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printer will not print after accidently hitting a key on keyboard brings up box saying "save print output as"

larry9887
larry9887
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printer will not print after accidentally hitting a key on keyboard brings up box saying "save print output as" please make my printer work as usual as it have for years om firefox

printer will not print after accidentally hitting a key on keyboard brings up box saying "save print output as" please make my printer work as usual as it have for years om firefox

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jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
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Hi, at what step of the process do you get that message?

Let's start with Ctrl+P to call up the preview/settings overlay. Okay so far or do you get the message immediately?

Next, check the "Destination" in the upper right of the panel. If it is set to a PDF "printer", then you can expect Firefox to ask where to save the file. Change that to the proper device if you want a physical printout.

Note: when the overlay first appears, if you touch an arrow key, Page Up, or Page Down, that will change the Destination, so this probably is a bit too easy to change.

Any improvement?