- Adobe Reader 10.x does go out of it's way to hide the normal print options from OS X but you can still get to them by clicking on the Printer. Button at the bottom of the Adobe Print Dialog and clicking through the warning not to change things behind Adobe's back.
- I did the same process to create a PDF from the sample XLS file. It does not print using Adobe Reader. I installed Adobe Acrobat Pro DC. Does not print.
I have a PDF for my camera's manual, and Adobe Reader won't let me print it (the print option is grayed out). SumatraPDF also does the same thing (it even says print denied). How does the PDF prevent itself from being printed? It seems that if the program can display it on the screen, then it can also print it. Maybe Adobe Reader respects the PDF not printing, but surely an open source PDF reader wouldn't be so restrictive. So is there something more to this than merely the PDF reader software respecting the PDF's request to not be able to be printed?
The malfunction of your mac or printer may lead to the fact that you can't print a PDF file, but this is really a rare case. If there exists defects on the hardware of your mac or printer, problems won't be just confined to printing issues.
StevenSteven5 Answers
The print permission is in the pdf file itself and is mostly used by Adobe products. Some products pay it attention, and some others print it anyway.
It is quite easy to remove.
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See the article How To Unlock Adobe PDF Files, where it explains how to use Freeware PDF Unlocker to remove this and other passwords.
Warning : Comment by Chris Betti says
Can't Print Pdf On Mac
As of Oct 7, 2013, the Freeware PDF Unlocker setup installs unwanted software without confirmation, and fails to install the product itself.
Use older versions (if can be found) or search for another product.
Ever so often the driver to this card reader stops working and forces me to restart the computer. These graphics are never displayed • When I launch the administative application it says the card reader is not connected I have looked at the files the driver installs in Installer. I have a USB card reader that I use for online banking (Handelsbanken, Sweden) purposes. The broken connection between the driver and the card readers is indicated in several ways: • When I connect the card reader to my computer some graphics should appear on the card readers display after a succesful initialization. Affinipay card reader driver for mac.
harrymc
It's part of the settings when you save the PDF. You can also disallow text to be copied. There are software that allow you to bypass the restrictions.
Nope. As you say, if it can be displayed then it can potentially be printed. It requires the cooperation of the reader in order to enact this.
Ignacio Vazquez-AbramsIgnacio Vazquez-AbramsAdobe Pdf Reader For Mac
Try Okular. If you are like most people, you need KDE for Windows.
Best Pdf Reader For Mac
On Debian-based Linux distros:
or on RPM-based distros:
or you can compile it on other distros.
On the Mac, you will have to install KDE for the Mac. This requires compilation and is probably not worth your time. (Why would you use such a limited OS anyway?)
On other OS's, you may need to compile it, if there isn't a package available.
Okular should be able to get around PDF restrictions by default.
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