PDF viewer crashes when printing
Under Microsoft Windows XP, a PDF file displayed well, but when I ordered the viewer to print it crashed abruptly. I reproduced the problem with Adobe Acrobat Reader, both standalone and embedded into Mozilla Firefox. I also reproduced it reliably using Foxit Reader. I was puzzled that both programs would crash in the same way, and even more puzzled that they would do it with a variety of PDF files.
As I found out, PDF renderers are apparently very picky about printer drivers. I tried printing to a different printer and the document came out fine.
The interested reader may also want to investigate the influence of font embedding on this problem. I have not performed any tests about it but I suspect it might be interesting to check if any link can be established.
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Was your PDF file encrypted at all (e.g. protected for copy)?
There could be some additional restrictions on such files, especially around printing to files :)
No, and I tried with several files. The fact that it woks with a different printer shows it is not a file problem but probably a printer driver issue.