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"error while printing" when printing a document from Preview as pdf or mail

Good day,

I ve just upgraded to Catalina macOS. Now I face the error "error while printing" only when I print page from Preview as pdf. Other programs work fine with priniing pdf. I can print to my printer from Preview normally, just the pdf is not working.


Thank you

Posted on Oct 13, 2019 10:33 AM

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Posted on Oct 17, 2019 10:52 AM

I tried resetting my SMC, resetting the print system, and there was an update to Catalina. None of these solved the issue. I can still export as .pdf, then drag the .pdf into a mail window, but the "send in mail" or "send in Messages" was so handy. I hope it will be restored. And the flow works fine when the source is Safari or Pages, for instance. It seems that Preview is the problem.

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"error while printing" when printing a document from Preview as pdf or mail

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