It has occurred to me a couple of times. The file (PDF) was made in illustrator with dwg imported from Rhino.
When viewed from Acrobat it looks fine, but some lines were missing when printed out, even from different printers. Has anyone had the same experience ?
gruen
Sep 5, 13 8:10 am
Yes. It's your PDF print driver.
SiameseDream
Sep 6, 13 2:10 am
@Gruen
Would you mind to elaborate ?
curtkram
Sep 6, 13 9:42 am
we've had this happen in my office a few times. i don't think anyone came up with a good solution. i dropped adobe's printer and switched to pdfcreator, which i think is a lot better for a printer. adobe's acrobat is still better as an editor imo. this was from printing from cad though. i don't do illustrator, so my issue may have been different than yours.
BabbleBeautiful
Sep 6, 13 12:45 pm
I've actually run into this problem printing directly via InDesign. I have a Canon pixma printer so my first impression is that the lines are too thin for the inkjet nozzle. I haven't investigated the problem yet, but I'm planning on narrowing the problem down this weekend and I'll post my findings.
BabbleBeautiful
Sep 10, 13 6:10 pm
So I printed to a color laserjet printer and as I suspected I didn't run into any issues. It's either the limitations of your printer head nozzle, printer drivers, or how you export to PDF. You'll need to play around with the last two variables (e.g. make the lines thicker).
BabbleBeautiful
Oct 15, 13 11:49 pm
I found that printing the PDF as an image solves the problem. This option can be located by opening the print dialogue window > Advanced > Print as Image checkbox.
martinjopp
Aug 4, 17 7:51 am
I just wanted to say, whether you read this or not, thank you. This solved my problem. What a dumb fix for such a stupid issue.
BabbleBeautiful
Aug 4, 17 12:07 pm
I'm glad it helped. Stupid issue indeed.
mshoden
Mar 17, 18 12:39 am
What can I do if that option is greyed out?
BabbleBeautiful
Mar 17, 18 12:43 am
Make sure "print in
grayscale" is not checked.
mshoden
Mar 16, 18 4:37 am
I am using adobe PDF reader and I am experiencing the same problem. Are there any solutions that may be useful? Thank you
randomised
Mar 16, 18 4:47 am
maybe read some of the above comments
Oace1989
Apr 5, 19 9:44 am
It's simple. If this is happening in Adobe Reader:-
1- Make sure "Print in grayscale (black and white)" is checked.
2- Now go to properties and check 'Grayscale Printing" under Additional Features.
3- Then print
marcocheung
Dec 10, 18 7:45 pm
Right Click the PDF
Open With (Google Chrome)
Print from the Google Chrome browser.
We had an issue with printing GL bubbles and dimensions which weren't orthogonal (on an angle). Adobe would read it on the desktop, but the prints wouldn't show up. Opening with Edge allowed us to print dimensions, but no GL bubbles.
Eventually, you can get around this if you use Google Chrome.
OneLostArchitect
Dec 10, 18 8:46 pm
use PDF Architect software it’s free and best driver and viewer out there
Oace1989
Apr 5, 19 9:43 am
It's simple. If this is happening in Adobe Reader:-
1- Make sure "Print in grayscale (black and white)" is checked.
2- Now go to properties and check 'Grayscale Printing" under Additional Features.
3- Then print
danjoe211
Jul 26, 19 5:19 am
Thank you marcocheung
Opening with Chrome not only fixed the missing line issue but all the print is much clearer.
rosangelacarrizalez
Aug 26, 19 9:03 pm
I had the same issue and noticed that it wasn't printing the lines with lineweight 0.0 I changed them all to default and it worked. I guess this only helps if the lineweight is not key for the project.
It has occurred to me a couple of times. The file (PDF) was made in illustrator with dwg imported from Rhino.
When viewed from Acrobat it looks fine, but some lines were missing when printed out, even from different printers. Has anyone had the same experience ?
Yes. It's your PDF print driver.
@Gruen
Would you mind to elaborate ?
we've had this happen in my office a few times. i don't think anyone came up with a good solution. i dropped adobe's printer and switched to pdfcreator, which i think is a lot better for a printer. adobe's acrobat is still better as an editor imo. this was from printing from cad though. i don't do illustrator, so my issue may have been different than yours.
I've actually run into this problem printing directly via InDesign. I have a Canon pixma printer so my first impression is that the lines are too thin for the inkjet nozzle. I haven't investigated the problem yet, but I'm planning on narrowing the problem down this weekend and I'll post my findings.
So I printed to a color laserjet printer and as I suspected I didn't run into any issues. It's either the limitations of your printer head nozzle, printer drivers, or how you export to PDF. You'll need to play around with the last two variables (e.g. make the lines thicker).
I found that printing the PDF as an image solves the problem. This option can be located by opening the print dialogue window > Advanced > Print as Image checkbox.
I just wanted to say, whether you read this or not, thank you. This solved my problem. What a dumb fix for such a stupid issue.
I'm glad it helped. Stupid issue indeed.
What can I do if that option is greyed out?
Make sure "print in grayscale" is not checked.
I am using adobe PDF reader and I am experiencing the same problem. Are there any solutions that may be useful? Thank you
maybe read some of the above comments
It's simple. If this is happening in Adobe Reader:- 1- Make sure "Print in grayscale (black and white)" is checked. 2- Now go to properties and check 'Grayscale Printing" under Additional Features. 3- Then print
Right Click the PDF
Open With (Google Chrome)
Print from the Google Chrome browser.
We had an issue with printing GL bubbles and dimensions which weren't orthogonal (on an angle). Adobe would read it on the desktop, but the prints wouldn't show up. Opening with Edge allowed us to print dimensions, but no GL bubbles.
Eventually, you can get around this if you use Google Chrome.
use PDF Architect software it’s free and best driver and viewer out there
It's simple. If this is happening in Adobe Reader:-
1- Make sure "Print in grayscale (black and white)" is checked.
2- Now go to properties and check 'Grayscale Printing" under Additional Features.
3- Then print
Thank you marcocheung
Opening with Chrome not only fixed the missing line issue but all the print is much clearer.
I had the same issue and noticed that it wasn't printing the lines with lineweight 0.0 I changed them all to default and it worked. I guess this only helps if the lineweight is not key for the project.