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ntellery
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PDF Xchange won't print edits.

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I open an existing pdf (invoice) I created.
I use white lines to block out old words and write in new words. (Why would I do this? *1)
I print and it ignores any edits and prints the original pdf.
This just occurred without any setting changes from me, no updates, nothing that I identified.
I can't find any settings that would affect this. I then downloaded the latest version but it still occurs.
There is a setting in properties to make something non printable, but that is set to print-yes.

I'm now using PDFgear which is awful. Printing to the same 'Microsoft Print to PDF' as before and it works fine.
I've tried the Xch printer and it adds a watermark but still doesn't print edits.
Maybe I will go try Foxpdf again.
I've even resorted to opening the edited pdf in Gimp and saving as a pdf and that works.
I have searched for hints but nothing comes up. I can't be the only one to have this problem.

*1(Why would I do this?) just reusing old invoices as templates until I have a new system in place.
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Re: PDF Xchange won't print edits.

Post by ntellery »

Even Libre Office can open the pdf and print properly including the edits.
Didn't even know LO could read and edit pdfs. Maybe that's my solution?
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Re: PDF Xchange won't print edits.  SOLVED

Post by Stefan - PDF-XChange »

Hello ntellery,

Welcome to our forums!
When you start the printing process in the Editor you should see a dialogue window like the one below.
Please make sure that you have selected to print "Document and Markups" as you probably currently have "Document" only - and the changes you have done to your file are annotations (markups) and as such would not print when "Document" only is selected.
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Kind regards,
Stefan
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Re: PDF Xchange won't print edits.

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Brilliant, thankyou.
Doh! I must have switched that accidently.
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PDF Xchange won't print edits.

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:)