Q: Preview app won't print PDfs with El Capitan

I've given up and returned to using the ridiculously overblown Adobe Acrobat Reader. It does, however, print pdfs in El Capitan. I assume that Apple will get round to de-bugging in future upgrades.

I found I could not print from Preview, or Safari (which I believe USES Preview), or even with Adobe Reader. I was able however to do so from Firefox . I could open pdf into Firefox, and then it would print. (Hurry and get this FIXED Apple!)

Any news on Apple solving this issue??

Blah Blah 007 wrote:

 

Any news on Apple solving this issue??  "Preview app won't print PDfs with El Capitan"

I have no problems with Preview.  What is your configuration?

Thanks for answering.

I'm using 10.11.1

When I print, the printer status pops up then disappears like it printed, or it says printer can't except file.  And this only began happening after I installed El Capitan.

Blah Blah 007 wrote:

 

Thanks for answering.

 

I'm using 10.11.1

 

When I print, the printer status pops up then disappears like it printed, or it says printer can't except file.  And this only began happening after I installed El Capitan.

Do you see your printer in the Preview when you go to Print?

Or do you get an error dialog from your printer?

Yes, I see the printer in preview. But get an error dialog from my printer or the printer dialog runs like the item printed correctly, but it does't.

Then it could be your printer and not Preview. 

Do you have correct driver(s)?  Apple maintains a list.

Printer and scanner software available for download for your Mac - Apple Support

Have you tried shutting everything down, including your printer, then restarting?

If you haven't done so already, try resetting the printing system.

Reset the printing system - OS X El Capitan

Apple has added a new security for printers called System Integrity Protection (SIP).  Not all printers have been upgraded yet.  Yours may be one of them.  To disable SIP you must enter the following terminal command from the Recovery partition.

csrutil disable; reboot

Before shutting down, remove all printers that are giving you problems.  Some printers may work with El Capitan.

To boot into the Recovery partition, shut your system down (no restart).

After shut down is complete hit the power, command & R buttons at the same time.

Once the system is running in the Recovery mode, start the Terminal app and enter the following command.

csrutil disable; reboot

The system will automatically reboot.  After system is up and running re-install the printer drivers.

Glad it worked for you! Now go and make a good backup.

Oh, of course!! Why didn't I realise that?

Vey grateful for for your response indeed but boy, am I getting hacked off with Apple at the moment. If I'd wanted to do code of any kind I'd be running Linux.

P