printing problem; prints a hugely different part of the file instead

[jjey]

Help,
I am trying to print out from a large document. We have moved to Foxit because adobe can take a good 5 minutes to print the selection which is inexcusable. BUT foxit wont print a selection at all!

In adobe you can use the select tool and then just print what was selected from the image. Foxit doesn't have this feature ( ?) and we tried to print current view instead. However the current view seems to be locked to an offset of what we are actually viewing. A huge offset that makes it really unusable.

Any help in getting to print a selection or printing what we are actually viewing in the window would be great.
-JJey

[Jessamine]

Print Current view feature is available when you are viewing the pdf file in single page.
"In adobe you can use the select tool and then just print what was selected from the image."
Sorry, but can I ask how? I can't find this feature in adobe anywhere.

[dsergeant]

Click your mouse over the 'text select' tool (like letter A) on the toolbar and select the 'graphics select' tool in the menu bar which appears. You will then be able to select an area of the displayed pdf. If you right click in that you will get an option to 'print selected graphic'.

I use this feature in Adobe to print selections of electronic circuit diagrams, it is incredibly useful and it would be great if Foxit could do it as well.

[Jessamine]

Thank you for your steps. I have reported it to our developers. Hope they will add it soon.

[void.pointer]

Just bumping this issue. I noticed there's a "Snapshot" tool, and I can select a portion of the PDF page then go to Print and there's a "Selected Graphic" option. Even though in the preview it looks correct, printing it results in the printed copy being sliced up. Some parts are clipped off. Does this have to do with portrait vs landscape? The selection is originally made in a landscape page, and I'm printing in portrait.

[christina]

Hello void.pointer,

Thanks for input. So do you have any problem if you print the selection in a landscape, not portrait?