PDF page becomes blank on print

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Magen picture Magen · Jul 5, 2017 · Viewed 22.9k times · Source

I have a strange issue with a PDF file. Printing from Adobe Reader works fine on A4 but on A3 the second page is blank. The PDF is almost 200mb containing HQ vector+graphics

Windows 7 x64 Printer: Konica Minolta bizhub c452 Driver: PCL6 driver from konicaminolta

  • If I use the PS driver it works but it generates huge file and it takes forever to send it to the printer.
  • From another PC with Acrobat Pro and the same PCL6 driver it works fine

Tried: Using Adobe reader DC (same results) Using print as .xps (same, generates file with a second page empty)

I wonder it there's no limit somewhere on filesize when spooling to the printer with the PCL driver. It's interesting that it happens also when printing to .xps, so the problem happens somewhere during flattening

Answer

Rick CT picture Rick CT · Oct 10, 2018

Adobe is having another issue (Oct. 2018) with images not printing, which can be parts of a PDF or the entire PDF not printing. The fix is in the print dialog box, click on Advanced and select "Print as Image" and it should print fine. In Reader you can't select dpi, but you can in the full Acrobat. Try it, worked fine for our business PDFs.

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