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Adobe Reader trap for printing

Adobe Reader is the most used program for PDFs ( Portable Document Format )

Now Adobe Reader has built into it an automatic update facility and recently it added extra security etc. plus other factors.

If for example an application page tried to print a PDF file displayed in Adobe Reader

It now displays a message asking you to confirm the file to be printed

Now at first glance this is an advantage, you can elect to print or not.

Ah !!! but hidden at the bottom of the dialog is a checkbox labelled


 * “ Don’t ask me this again “**

Now you may think that if you tick/check this box and press “ Yes “

You won’t be asked this question again and all the documents would print whether you wanted them or not.

A reasonable deduction Yes ?

Wrong so wrong you could not be wronger

Would you believe you do not get any printed at all

Reader does not return an Error message it just ignores the Print command from

now on.

Now if you can explain Adobe’s logic in that

The only way out is to un‐install Reader and re‐install, but this time, keep your finger of that check button.

There may be a way through a Registry edit but I have not as yet bothered to search for it.

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