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Grasswire2

(13,693 posts) Sun Dec 27, 2020, 07:04 PM Dec 2020

Here's a crazy thing.

Because my newish HP printer has given up the ghost before I even am into the second cartridge of ink.... I am having to find another way to print a 13 page important document. It's a Canadian government form that I have filled out online and must print. PDF. I printed it just fine with my printer that just failed. But now I need another copy. And so I copied the file to a thumb drive, inserted it into my daughters tablet, and tried to print it to her HP printer.

The forms printed. The information entered INTO the forms was blank. Nothing in those spaces.

Why in ever-lovin' heck would that be so?

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Here's a crazy thing. (Original Post) Grasswire2 Dec 2020 OP

Did you save a second copy canetoad Dec 2020 #1

I did. Grasswire2 Dec 2020 #4

How about printing 2 copies from the thumb drive at Kinko's/ brush Dec 2020 #7

Take it to Kinkos/Fed EX. I gave up on my printer, and take anything of value, LuckyLib Dec 2020 #2

if I take it to Kinko's, it will be on a thumb drive. Grasswire2 Dec 2020 #5

adobe software is not cheap. Arne Dec 2020 #3

Exactly. TruckFump Dec 2020 #6

okay Grasswire2 Dec 2020 #11

Carbon paper anyone!?! TruckFump Dec 2020 #13

Why not photocopy dweller Dec 2020 #8

It has already been mailed off to Canada. Grasswire2 Dec 2020 #9

Email it. Arne Dec 2020 #10

I tried to email to my daughter with a tablet attached to an HP printer. Grasswire2 Dec 2020 #12

oh, you mean email to my sister. Grasswire2 Dec 2020 #14

take a screenshot Kali Dec 2020 #15

canetoad

(18,073 posts)

1. Did you save a second copy

Reply to Grasswire2 (Original post)

Sun Dec 27, 2020, 07:10 PM

Dec 2020

Of the pdf form with a different name to the original?

You need to save it with the information you have entered into it, then print.

Grasswire2

(13,693 posts)

4. I did.

Reply to canetoad (Reply #1)

Sun Dec 27, 2020, 07:21 PM

Dec 2020

and the blank forms were the printed result when attempted from the thumb drive.

brush

(57,229 posts)

7. How about printing 2 copies from the thumb drive at Kinko's/

Reply to Grasswire2 (Reply #4)

Sun Dec 27, 2020, 07:42 PM

Dec 2020

FedEx and filling them out by hand with the info from your screen? It's not exactly what you want but at least you'll have a copy and can send the other to wherever you need to.

LuckyLib

(6,886 posts)

2. Take it to Kinkos/Fed EX. I gave up on my printer, and take anything of value,

Reply to Grasswire2 (Original post)

Sun Dec 27, 2020, 07:16 PM

Dec 2020

including photos, to the pros. Cheap and good quality. Printers are built-in obsolescence, unless you get a very expensive commercial grade.

Grasswire2

(13,693 posts)

5. if I take it to Kinko's, it will be on a thumb drive.

Reply to LuckyLib (Reply #2)

Sun Dec 27, 2020, 07:22 PM

Dec 2020

And the completed form comes up empty when I print it from the thumb drive.

Arne

(3,578 posts)

3. adobe software is not cheap.

Reply to Grasswire2 (Original post)

Sun Dec 27, 2020, 07:21 PM

Dec 2020

If your using a free pdf viewer as most people do,
here's what you can and cannot do:
https://helpx.adobe.com/reader/faq.html#Functionality

TruckFump

(5,812 posts)

6. Exactly.

Reply to Arne (Reply #3)

Sun Dec 27, 2020, 07:32 PM

Dec 2020

You can save them on your computer, but that is about it unless you have something other than the freebie Adobe.

Grasswire2

(13,693 posts)

11. okay

Reply to TruckFump (Reply #6)

Sun Dec 27, 2020, 08:12 PM

Dec 2020

So I'll have to connect a different printer to my laptop and try to print from the original that's saved there.

Because my HP printer, only on its second cartridge of ink, is dead in the water.

I swear, I would go back to a manual typewriter and a xerox machine if I could.

TruckFump

(5,812 posts)

13. Carbon paper anyone!?!

Reply to Grasswire2 (Reply #11)

Sun Dec 27, 2020, 08:15 PM

Dec 2020

Remember that stuff! Gawd forbid a typo! Can you scan the document you printed or just make a copy of it and re-sign as a duplicate original?

dweller

(24,886 posts)

8. Why not photocopy

Reply to Grasswire2 (Original post)

Sun Dec 27, 2020, 08:00 PM

Dec 2020

the good copy ?

✌🏻

Grasswire2

(13,693 posts)

9. It has already been mailed off to Canada.

Reply to dweller (Reply #8)

Sun Dec 27, 2020, 08:08 PM

Dec 2020

But I need to print another copy for my sister. I assumed I would be able to do so from the copy I saved to file on my laptop. When I pull it up, all the info is there. When I saved it to a thumb drive and printed it from another printer, none of the blanks are filled in.

Crazy.