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I use a program called Ultimate Guitar Tabs. It is fantastic for finding chord sheets for playing guitar songs and being able to download them as a PDF file with the lyrics and chords shown. Unfortunately I have tried doing this simple press of a button save as PDF in Firefox and all I get is a colored screen either blue purple red etc and no PDF. I have tried the exact same thing in Google Chrome and it does it flawlessly. I don't want to use Google if I don't have to, but at this stage I have to and would be pleased if Firefox could address this problem and make life easy again. I updated Firefox today and everything seems ok except for this PDF problem. I imagine their will be other people affected by this and it may not seem like a big deal but Ultimate Guitar Tabs is the industry standard for teaching people how to play songs on guitar and is used by most muso's world wide to teach students how to play specific songs. Please note It affects both Linux Mint (My main system) and windows 11 (My Laptop). If Google chrome can do it on both Linux & Windows 11 I am sure you should be able to address this problem.

Please advise asap if you need more info etc.

Thanks and regards, From Australia, Steve Paul

I have always, for 15+ years, been able to use the system Print dialog box to create a PDF.

But as of updating Firefox to version 152.0 (aarch64), all buttons related to Saving a PDF, etc. send the document straight to the Printer to print a hard copy. There no longer appears to be any way to save a PDF.

Example scenario: 1.) Visit website 2.) Select Print (cmd-P, File > Print) and open the 1st print dialog box 3.) Select "Print using the system dialog..." 4.) Select PDF in the 2nd dialog box. 5.) You used to be able to save the PDF at this stage, opening Finder, naming the file, and choose the Save DIR. However, as of this latest update, even after the Finder File Name dialog box, hitting Save at that stage sends it to the printer to print a hard copy.

Pressing PDF, Save as PDF, Open in Preview, and Save as Adobe PDF all send the file directly to the Printer to save it.

I've got tons of receipts and things to save for work in PDF and FF was always great at this. What happened? Is this a feature or a bug? Any and all advice is welcomed.

Running macOS 26.5.1, M2 Pro, macbook pro.

I am on Firefox 152.0 (64-bit).

When I view a pdf in Firefox it looks centered like a normal page.

When I send it to print from there, it left justify the pages. I have tried changing the Scale, Margins. The paper size is Letter 8.5" x 11". I have 2 different Canon printers (laserjet and inkjet) and no difference.

If I download it and open it with Microsoft Edge and send it to print, it prints centered like a normal page.

I have tried to search articles on this topic. They were all very old. Some says to make changes in about:config in the address line. I tried a couple. Yet no difference.

Hope you can help.

Si-Yih

I'm using 2019 MacBook Pro 16" with OS Tahoe 26.5.1. When I click on "Print using system dialogue box" it takes me to the Mac print dialogue box as expected. When I select the option to open the page as a PDF in the Preview app, it sends it to my default printer to print instead. Very strange behavior. It only started doing this in the past week after installing the latest Firefox update (152.0 (64-bit)). I haven't downloaded any new programs and it happened well after the last OS update. I've reset my printer settings in Firefox, I've tried repeating it in "Troubleshoot Mode." No luck. The error doesn't happen in other applications like Mail App or Safari. Thank you for any insight or fix you can think of.

I'm using a Mac Mini M2 Pro with Tahoe 26.5. I have two printers, the Samsung laser printer is listed twice but only the fax printer of my Epson ET4850 is listed. I can't find a way either to adda missing printer, or to edit the list. I've reset the printer settings using about:support to no avail.

Hi everyone,

Since the Firefox Developer Edition update 152.0beta, saving as a PDF via the print menu no longer works. Although the “Save as PDF” option is available and selected by me, the job is always sent to the laser printer (which is not supposed to print it, of course). This happens on every conceivable website, so the website itself is not the cause. (Platform: macOS Tahoe 26.5.1)

For years, generating PDFs via the print menu has worked flawlessly with FF—now I’m forced to take a detour via Safari, for example—which works correctly in the long run—but isn’t my preferred solution. I don’t think you need different browsers just to use “normal” functions. So who has recently tinkered with this FF feature?

Since I can’t find the relevant setting in the FF preferences—and a “search” on this topic has been unsuccessful—I’d like to know if there’s a solution?

Best regards, HS

I've used Firefox since Revision 15. I've used Adobe Acrobat 9.5 Pro Extender for almost as long.

I have Win 10 Home, all updates applied. My system is 64-bit. It has 32GB of RAM. Some tabs - e.g., www.yahoo.com/finance - balloon and consume so much RAM, that I have to restart Firefox.

After most recent updates 151.0 Adobe no longer will print to .pdf. This is HUGELY disruptive.

Having used computers for work for over 45 years, I understand it is hard to ensure that an update does not become a down-grade.

