Print as Image - Set in Registry?

We have been resigned for some years to use the "Print as Image" setting in Adobe Reader to assure successful printing. I normally have to instruct all our users how to set this. Is there a setting in the Windows XP registry that controls the "Print as Image" setting? I have searched without any success. It would sure make it a lot easier if I could use a registry edit for my users.

I have found the solution at this link:
http://forums.adobe.com/thread/393479
We are an automated machine engineering company and we have about 40 mechanical and electrical engineers. They open and print many PDF manuals and documents from everywhere. I have found that "Print to Image" corrects all of the problems 100% of the time. No need to troubleshoot or figure out what is wrong with a document, it just works.
Thank you very much for your reply.
Don Michaels

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Good morning all,
Yesterday I needed to print a document created with Adobe Reader. The printing was so faint it was barely visible, so I utilized the setting "print as image" in Advanced.
Now, I am unable to print anything: the paper goes through the printing process without any problem, but the page emerges completely blank. And now I no longer see the "print as image" option under Advanced...help!!
Thank you so much!!

Hi @Weesap
I'd be happy to help you with your 7525. I understand you are able to print, but there is no black ink on the page. Please begin with the steps in the following document; Printer Prints a Blank Page or Does Not Print Black or Color Ink for the HP Photosmart 7510 e-All-in... << this applies to the 7525 too.
If you complete all of the steps in the document above and the issue continues, my own personal recommendation, not one of HPs, is to use the solution offered in the following video. I only suggest doing this if he printer and printhead are out of warranty. Hot Water Printhead Flush - HP Ink Series Printers with removable Printhead.
I have recommended this solution to others and have seen success, but I can not guarantee this will resolve the issue, it is an end of the line kind of effort. I hope it helps.
PaganC wrote:
flushing it worked, Yeah!!!!!!! thanks for your help.
Although the printer might be out of warranty, if the issue persists, HP may be able to offer you something. Maybe they can offer you a discount on a newer model, or discuss the option of replacing the printhead! If after all of our efforts the issue remains, I suggest calling HP. If you are in Canada or US call 800 474 6836, or you can Contact HP Worldwide.
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How to Set up Print As Image Registry Default.

This is a response to the archived post at:
martin hrubes, "How to customize printing by registry - print as image" #, 6 Nov 2007 2:28 am
I was trying to find out how to set the "Print As Image" advanced setting to be enabled by default. Here is what I discovered through trial and error.
1. The setting is stored per user and per printer. (i.e. it has to be set for each printer for each user.)
2. The registry setting is stored in the following key:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\8.0\General\cPrintAsImage]
3. In this key, each printer has a separate binary value named s0, s1, s2, etc. The number increments by 1 for each printer added. If you open the value data, you will see it contains the name of the printer encoded in hex. (ex. hex coded for \\Server\Printer1)
My recomendation is to open a pdf file in reader, go to File -> Print ->Select Desired Printer -> Click "Advanced" Options -> Enable "Print As Image" -> Click OK - Click OK again. Repeat for each printer you want to
change.
**NOTE** If you don't click OK both times (i.e. cancel the print dialog), the change will not be saved. You have to actually print something to the printer. If you don't want to print something, make sure the printer is offline or not accessible (unplug the network, usb, parallel, serial cable) first. Once the printer has been changed, it will keep the setting until to you change it.
After you have set-up all of the desired printers, open RegEdit and navigate to the above key. Right click on it, and export it. Note the file name and location you are saving to. Close RegEdit. "Edit" (Right Click) the file just exported ("Opening" the file will just import it back into the registry.). Once opened, highlight and copy the registry key and all of the registry values. Paste the key and values at the end of the file. In one of the keys change "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\" to "HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\". Save and exit the file.
When imported this file will enable the "Print As Image" setting for the currently logged in user plus add the setting to the default users profile so any new users to the machine will have it enabled by default also. However, it will not add it to any other user profiles that already exist on the computer. To do this, either use a login script for domain computers or add the reg file to the "All Users Startup" folder.
It would be nice to have a setting in the deployment custimazation wizard to handle this, but for now we're stuck with enabling it the hard way.

Yes Spyla, please see this link http://www.404techsupport.com/2008/09/09/make-adobe-reader-and-adobe-acrobat-use-print-as- image-setting-by-default-2/comment-page-1/#comment-3112.
Allan, many thanks for your post, it certainly helped point me in the right direction. what I found though is that you do not need to tick the print as image box at any point during the setting up of this. All you need to do is add the registry key for whichever version of Adobe you are using for this to work. So basically. what you are saying for each instance of Adobe is regardless of whether or not the print as image is selected, the registry key is saying always print as image for the printer as specified by the hex code. I have found that for network printers, you have to include the full path i.e. \\<servername>\<printername> e.g \\testserver\printer1 and convert all of that to hex. With later versions (9 up over), they have allowed for the string name of the printer so that it is just plain text which also makes life easier.
What I do is apply this registry entry via Group Policy on a per room basis so that we only ever need to add one printer to the list. you could do this globally by adding all printers sequentially using s0, s1, s2 or t0, t1, t2 etc depending on which version you are using. The screenshot shows the registry key for 1 printer for Adobe Reader 8.
The value data is the binary code for the actual full printer name
This works a treat.
Hope this helps
Thanks

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Hello everybody,
we are using Adobe Reader X (10.0.1) on Windows 2003/2008 Terminal Servers.
Is there a possibility to enable the "print as image" function via a registry key, so it is enabled as standard?
I know that this has worked in Adobe Reader 9 and earlier, but how does it work in Adobe Reader X?
Best regards,
Patrick

I have found the solution at this link:
http://forums.adobe.com/thread/393479
We are an automated machine engineering company and we have about 40 mechanical and electrical engineers. They open and print many PDF manuals and documents from everywhere. I have found that "Print to Image" corrects all of the problems 100% of the time. No need to troubleshoot or figure out what is wrong with a document, it just works.
Thank you very much for your reply.
Don Michaels

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I FREQUENTLY do the following task on documents. I would LOVE to have an action that did it for me. Can someone help me create one or point me to someone who can?
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The forum added some nice links and i found my answer here http://forums.adobe.com/message/1179199#1179199 - changed the registry key permissions and it's working like a charm. Thank you.

Problem printing static images vs camera tool snapshots

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No, it isn't what we're looking for.
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