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Preview app printing black rectangles

Hello,


I've been printing a lot of stuff for work today and suddenly the preview app has begun to print black rectangles instead of the images (see right hand side of image below). It was printing fine earlier today, even from the same document I'm trying to print from.


Currently the work around is to open the document in Adobe and print the document as an image but this is not permitting me to change the colour settings.


I'm using macOS Mojave version 10.14.6


MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 10.14

Posted on May 29, 2022 2:30 PM

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Posted on May 29, 2022 5:09 PM

Hmmm, try resetting the printing system, bit of long shot...


Mac OS X: About the Reset Printing System feature ...


Solve printing problems on Mac - Apple Support


In System Preferences>Fax & Print, Right click or Control+click on the Printers list Sidebar, choose Reset Printing System.

if you hold option and click the "-" tab it resets the printing system.


http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20031215144430486


Safe Boot from the HD, (holding Shift key down at bootup).

Any devices that previously appeared in your Printer List and Fax List will need to be added again after resetting the printing system.

Resetting the printing system in Mac OS X

  1. To use the Reset Printing System feature in Mac OS X, follow these steps:
  2. Choose System Preferences from the Apple menu.
  3. Choose Print & Fax from the View menu.
  4. Control-click on list of printers on the left side of the window, then choose "Reset printing system" from the contextual menu. If you don't see a list of printers, Control-click on the text "Click + to add a printer or fax" and select "Reset printing system..."   
  5. As an alternative, if you currently have one or more printers listed, you can Option-click the "-" (Remove printer) button.


Solve printing problems on Mac - Apple Support

Reboot.


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May 29, 2022 5:09 PM in response to Jaquombe

Hmmm, try resetting the printing system, bit of long shot...


Mac OS X: About the Reset Printing System feature ...


Solve printing problems on Mac - Apple Support


In System Preferences>Fax & Print, Right click or Control+click on the Printers list Sidebar, choose Reset Printing System.

if you hold option and click the "-" tab it resets the printing system.


http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20031215144430486


Safe Boot from the HD, (holding Shift key down at bootup).

Any devices that previously appeared in your Printer List and Fax List will need to be added again after resetting the printing system.

Resetting the printing system in Mac OS X

  1. To use the Reset Printing System feature in Mac OS X, follow these steps:
  2. Choose System Preferences from the Apple menu.
  3. Choose Print & Fax from the View menu.
  4. Control-click on list of printers on the left side of the window, then choose "Reset printing system" from the contextual menu. If you don't see a list of printers, Control-click on the text "Click + to add a printer or fax" and select "Reset printing system..."   
  5. As an alternative, if you currently have one or more printers listed, you can Option-click the "-" (Remove printer) button.


Solve printing problems on Mac - Apple Support

Reboot.


Preview app printing black rectangles

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