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Printing Markups by defaullt

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2008-02-14 15:51:40
danlopez007
Registered: Feb 14 2008
Posts: 10

Is there a way to make Acrobat print markups by default. Maybe a registry hack or some property to set. I have also created a vba script that prints the PDF but without the mark ups, but I couldn't find a property or method to force the markups to print.

Sincerely

Please help

My Product Information:
Acrobat Standard 7.0.2, Windows
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2008-02-15 06:28:31
#1
gkaiseril
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Registered: Feb 23 2006
Posts: 4307
One can edit the Acrobat/Reader application Preferences, "Edit => Preferences => Comments", and check the "Print notes and pop-ups" option.

George Kaiser

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2008-02-15 10:45:45
#2
danlopez007
Registered: Feb 14 2008
Posts: 10
This effects printing by defaulting to Documents And Stamps. What I need is documents and markups.

But thank you for your feed back.
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2008-02-19 11:22:36
#3
dthanna
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Registered: Sep 28 2005
Posts: 248
OK - This took a little while and some digging using ProcessMonitor.

There are two registry keys that interact with each other...

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\8.0\Originals\bPrintAnnots

and

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\8.0\AVGeneral\iprintWhat

both are dWord's.

Document
bPrintAnnots = 0
iprintWhat = 0

Document & Markups
bPrintAnnots = DOES NOT EXIST (delete key:value pair!)
iprintWhat = 1

Document & Stamps
bPrintAnnots = DOES NOT EXIST (delete key:value pair!)
iprintWhat = 2

Form Fields
bPrintAnnots = 0
iprintWhat = 3

Don't ask why this is the case. It's kind of like asking why the Sun rises in the East.

Hope this helps.

BTW - This should also work with A7 - just adjust the registry path accordingly.

Thanks

-Doug

Douglas Hanna is a member of the Production Print Technology team at Aon.
www.aonhewitt.com

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2008-02-19 15:05:24
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danlopez007
Registered: Feb 14 2008
Posts: 10
Sorry but it still comes up with "Documents and Stamps".

I am not new to computer and the registry so I am pretty sure I got it right.

Thanks for trying.

Dan
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