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    • Deleted User
      Deleted User last edited by

      Opera 26 has issues with PDF print output.
      The created PDF has unselectable text and strange font display.
      Screenshot

      I'm using the PDF Printer from PDFCreator from pdfforge.
      Opera 12 and Firefox works fine in creation of PDF.

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      • lando242
        lando242 last edited by

        Use a different PDF plugin. I have the same problem with the FoxIt PDF plugin in Opera and Chrome but the Chrome plugin works fine in both Opera and Chrome.

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        • falloutboy09
          falloutboy09 last edited by

          I just tried it too.
          Opera 25.0.1614.50 printing with PDFcreator 1.7.3 and opening in Acrobat 9.5.5 Pro Extended

          Yes the text is not selectable but for me, atleast the font looks ok.
          http://www.mysoldier.de/fileadmin/userstorages/falloutboy84/BugReport/Opera_25/pdf-print.PNG

          btw, how did u manage to show you picture in the posting??

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          • christoph142
            christoph142 last edited by

            You can work around this issue easily:
            Opera does have "Save as PDF"-functionality built-in so you don't even need PDFCreator or alike:

            1. Press Ctrl+P or choose "Print..." in OMenu to open print preview
            2. click "Change..." in the destination field
            3. Choose "Save as PDF"
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            • Deleted User
              Deleted User last edited by

              @falloutboy09

              btw, how did u manage to show you picture in the posting??

              Screenshot and upload to imgur and embedding image with Markdown ![](URLTOIMAGE) ; see http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/syntax#img

              @christoph142 Oh yes, tht creates PDF which text is selectable and non-garbled 🙂 Thanks for the Workaround.

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              • christoph142
                christoph142 last edited by

                Immer gerne 🆙

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                • ho72
                  ho72 last edited by

                  You can work around this issue easily:
                  Opera does have "Save as PDF"-functionality built-in so you don't even need PDFCreator or alike:

                  Press Ctrl+P or choose "Print..." in OMenu to open print preview
                  click "Change..." in the destination field
                  Choose "Save as PDF"

                  Not happening here. Save as pdf is not an option under Print nor does it appear under Save As.

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                  • leocg
                    leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

                    Not happening here. Save as pdf is not an option under Print nor does it appear under Save As.

                    Which version of Opera? Afaik this option is available in 27+ only.

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                    • Deleted User
                      Deleted User last edited by

                      Save as PDF works in Opera 26 Stable.

                      Ctrl P
                      Destination Change...
                      Save as PDF

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                      • ho72
                        ho72 last edited by admin

                        As I pointed out in my thread that was closed,

                        https://forums.opera.com/topic/6777/save-as-pdf-issues/3

                        I'm using Opera 25. Will look for Opera 26.

                        EDIT: Opera 26 now installed, get this message: Opera does not include the PDF viewer which is required for print preview to function.

                        Found a PDF viewer extension but installing it made no difference.

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                        • Deleted User
                          Deleted User last edited by

                          You do not need a PDF viewer extension!
                          Open opera://plugins/ and activate Chrome PDF Viewer

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                          • christoph142
                            christoph142 last edited by

                            @ho72 You can uninstall the PDF viewer extension. You don't need it.
                            You're suffering from a little bug (that's fixed already, but didn't get distributed yet).
                            Turn off Opera Turbo for the time being to get rid of this error :ninja:

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                            • ho72
                              ho72 last edited by

                              That did it. Thanks.

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                              • christoph142
                                christoph142 last edited by

                                You're welcome 🙂

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                                • falloutboy09
                                  falloutboy09 last edited by

                                  Uuuhhh that print function looks "purdy" and the save as pdf may really come in handy 🙂
                                  have to check it out

                                  and thx for the info on how to work better with this forum 🙂 And thanks to whoever changed my posting and made that image visible ❤

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                                  • linuxmint7
                                    linuxmint7 last edited by

                                    And thanks to whoever changed my posting and made that image visible ❤

                                    You're welcome. 🙂

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                                    • ho72
                                      ho72 last edited by

                                      @ho72 You can turn Turbo back on. Today's update should have fixed your printing issue

                                      No, it did not. Version info: 26.0.1656.32 - Opera is up to date

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                                      • christoph142
                                        christoph142 last edited by

                                        @ho72 You can turn Turbo back on. Today's update should have fixed your printing issue

                                        No, it did not. Version info: 26.0.1656.32 - Opera is up to date

                                        Woops, sorry, my bad.
                                        Next update :wait:

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