Shashidhar Medi asks:
I have an HP Laserjet 1300N printer and a Windows 7 desktop PC. I can print Word documents fine, but when I try to print PDFs nothing happens. What could be the reason?
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Aska Nag
February 7, 2013Hi!
To get started, you need to install the software to read PDF files, such as Adobe Acrobat Reader or any other. Then open the PDF file in the program and from there select your printer and print the file. Everything should be printed.
Best regards!
ha14
February 7, 2013Click print from within the pdf, then advanced. Check the box for print as image, then ok
http://www.fixya.com/support/t1077739-slow_printing_acrobat_pdf_files_hp
Laserjet 1300 and .pdf file printing problems
http://h30499.www3.hp.com/t5/Printers-LaserJet/Laserjet-1300-and-pdf-file-printing-problems/td-p/597045
Printing PDF Files cause Print spooler to crash with HP Laserjet 1020
http://www.defcon-5.com/support/index.cfm?docid=375
1) Uninstall your printer software.
2) Uninstall Adobe Reader.
3) Restart the computer
4) Reinstall your printer software.
5) Install Foxit as an alternative to Adobe Reader
Jan Fritsch
February 7, 2013Older HP Laserjets are known for having issues with Windows 7. Actually, not being able to print PDFs was an issue one of my clients faced with a hp laserjet 2100 one time.
I believe manually downloading and installing the latest driver should do the job. At best use the PCL5 version, it has the most “success rate” if there is something like that.
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/DriverDownload.jsp?prodNameId=238328&locale=en_US&taskId=135&prodTypeId=18972&prodSeriesId=238320
Guess that’s one downside of producing quality printers that last for years and years…
Sorry, I forgot: The best wayis to remove/uninstall the printer first, then install the drive and finally the printer.
February 7, 2013Oron Joffe
February 7, 2013I agree with Jan, but in addition, try printing just one page and see if it prints. Some printer/driver combinations struggle with large PDFs (Postcript/PDF is a programmatic format which can require enourmous amounts of memory). If the single page prints, try printing 2, then 4, 8 pages etc, until you hit the “wall”. Rather than no. of pages, it may be particularly complex layout or graphics that will throw your printer, but at any rate, it’s important to isolate the problem. Once you have pinpointed it, you can consider your options – using a different driver, printing in small chunks or just avoiding certain types documents! If not even a single pages prints, make sure you have the latest driver.
Another thing you can try is to go onto the product forum pages (http://h30499.www3.hp.com/t5/Printers-LaserJet/bd-p/bsc-413) and look for a solution there.
Rakesh Pal
February 9, 2013first of all you have to install the driver of printer ………for more help directly access this link…..follow
Another thing you can try is to go onto the product forum pages (http://h30499.www3.hp.com/t5/Printers-LaserJet/bd-p/bsc-413) and look for a solution there.
Prashant Mirjankar
March 14, 2013Check if you are selecting the proper printer… Check if this is with all the PDF’s. Check the printer properties in PDF if necessary change the settings and verify.