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Printing to pdf in Linux produces files that cannot be viewed in Windows. Is there a fix or workaround?

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vintla
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Version 40.0.2 of FireFox (I think this appeared in the last 2 versions) running on Scientific Linux 6.6 print PDF files that cannot be viewed on Windows. Other applications that print PDF files work just fine.

Version 40.0.2 of FireFox (I think this appeared in the last 2 versions) running on Scientific Linux 6.6 print PDF files that cannot be viewed on Windows. Other applications that print PDF files work just fine.

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guigs
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File > Save as PDF or File Print > Save as PDF?

Please update to the most recent version of Firefox:

You might find an add on as a work around https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/fire.../save-as-pdf/