.pdf in preview won't print

For the past 2 days, I am having issues printing documents I am viewing in Preview. When I press (command P) the File button highlights briefly, but then the print screen does not come up. However, on occasion, it has worked. I have all software up to date and have tried restarting the computer and closing all software. Every other program prints just fine, (for instance, in mail, I can press Command P and it will bring up the print screen as usual). Any thoughts on why this is happening?

first step of toubleshooting sould always be
if the command p fails does choosing print in the menu works?
that should narrow it down to if it's a general printing issue or a shotkey issue...

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