Save to PDF in TextEdit - Error While Printing

When I try to save a text file to PDF I receive the error message - "Error while printing". This only seems to be happening to text files I open or create in TextEdit. It works fine if I log in as a different user. I've run repair permissions and also deleted a couple of com.apple.print plist files in my user library, but the error remains.

Is there anything else I should try short of reinstalling TextEdit?

Thanks in advance for any advice!

Rick

MacBook Pro (15-inch Early 2011), OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2)

Posted on Jan 22, 2013 3:44 PM

17 replies

RT11 guru

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Nov 17, 2013 9:34 AM in response to paperqueen

I just had this (strange) problem. Deleting the two (in my case) plist files in the ~\Library\Preferences folder returned the capability to print PDFs from TextEdit.

Jul 9, 2014 1:06 PM in response to RT11 guru

Same problem, same solution, 2 plist files deleted, problem went away.

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Save to PDF in TextEdit - Error While Printing