The troubleshooting techniques below solve some of the most common issues and are grouped into three categories:. Try printing this troubleshooting page. If you can't, follow these steps to check your connection to the printer:.
If your printer is plugged into a USB hub, unplug the printer cable from the hub. Then, plug the printer cable directly into a USB port on your computer. Make sure you update to the latest printer driver a program that controls your printer. Printer manufacturers offer updated drivers to improve compatibility with newer software, such as newer versions of Reader and Acrobat. Go to the manufacturer's website, and browse or search for "drivers" or "printer drivers.
If you have a different printer connected to your computer, try printing the file to the other printer. Sometimes a different printer can successfully print a PDF that doesn't print on another printer.
To switch printers on Windows, see Change the default printer Windows 10 and 8 or search Windows help for instructions. Often printing problems stem from issues with the PDF file.
Even if a PDF looks fine on screen, it can contain incomplete or corrupt data. Click the Advanced button in the Print dialog box to find this option. In Windows 7, the Advanced button is at the bottom of the dialog box. Sometimes a PDF file becomes damaged or contains corrupt data. Step 3: Restart your PC. Now the Print to PDF feature should be working again without any issues.
You can also try setting Print to PDF as a default printer to fix the problems with this feature. To do that, you need to do the following:. The steps are as follows:. Go to Programs and Features after right-clicking on the Start button on the bottom left corner of your screen. When your computer has restarted, once again go to the same menu option and check the box next to the Microsoft Print to PDF feature.
Check to see if this has resolved the issue. You should now be able to print any Microsoft file to PDF without a problem. If the issue persists, try the next method. In some cases, a file name may have characters that are not allowed when converting the file from its native format into a PDF file. In most situations, the problem is resolved by the system automatically by cutting off the file name right before the incorrect character, which may be a comma, a single quote apostrophe , a double quote, an asterisk, and so on.
Click Finish to complete the process. You can use it properly now. Any questions please feel free to leave your comment below, thanks! As a technical writer for Driver Easy, April writes articles related to various tech issues, including Windows computer problems and game errors. She's never happier than when her articles help people solve their problems - whether they're Windows errors and blue screens to network errors and faulty hardware.
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