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Opening a PDF brings up the Print dialog
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Mar 15, 2026159664 viewsConfidence Score0%
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I have some PDF's which, when I double-click to open, automatically bring up the Print dialog box in Adobe Reader X. I'm on Windows XP. I think this is because of some code within the PDF itself. Is there some way I can disable such automatic printing from Adobe Reader?
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Fix for: Opening a PDF brings up the Print dialog
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If it's happening only with some specific files then it's probably because: You can tie Acrobat JavaScript code to a specific PDF document, a page, field, or button within that document, or a field or button within the PDF file, and even to a user a…
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