Issue with printing PDFs directly from external program

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Duddi
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Issue with printing PDFs directly from external program

Post by Duddi »

Hi!


I use a program where I can select multiple PDFs and click “Print”. When Adobe Acrobat Pro is set as my default PDF application, the files are printed directly - it just briefly opens and closes Adobe.

After switching to PDF-XChange Editor as my default PDF application, this no longer works. Instead of printing, PDF-XChange Editor just opens the program and nothing else.

Is there a way to fix this?

Thank you for your help.

Best regards 😊
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Daniel - PDF-XChange
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Re: Issue with printing PDFs directly from external program

Post by Daniel - PDF-XChange »

Hello, Duddi

You would likely need to reach out to the developers of that other program. Our Editor should accept command line actions, like a /print command, with options to avoid showing the UI, and silently print without interaction.
https://help.pdf-xchange.com/pdfxe10/co ... ns_ed.html

It could be that they are configured specifically for use with acrobat, and are not using switches which are compatible with our software.

Kind regards,
Dan McIntyre - Support Technician
PDF-XChange Co. LTD

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