Adobe Reader A Drawing Error Occurred

I'm trying to print a pdf from Acrobat Pro, I get an error message - no pages selected to print - drawing error

I'm using Adobe Acrobat Pro 10 - When I try to print a pdf, I get an error message - There were no pages selected to print - a drawing error occurred. I tried everything I could think of. Printer properties: allowed, repaired Acrobat installation, Installed the 10.1 Pro update. I don't know what else to try. Please help

Venessa Osborne

2 Answers

First of all, go to menu Help -> Check for Updates... to verify if you are using the latest update.
Acrobat X latest update is 10.1.10. Take a look at http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=1&platform=Windows

Have you tried to enable the "Print As Iamge" option? In the Print dialog box there is an Advanced button (at the top on Windows, at a lower position on Mac) where you can enable this option and change the resolution:

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You can also try, if using Windows, to disable protected mode temporarily: choose Edit -> Preferences and click Security (Enhanced) on the left. Choose Protected Mode as Off and Uncheck "Enable Enhanced Security". Close Acrobat, restart it, and try to print the document again.

First let me state that this is my solution on a Macintosh running 10.7.5 and Acrobat Pro X (with all the latest updates).

This problem started for me just this last weekend. I have been to every so-called solution that I could find via a Google search and NONE of these "solutions" even by the self-tagged "experts" work. PERIOD!

I decided to follow one suggestion to install Acrobat Pro 9. However, instead of uninstalling Acrobat Pro X first, I left it installed.

During the initial startup of Acrobat 9 after installation I was offered the option of installing an Extra feature called Adobe PDF Printer which allows me to "Create Adobe PDF files from any application by printing to Adobe PDF Printer". I opted in to that extra.

Once Acrobat Pro 9 had started I tested it using one of the PDF files that had failed to print with the dreaded "No pages selected......" error messages. THE FILE PRINTED AS EXPECTED!

I then decided I would uninstall Acrobat Pro X, but on a whim decided to try to print the same PDF file that had just printed using Acrobat Pro 9 one more time. IT PRINTED!

All I can figure out is that somehow selecting the option to have Acrobat Pro 9 install the option for allowing other applications to create a PDF repaired something within the Mac operating system. Just a guess.

Hope this helps someone.

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