Error message received when trying to print a .pdf file - help needed Thread poster: liz askew
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liz askew 
United Kingdom
Local time: 08:41
Member (2007)
French to English
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Hello and good evening!
I have a problem as I have been sent a 34-page scanned document as a pdf file (Adobe Reader version 9.2)...all I can do is open the file and see it on my computer screen but the "system" says "cannot print document" and "pages not selected". I have tried everything and would appreciate any help about how to print this file. I cannot even minimise the file so I can have it on my screen at the same time as opening a Word document in which to type the translat... See more Hello and good evening!
I have a problem as I have been sent a 34-page scanned document as a pdf file (Adobe Reader version 9.2)...all I can do is open the file and see it on my computer screen but the "system" says "cannot print document" and "pages not selected". I have tried everything and would appreciate any help about how to print this file. I cannot even minimise the file so I can have it on my screen at the same time as opening a Word document in which to type the translation.
I hope I have made myself clear.
Thank you for any help or advice.
Liz Askew ▲ Collapse
| | | | Susana Valdez
Portugal
Local time: 08:41
English to Portuguese
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Hi Liz,
Have you tried open it with Google Docs? You can also print directly from this app.
| | | | liz askew
United Kingdom
Local time: 08:41
Member (2007)
French to English
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TOPIC STARTER | What is google docs | Mar 19, 2010 |
Hello there Susana
not sure what you mean by this - can you give me a reference?
Thank you!
Liz
| | | | Emma Goldsmith
Spain
Local time: 09:41
Member (2004)
Spanish to English
| Enable print as image | Mar 19, 2010 |
Hi Liz,
A couple of different things you could try (if you haven't already):
1. Try "save as" and rename it. This forces Adobe to rewrite the file.
2. If not, try going to print>advanced>print as image
Hope one of them helps.
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Igor Popov
Russian Federation
Local time: 10:41
English to Russian
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| your pdf print problem | Mar 19, 2010 |
Hi, Liz
In addition to what has been already advised:
If your other pdf files are printed out correctly, then
1) This pdf file is probably protected by the password. Ask the guys who sent the file to you.
or
2) The source file was incorrectly scanned; thus the file you were sent is corrupt.
| | | | liz askew
United Kingdom
Local time: 08:41
Member (2007)
French to English
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TOPIC STARTER | Thank you Igor - I think you are right | Mar 20, 2010 |
Hello Igor
I have tried everything (so has my husband) and I think you are right, there could well be a password.
Have e-mailed the client about my predicament.
Thank you to everybody for their help here!
| | | | Igor Popov
Russian Federation
Local time: 10:41
English to Russian
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Glad to have been of some help.
| | | | | If they don't have the password... | Mar 20, 2010 |
Amazingly, most of my clients, upon being asked about a password on a PDF didn't know there was one. If that's your case, try this:
http://www.ensode.net/pdf-crack.jsf
The trick is down below there, at the end of the page.
If you have a NDA with this client, better advise them what you'll have to do (since they can't give you the password), just to make sure they know. After a... See more Amazingly, most of my clients, upon being asked about a password on a PDF didn't know there was one. If that's your case, try this:
http://www.ensode.net/pdf-crack.jsf
The trick is down below there, at the end of the page.
If you have a NDA with this client, better advise them what you'll have to do (since they can't give you the password), just to make sure they know. After all, you'll be sending the file to some unknown place, though I don't think they scavenge those PDFs searching for anything useful or valuable there.
Translators must have a bag of cracking tricks. The local subsidiary of one of the largest car manufacturers sent me their institutiional video to subtitle. The only copy they had here was the standard worldwide distribution disk... copy-protected with Macrovision! In VHS, this meant trouble and expense; on a DVD, it's just one more click on a checkbox. ▲ Collapse
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