I do not want to to move to a newer version of Acrobat. What I have works well for me.

Can someone PLEASE make whatever changes are needed, so that Adobe Acrobat works smoothly?

Since the Firefox Developer Edition update 152.0beta, saving as a PDF via the print menu no longer works. Although the “Save as PDF” option is available and selected by me, the job is always sent to the laser printer (which is not supposed to print it, of course). This happens on every conceivable website, so the website itself is not the cause. (Platform: macOS Tahoe 26.5.1)

For years, I’ve been able to generate PDFs via the print menu in FF without any issues—now I’m forced to take a detour via Safari, for example (which works correctly every time). So who has recently tinkered with this FF feature?

Since I can’t find the relevant setting in the FF preferences—and a “search” on this topic has been unsuccessful—I’d like to know if there’s a solution?

I cannot access the Epson ET-2850 Drivers and Utilities Combo Package Installer since the time has expired.

I checked and the clock in my computer is accurate.

ftp.epson.com has a security policy called HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS), which means that Firefox can only connect to it securely. You can’t add an exception to visit this site.

Here is the route to the certificate: about:certificate?cert=MIIFEDCCA%2FigAwIBAgISA4W1Vp9Fp%2BtA4mzhlmbRpP2xMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBCwUAMDMxCzAJBgNVBAYTAlVTMRYwFAYDVQQKEw1MZXQncyBFbmNyeXB0MQwwCgYDVQQDEwNSMTAwHhcNMjUwMjIyMDY0MDE5WhcNMjUwNTIzMDY0MDE4WjAgMR4wHAYDVQQDDBUqLnN1cHBvcnQubW96aWxsYS5vcmcwggEiMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBAQUAA4IBDwAwggEKAoIBAQCc4CkVOprLysz1BgWXh3SJeVa4czz379edcy2xpHewMSZfVp984X4CRLInjdDPigwJ3L6x%2FZaQufbnQ1ZenXbdpuAWPyHO6Zf8WFCN910VxJ6bcSbUwz2AF75PKWkt9fS9JBEjWB7Pa8B%2BWkn2e9NvHGVY8NWW%2BhmDl0vB7tl4h4ETRrrtlAOoi8e%2F2DbVBdYesLe8QGSWv98uPRoioHXJptyIC9wCXCty6FTqrzhMmKsCJ%2B1i5Ry2%2BMgQsS3S4KQ5YccdACiWdwMU6zjqOXkv%2BZF8bcp0Q8g6xHRxEZ1YcEfNdr8CfUBLS978rVgo1fRI%2FvUMKVf6NoyMQCZ3ersBAgMBAAGjggIvMIICKzAOBgNVHQ8BAf8EBAMCBaAwHQYDVR0lBBYwFAYIKwYBBQUHAwEGCCsGAQUFBwMCMAwGA1UdEwEB%2FwQCMAAwHQYDVR0OBBYEFCUHMGlgTqJBxWMccLCv%2Bb7uqtGQMB8GA1UdIwQYMBaAFLu8w0el5LypxsOkcgwQjaI14cjoMFcGCCsGAQUFBwEBBEswSTAiBggrBgEFBQcwAYYWaHR0cDovL3IxMC5vLmxlbmNyLm9yZzAjBggrBgEFBQcwAoYXaHR0cDovL3IxMC5pLmxlbmNyLm9yZy8wNQYDVR0RBC4wLIIVKi5zdXBwb3J0Lm1vemlsbGEub3JnghNzdXBwb3J0Lm1vemlsbGEub3JnMBMGA1UdIAQMMAowCAYGZ4EMAQIBMIIBBQYKKwYBBAHWeQIEAgSB9gSB8wDxAHYAzPsPaoVxCWX%2BlZtTzumyfCLphVwNl422qX5UwP5MDbAAAAGVLJg8UgAABAMARzBFAiEA5aumMKrkIIgjT1ts%2B0XenIc2QZ9o5FM57slhpxzB%2Bh8CIFPwN7548LJvrOQqqX2Kj3V32mDHAoYUXgC%2FZKgf17