11-12-2011, 07:53 PM | #1 | ||
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PDF printing ASCII characters and not sure why
I have no clue what in the hell has happened to my computer but if I try and print a pdf file coming from an online source it prints as ASCII characters. No issue printing PDF files from my computer, nor Excel/Word/Browser, etc.
I've uninstalled and reinstalled my printer. I've uninstalled and reinstalled Adobe 10 and gone back to 9 and that didn't fix it. I've now spent five hours on this. It's not the printer because my wife's computer works fine. Anybody with any ideas? |
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11-12-2011, 07:56 PM | #2 |
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Sounds like somehow your downloads got switched from binary to ASCII. Have you tried using a different browser to download the PDFs?
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11-12-2011, 08:02 PM | #3 |
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I've had the same problem, but it only crops up after I've printed 4 or 5 pages. It started with the new Adobe. What is your printer per chance? I have an HP J6480.
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11-12-2011, 08:04 PM | #4 |
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Warhammer, that is the EXACT same printer I have. I've tried Chrome and Firefox and both have the same problem.
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11-12-2011, 08:29 PM | #5 |
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Downloaded a different PDF viewer called Foxit. Works fine, prints fine. Five hours of work fixed in five minutes. So long as this program is somewhat safe.
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11-14-2011, 08:20 AM | #6 |
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If there's an older PCL version (say, 5 instead of 6) available, you can try that driver. I've seen newer drivers with more complex versions of PCL have some translations issues with software and incorrectly formed PDFs.
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11-14-2011, 11:15 AM | #7 |
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You should have the option to print PDFs as an image - that bypasses any of the encoding.
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11-14-2011, 04:04 PM | #8 | |
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Tried that too...no luck. I'm fine, I can get them read and printed with the program I downloaded from CNET. Last edited by rowech : 11-14-2011 at 04:05 PM. |
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