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Adobe Acrobat Pro DC randomly stops printing

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Apr 05, 2016 Apr 05, 2016

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Recently installed Adobe Acrobat Pro DC for a client and they are reporting that it is unable to print. Restarting the computer will allow them to print for a time but then it will stop printing again. Found that ending the splwow64.exe process and closing all Adobe Pro windows then opening PDFs will have the same result as restarting. User is on Windows 7 Pro x64. User is able to print from other programs while unable to print from Acrobat Pro. Any ideas on a permanent solution?

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Apr 25, 2016 Apr 25, 2016

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Any ideas or suggestions would be welcome. If I posted on the wrong board then knowing the correct board to post to would also be useful.

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Adobe Employee ,
May 02, 2016 May 02, 2016

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Hi Jason Walters,

Please try the following steps and let us know if this works .

  1. Open Regedit(Windows key + R  -> type “Regedit” -> Press Enter)
  2. Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print\Environments\Windows x64\Drivers
  3. Under that path there will be a key called Version-3
  4. Go into Version-3 and delete all of the values.

When that is done you need to open Command Prompt (CMD)  as an Administrator

  1. Open CMD as an Administrator
    1. Search for CMD in the start menu
    2. Right-click cmd.exe and click “Run as administrator”
  2. Type the command: net stop spooler
  3. Open Windows Explorer
  4. Navigate to C:\WINDOWS\system32\spool\printers\ and delete all the files inside.
  5. Navigate to C:\WINDOWS\system32\spool\drivers\x64\3 and delete all the files and folders inside of there as well, you might have to use IOBit Unlocker to delete some locked files.
  6. Restart the printer spooler by typing this command into CMD: net start spooler
  7. The next step is very important, if you don’t do it your printer might spew out a ton of paper with random scriblings on it due to not having a working driver installed.
  8. Now you have to open the “Devices and Printers” windows, wait a few seconds until it has properly initialized and started up(right-click -> refresh).
  9. Remove all your printers by right-clicking and choosing “Remove device”, then re-add them with the “Add a device” button.
  10. Your printer should now be working correctly again.

Regards

Sarojini

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May 02, 2016 May 02, 2016

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I followed the instructions provided and at first the splwow64.exe wasn't even running. Tried opening Acrobat again and it still didn't run. Found splwow64.exe and ran it and then was able to print. Since problem was not constant I will monitor the issue and update you with further results.

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May 05, 2016 May 05, 2016

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Got word from the user that it is doing it again.

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Adobe Employee ,
May 10, 2016 May 10, 2016

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Hello Jason,

Sorry for the inconvenience.

This issue has been reported and is currently under investigation.

Regards,

Tariq Dar.

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New Here ,
May 16, 2016 May 16, 2016

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We are also experiencing the same issue. 3 users running Adobe Acrobat Standard DC version 2015.006.30172 on Windows 7 Professional 64bit. I have uninstalled and re-installed the application as well as ran a repair from within the application Help menu. Other users are on older versions of Adobe Acrobat Standard and Pro and are not experiencing this issue. Users on Adobe Acrobat Reader DC are not experiencing this issue. Issue is especially evident when user edits a PDF then tries to print. If user opens PDF and prints without making any changes it will print successfully. If user modifies the PDF then tries to print nothing happens after clicking print on Print dialog box. Please let me know if gaining remote access to one of the affected systems will help as I can arrange for remote access.

Thanks,

Raul Martinez

Network Engineer III

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Apr 25, 2017 Apr 25, 2017

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Has there been a resolution for this adobe printing issue?

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