p%2FAHcAE0rfGrWYQgl4DG%2FvTHqRpBa3I0nOWFdq367ap8Kr4CIAAAGVLJg9cAAABAMASDBGAiEAmBHF3Woo%2FWn4TTKmuSwhqfm4f46CrLNNIyO5inEeVgECIQDrR8uP%2BqKVGCVjZnW1IRA404Kw1g5vgkHXUDxUld9DqzANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQsFAAOCAQEAEGMyn%2Fzsu0btU7XHtYWf2hFRVU7H3BxSFIciQRiqVU2KEWao9C31goOsl3FLcvyGUghJZ2KklpKfDd%2Bu9uvysjEcIzZDQPYb3HMkfLrcDP7hMaZBTFmj6jnDng0POZg7Z1%2B3cdFu3ZTW39tpeq8e8hA%2Bgl4KSrAOW%2ByFBvYgU7KfOdtFj4mE6%2BV4HJTJHp1HOH8xp0p6nHQf9tSN6hpKRXPGAknZUdEfG0PDK0VK5Iil35qZiSmJoBD8PVJ7j4p4k2uzF0suXMlgT91KTTA1KTpq1lulanc%2BqrWKRwMlnTx4AnW%2BN%2B5VgXfBds%2BpWyPaOYWaDZT%2BEvFY1VMHby3%2FOA%3D%3D&cert=MIIFBTCCAu2gAwIBAgIQS6hSk%2FeaL6JzBkuoBI110DANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQsFADBPMQswCQYDVQQGEwJVUzEpMCcGA1UEChMgSW50ZXJuZXQgU2VjdXJpdHkgUmVzZWFyY2ggR3JvdXAxFTATBgNVBAMTDElTUkcgUm9vdCBYMTAeFw0yNDAzMTMwMDAwMDBaFw0yNzAzMTIyMzU5NTlaMDMxCzAJBgNVBAYTAlVTMRYwFAYDVQQKEw1MZXQncyBFbmNyeXB0MQwwCgYDVQQDEwNSMTAwggEiMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBAQUAA4IBDwAwggEKAoIBAQDPV%2BXmxFQS7bRH%2FsknWHZGUCiMHT6I3wWd1bUYKb3dtVq%2F%2BvbOo76vACFLYlpaPAEvxVgD9on%2FjhFD68G14BQHlo9vH9fnuoE5CXVlt8KvGFs3Jijno%2FQHK20a%2F6tYvJWuQP%2Fpy1fEtVt%2FeA0YYbwX51TGu0mRzW4Y0YCF7qZlNrx06rxQTOr8IfM4FpOUurDTazgGzRYSespSdcitdrLCnF2YRVxvYXvGLe48E1KGAdlX5jgc3421H5KRmudKHMxFqHJV8LDmowfs%2FacbZp4%2FSItxhHFYyTr6717yW0QrPHTnj7JHwQdqzZq3DZb3EoEmUVQK7GH29%2FXi8orIlQ2NAgMBAAGjgfgwgfUwDgYDVR0PAQH%2FBAQDAgGGMB0GA1UdJQQWMBQGCCsGAQUFBwMCBggrBgEFBQcDATASBgNVHRMBAf8ECDAGAQH%2FAgEAMB0GA1UdDgQWBBS7vMNHpeS8qcbDpHIMEI2iNeHI6DAfBgNVHSMEGDAWgBR5tFnme7bl5AFzgAiIyBpY9umbbjAyBggrBgEFBQcBAQQmMCQwIgYIKwYBBQUHMAKGFmh0dHA6Ly94MS5pLmxlbmNyLm9yZy8wEwYDVR0gBAwwCjAIBgZngQwBAgEwJwYDVR0fBCAwHjAcoBqgGIYWaHR0cDovL3gxLmMubGVuY3Iub3JnLzANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQsFAAOCAgEAkrHnQTfreZ2B5s3iJeE6IOmQRJWjgVzPw139vaBw1bGWKCIL0vIozwzn1OZDjCQiHcFCktEJr59L9MhwTyAWsVrdAfYf%2BB9haxQnsHKNY67u4s5Lzzfdu6PUzeetUK29v%2BPsPmI2cJkxp%2BiN3epi4hKu9ZzUPSwMqtCceb7qPVxEbpYxY1p91n5PJKBLBX9eb9LU6l8zSxPWV7bK3lG4XaMJgnT9x3ies7msFtpKK5bDtotij%2Fl0GaKeA97pb5uwD9KgWvaFXMIEt8jVTjLEvwRdvCn294GPDF08U8lAkIv7tghluaQh1QnlE4SEN4LOECj8dsIGJXpGUk3aU3KkJz9icKy%2BaUgA%2B2cP21uh6NcDIS3XyfaZQjmDQ993ChII8SXWupQZVBiIpcWO4RqZk3lr7Bz5MUCwzDIA359e57SSq5CCkY0N4B6Vulk7LktfwrdGNVI5BsC9qqxSwSKgRJeZ9wygIaehbHFHFhcBaMDKpiZlBHyzrsnnlFXCb5s8HKn5LsUgGvB24L7sGNZP2CX7dhHov%2BYhD%2BjozLW2p9W4959Bz2EiRmqDtmiXLnzqTpXbI%2BsuyCsohKRg6Un0RC47%2BcpiVwHiXZAW%2Bcn8eiNIjqbVgXLxKPpdzvvtTnOPlC7SQZSYmdunr3Bf9b77AiC%2FZidstK36dRILKz7OA54%3D&cert=MIIFazCCA1OgAwIBAgIRAIIQz7DSQONZRGPgu2OCiwAwDQYJKoZIhvcNAQELBQAwTzELMAkGA1UEBhMCVVMxKTAnBgNVBAoTIEludGVybmV0IFNlY3VyaXR5IFJlc2VhcmNoIEdyb3VwMRUwEwYDVQQDEwxJU1JHIFJvb3QgWDEwHhcNMTUwNjA0MTEwNDM4WhcNMzUwNjA0MTEwNDM4WjBPMQswCQYDVQQGEwJVUzEpMCcGA1UEChMgSW50ZXJuZXQgU2VjdXJpdHkgUmVzZWFyY2ggR3JvdXAxFTATBgNVBAMTDElTUkcgUm9vdCBYMTCCAiIwDQYJKoZIhvcNAQEBBQADggIPADCCAgoCggIBAK3oJHP0FDfzm54rVygch77ct984kIxuPOZXoHj3dcKi%2FvVqbvYATyjb3miGbESTtrFj%2FRQSa78f0uoxmyF%2B0TM8ukj13Xnfs7j%2FEvEhmkvBioZxaUpmZmyPfjxwv60pIgbz5MDmgK7iS4%2B3mX6UA5%2FTR5d8mUgjU%2Bg4rk8Kb4Mu0UlXjIB0ttov0DiNewNwIRt18jA8%2Bo%2Bu3dpjq%2BsWT8KOEUt%2Bzwvo%2F7V3LvSye0rgTBIlDHCNAymg4VMk7BPZ7hm%2FELNKjD%2BJo2FR3qyHB5T0Y3HsLuJvW5iB4YlcNHlsdu87kGJ55tukmi8mxdAQ4Q7e2RCOFvu396j3x%2BUCB5iPNgiV5%2BI3lg02dZ77DnKxHZu8A%2FlJBdiB3QW0KtZB6awBdpUKD9jf1b0SHzUvKBds0pjBqAlkd25HN7rOrFleaJ1%2FctaJxQZBKT5ZPt0m9STJEadao0xAH0ahmbWnOlFuhjuefXKnEgV4We0%2BUXgVCwOPjdAvBbI%2Be0ocS3MFEvzG6uBQE3xDk3SzynTnjh8BCNAw1FtxNrQHusEwMFxIt4I7mKZ9YIqioymCzLq9gwQbooMDQaHWBfEbwrbwqHyGO0aoSCqI3Haadr8faqU9GY%2FrOPNk3sgrDQoo%2F%2Ffb4hVC1CLQJ13hef4Y53CIrU7m2Ys6xt0nUW7%2FvGT1M0NPAgMBAAGjQjBAMA4GA1UdDwEB%2FwQEAwIBBjAPBgNVHRMBAf8EBTADAQH%2FMB0GA1UdDgQWBBR5tFnme7bl5AFzgAiIyBpY9umbbjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQsFAAOCAgEAVR9YqbyyqFDQDLHYGmkgJykIrGF1XIpu%2BILlaS%2FV9lZLubhzEFnTIZd%2B50xx%2B7LSYK05qAvqFyFWhfFQDlnrzuBZ6brJFe%2BGnY%2BEgPbk6ZGQ3BebYhtF8GaV0nxvwuo77x%2FPy9auJ%2FGpsMiu%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I recently started to have a printing problem in Firefox on Windows 11. My Brother DCP-T720DW works fine with other applications like Word and Notepad, but when I try to print from Firefox, sometimes I get a "Printer not available" message or the print dialog incorrectly shows the printer. For troubleshooting, I uninstalled and then reinstalled the printer driver following the official Brother download page: https://support.brother.com/g/b/downloadtop.aspx?c=us_ot&lang=en&prod=dcpt720dw_all Since that didn't fix the issue, I also downloaded and reinstalled the driver from: https://printerdrivers.com/brother-dcp-t720dw-driver/ Windows detects the printer and is able to print test pages, so it looks like the problem is only with Firefox. Here are the things I have tried: Restarting both Firefox and Windows Uninstalling and reinstalling the printer Resetting Firefox settings Running Firefox in Troubleshoot Mode Making Brother printer the default one

Has anyone else had the same issue in which Firefox refuses to detect a printer that works correctly in other applications? Is there a print setting or preference in Firefox that might cause this? Thanks in advance for any advice.

When I click on option/link for "Print using the system dialog box", the print preview no longer works. Instead I see message "This app doesn't support print preview" in preview pane.