Inability to print correctly using Adobe

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6 total messages Started by james_emanuel Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:38

#2163

Author: james_emanuel
Date: Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:38

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About 90% of what I attempt to print using Adobe 9 works perfectly - however, about 10% of the time it prints in a way that I can only describe as "printing in tongues" - strange letters and numbers, squeezed together form the printed page. I have twice tried to solve the problem by uninstalling and reinstalling Adobe 9. I have not changed my printer in several years, and do not recall having this type of problem with the older versions of Adobe. Any ideas?? My computer is a Dell Inspiron 6000, and the printer is a Canon MP830, and I use Explorer.

Re: Inability to print correctly using Adobe

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Author: Ken_Rush
Date: Wed, 07 Jan 2009 23:33

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This is the same problem I am having. I was thinking it has something to do with fonts, because the same document will print correcly from another computer. I run into this often and decided I need to fix it. I tried differant versions of Adobe with the same results

Re: Inability to print correctly using Adobe

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Author: graffiti
Date: Wed, 07 Jan 2009 23:38

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      I was thinking it has something to do with fonts




And your thinking was more than likely correct. It's probably due to the fonts in some of the documents not being embedded or at least embedded properly. Reader doesn't always do a good job of substituting fonts. You can check the documents in question by going to File>Properties>Fonts and see if it says "embedded" or "Embedded subset" next to ALL fonts listed.

If not, there are two things you can try. One, get in touch with the creator of the PDF's and have them create them correctly or two, try the "print as image" selection in the print dialog menu.

Re: Inability to print correctly using Adobe

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Author: Ken_Rush
Date: Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:05

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Thanks,

The fonts were embedded Subset. I did the print as image and it worked perfectly. Not a bad work around, so I am going with that. Thanks for your help

Re: Inability to print correctly using Adobe

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Author: graffiti
Date: Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:38

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Glad that worked for you.

It could also be a case of using poorly constructed fonts. Some don't embed well.

Re: Inability to print correctly using Adobe

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Author: Michelangelo
Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2009 20:57

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I have the same issue but also with option "print as image" it continue. Any solution? Thanks for your help.

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