on the screen but some of the text looks garbled after printing. I have tried printing on two seperate printers and get the same result. I have tried downloading the latest printer drivers for both printers and still having the problem. It almost appears that the version of Acrobat I have is corrupted or it is having a problem with Vista. Any ideas?

My Product Information:
Reader 8.0999999999999996447286321199499070644378662109375, Windows

2007-11-09 14:20:19

tedpadova

Registered: Dec 31 2005

Posts: 848

First thing to check is the Fonts properties. Open the Document Properties (Command/CTRL + D) and click Fonts. Look over the list and make sure that all fonts are embedded and subsetted. Most likely you have a font embedding problem going on.

If you can't recreate the PDF with embedding all fonts, as a last resort you can print the PDF as an Image. Click Advanced and check the box for Print as Image.

ted

The author of numerous books on Acrobat, Photoshop, Illustrator and the Adobe Creative Suite, and an international speaker on Adobe Acrobat, Ted Padova is a well-known PDF guru.

2008-03-12 12:03:33

lambertfs

Registered: Mar 12 2008

Posts: 1

Any idea why this is happening?

2008-03-17 10:10:20

lkassuba

Registered: Jun 28 2007

Posts: 3636

There are some suggestions for correcting this in the following technical note:
http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=329677&sliceId=2

Lori Kassuba is an AUC Expert and Community Manager for AcrobatUsers.com.