Windows 10: Why won't windows 10 process a pdf print job?

Discus and support Why won't windows 10 process a pdf print job? in Windows 10 BSOD Crashes and Debugging to solve the problem; I am having nothing but problems trying to print pdfs from brand new windows 10 machines on a brand new high end business class toshiba printer. The... Discussion in 'Windows 10 BSOD Crashes and Debugging' started by Rodney Parker, Jan 28, 2020.

  1. Why won't windows 10 process a pdf print job?


    I am having nothing but problems trying to print pdfs from brand new windows 10 machines on a brand new high end business class toshiba printer. The thread describing the same infuriating issue that goes all the way back to 2015 has been locked for comment and the issue still hasn't been resolved. The windows 7 machines that microsoft says we need to stop using in our office have zero problems achieving such a marvel as to simply print a pdf. A+ job turning my work days into unproductive miserable excercises in futility.

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    Rodney Parker, Jan 28, 2020
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  2. Print to PDF missing in Printer List

    Hi William,

    We suggest that you disable and re-enable the Print to PDF feature. Here are the steps:

    • Click on the Start menu and type in Windows Features.
    • Choose Turn Windows features on or off.
    • On the next window, find Microsoft Print to PDF and disable it. Click
      OK to save changes.
    • Restart your PC.
    • Repeat the same steps to re-enable Microsoft Print to PDF.
    If the issue persists, we suggest that you perform the troubleshooting steps suggested on the link below under
    Advanced:

    Fix printer problems

    Regards.
     
    Rolando Vil, Jan 28, 2020
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  3. Tom-Con Win User
    Windows print problem. Every Time! Printer prints job, but on PC it still says "Printing" and no additional job will print.

    This happens EVERY time.

    It happens on two different printers on two different networks (at home and at work)....so it is a WINDOWS problem, not a PRINTER problem.

    Send a job to the printer.

    It completes and prints JUST FINE. All is well.

    THEN==>>

    In the printer window for that printer, it continues to say "Printing" (forever!) even tho the job has successfully completed. If i highlight the job and "Delete" it, it says "Deleting"....forever. No other print job sent will print, as they are all blocked
    behind the job that has already successfully printed, and that cannot be manually deleted, either.

    So, EVERY TIME the queue must be manually cleared out. The only way i can print another job is a 3-step process

    • Go to Services, Stop print queue.
    • Go to PRINTERS folder, delete all files.
    • Go back to Services, and START print queue.

    After those three steps, I can print again...exactly one print job...then it happens the same again for that job. Obviously this is a complete hassle.

    I would like specific and definitive instructions not on how to now get WINDOWS to work "normally"...so that when a print job successfully prints and is done, the queue for that printer shows as empty, and so more print jobs can be sent.

    If this were a very intermittent occasional problem it might be tolerable. But it happens EVERY TIME with EVERY PRINTER.

    Help!
     
    Tom-Con, Jan 28, 2020
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  4. Why won't windows 10 process a pdf print job?

    Microsoft Print to PDF, troublesome T attribute

    Use BulkFileChanger (from Nirsoft) or PowerShell command to unset "T" attribute. More here:

    Windows Search Not Listing Microsoft Print to PDF Files - The Winhelponline Blog :

    http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/search-not-indexing-pdf-ms-print-to-pdf/


    Related Links

    MS Print to PDF adds the "T" (temporary) attribute when writing to PDF which causes Windows Search to skip the file.

    Microsoft Print to PDF, troublesome T attribute

    https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/103237

    fsutil – oasysadmin
     
    Ramesh Srinivasan, Jan 28, 2020
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