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Cannot print pdf files from Adobe Reader after Sonoma 14.0 upgrade

Upgraded to MacOS Sonoma 14.0 October 7 2023 and now I cannot print any pdf files from Adobe Reader. Error Message says "The document could not be printed" "There were no pages selected to print". Adobe wants $ to convert to Word. Cannot "Select all" and copy to Word or Pages. Cannot "Select all" and print selection. Same issue with all pdf's. Work around is to open pdf file in Open Office Text and print from Open Office.

Posted on Oct 15, 2023 9:29 AM

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Posted on Nov 15, 2023 2:05 PM

Indeed, I just found out about the Preview workaround , and it works! What a relief!


Hope Apple will make it work "normally" soon...


Thanks for your help!

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Oct 29, 2023 1:02 PM in response to VikingOSX

I installed 14.1, installed current Canon driver, installed current "Reader" and of course I have Preview, I have a license for Acrobat. . . I can't print a pdf no matter what. Two error types: one is Filter failed, the other is "no page selected." Conversion pretty much wrecks the appearance of the document.


Any additional suggestions would be most welcome. TIA

Jan 6, 2024 1:51 PM in response to JayDiaz8

After several months of putting off figuring out this "Adobe PDF not printing" issue, I just found this forum. I have Sonoma 14.1.2 and an Epson Workforce printer. It is fixed (for me anyway) now by deleting my Adobe Reader application and reinstalling the new version 2023.008.20423. Looks like someone, somewhere fixed the issue. Works perfectly now. https://get.adobe.com/reader/

Nov 16, 2023 1:13 PM in response to Leandro_Brazil

Thanks to all with their suggestions. As often happens, there were confounding factors. One was that Preview did not handle some crazy security feature that a law firm embedded in files I was sent. Another, I have to confess, was that I was using an Adobe product that was past its sell-by date. So, once I obtained the latest versions of Acrobat (and reader), I was able to print the weird files. But Preview still could not print those pesky files.




Jan 4, 2024 5:31 PM in response to VikingOSX

If you go to https://get.adobe.com/reader/


and carefully inspect the 9 point type you'll see

"Mac OS 10.15 - 13.x • English • Version 23.008.20423"


This appears to suggest the reader version link you've clicked on is incapable of installing the Mac OS 14 / Sonoma version.


In any case, on my brand new M2 MBA, running the current Adobe Acrobat Reader version, it still fails and posts "this document could not be printed, kindly use ..." blah blah


SOL? Nope, fortunately Im not dealing with complicated PDF files, and Preview does work...


HTH anyone similarly affected...


Unbelievable Adobe has no macOS Sonoma PDF reader!

Cannot print pdf files from Adobe Reader after Sonoma 14.0 upgrade

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