Some PDF are printed out with empty squares replacing the text

I have some bills from my electricity and gas provider and all the bills are printed out with squares being displayed instead of text. I already restored the Font Book to default fonts. I have no problems with viewing any of those bills on my computer. I have other PDFs and they are all printed out correctly. If I open up the PDF which is printed out badly and export it to PDF within PREVIEW app, the output is same as on my printer. I tried to restore all fonts to default ones and I tried to reinstall last OSX update with combo update, still the same.

What else can I do to restore the normal printing?

MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2009), OS X El Capitan (10.11.6), Crucial 8GB DDR3, Samsung 840 Pro 256MB

Posted on Jul 31, 2016 1:36 AM

16 replies

Aug 9, 2016 3:53 AM in response to svkrzn

Well that's not a very comforting resolution. But at least you know you have a work around until Apple recognizes the problem and decides to step up to the plate to fix it. Good luck!

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