I find I am among those who cannot print Paizo PDFs, even in part (I have no reason to want to print one in whole.) I believe the problem may be due to Adobe's reluctance to print "secured" PDFs.
Questions:
Are Paizo's PDFs intentionally secured against both editing (makes sense) and printing? If so, was that a marketing decision (if you want a printed copy, we'll sell you one?)
Would a different version of Adobe allow printing of secured PDFs; if so, which one?
It shouldn't be necessary to use a third-party tool to "crack" a PDF just so it can be printed, but has anyone tried that?
I've seen it stated on the boards that Paizo has no problem with PDF buyers printing a single copy of its products for personal use, but it seems a lot of us aren't able to do so. Help?
Which PDF? And this may be an Adobe issue.
I use Foxit (not Adobe) and can print any page I choose from the files that I randomly selected, including a 4 page output of the Conditions from the Core Rule Book.
-- david
Papa.DRB
Which PDF? And this may be an Adobe issue.
I use Foxit (not Adobe) and can print any page I choose from the files that I randomly selected, including a 4 page output of the Conditions from the Core Rule Book.
-- david
Papa.DRB
Adventure Path #20, pages 58-63 for instance. One of the players is running a cleric of Sarenae so I was going to loan her those pages for reference during the campaign.
I printed my PDF without any problems using adobe reader.
Is it possibly a printer limitation? I did use a high end
color laser printer for my print out.
I have a good recent model HP color laser printer. I can check on drivers, but I don't believe the hardware itself is an issue.
Which version of Adobe are you using? (I'll have to check my own version when I get home.)
I really despise this answer, especially when it is directed towards me, but... Works for me, using Foxit. I just printed those pages.
I suggest that you check your Adobe settings.
Sorry, I could not be of more help.
-- david
Papa.DRB
Chief Technical Officer
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We don't restrict printing of our PDFs. I'm afraid I haven't heard of this, so short of something wacky in your Adobe Reader preferences or your printer driver, the only things I can suggest are uninstalling/reinstalling Reader, contacting Adobe, or trying a different PDF viewer.
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Chief Technical Officer
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I have the same problem with all Paizo PDFs. I think you guys are not formatting them correctly.
There's nothing about our PDFs that would prohibit printing. Can you be more specific about what's happening when you try to print? Are you getting an error message? Garbled output?
In my experience it is usually a driver issue. I have found that complex pdfs sometimes print better (on some printers) if I use the "print as image" advanced option in adobe. That does the page conversion on the computer instead of sending the individual parts to the printer to put together.
Also, are you using a PCL or a PS print driver? I forget which one works better, but if you are having trouble try the other one.
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I have the same problem with all Paizo PDFs. I think you guys are not formatting them correctly.This thread is a year and two months old.
I though have never had any problems printing.
Sean
I didn't have an edit option....
Was gonna add that of course I don't print them out that often except PFS guide and the Scenarios themselves when I get alternate GMs.
Sean