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I have 5 iMacs 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 4 GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM, on 10.10.2 Yosemite. Before this week, I could open a PDF file, select any amount, 1-1000, drag into my print queue and all my files print, in correct format, on my printers. I use this method of printing throughout each day for my work. I have files of over 500 PDF drawings that I need in some cases. Opening each file up and going through the printer process like that is way too tedious and pointless imo. Please don't offer me an app that can do this for me, Adobe Reader has worked flawlessly up till now. Now, after I send my PDF's to queue, my printers start spooling up, then I get this message: cgpdftops quit unexpectedly. I have NEVER seen this error. I have been able to batch print with no issues at all for the past 2-3 years. It makes no sense that all of a sudden, it stops working.
I have already done the following:
1. Reinstalled all printers and drivers.
2. Restarted all iMacs after reinstallation
3. Updated Adobe Reader and Java SE6
4. I have spent 45 mins on the phone with Apple Care Customer Support.
5. I have booted into Safe Mode and managed to batch print PDF's of a web page I saved, as the Apple Care rep told me to do, but NOT PDF's from Adobe Reader. Why she thought saving a web page as a PDF was the same as what I do for work, I have no clue, but her method didn't solve a single thing.
All of my PDF's come through in Adobe Reader. That is how all the GC's send me ll of my drawings and plans. If anyone can please provide some insight for me on how to get this issue fixed, that would be greatly appreciated.
The 3 main printers I am attempting to print to are:
1. OKI C6100 in Standard 8.5 x 11 Letter
2. HP LaserJet Pro 200 in Standard 8.5 x 11 Letter
3. Oce Plotwave 350 in 18" x 24" Arch C Wide Format

Jintymcginty61,
there’s not enough information yet to answer your question. Which version of OS X is installed on your MacBook Pro?

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