637013 - Pages printed to PDF Adobe PDF print engine (v8.2.6 pro) do not render properly when exported to the printer

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 422253

(Core :: Printing: Output, defect)

Description

[Garfield]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:2.0b12) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/4.0b12
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:2.0b12) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/4.0b12

The rendered result inside the PDF has about 5-8 spaces between each letter.
The graphics do not render properly either and/or are excluded from the result.
Did not have this type of problem with Firefox 3.6.13.
Also present in 4.0 beta 11.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. File --> Print
2. Printer Name: Select Adobe PDF (for those with Acrobat Pro 8 installed)
3. Click OK.
4. Printer engine exports document.
Actual Results:  
Export completes and PDF is automatically opened in Acrobat.  Document is not rendered properly.

Expected Results:  
Exported document to somewhat resemble what was on the webpage.

Comment 1

[Garfield]

Attachment: Example print of slashdot.org

Comment 2

[Tim (fmdeveloper)]

Does the issue still occur if you start Firefox in Safe Mode? http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Safe+Mode

How about with a new, empty profile? http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Basic+Troubleshooting#Make_a_new_profile

Does the issue occur with the latest nightly? http://nightly.mozilla.org/

What PDF printer are you using?

Does the page appear correctly in Print Preview?

Comment 3

[Garfield]

Does the issue still occur if you start Firefox in Safe Mode? - No

How about with a new, empty profile? - N/A (I've had no issues with profiles)

It appears the problem is with the rendering when you enter print preview.
If you print preview, the page appears garbled.  Close the tab, open a new one, go back to same url and print preview and it appears correct.

Comment 4

[Daniel Holbert [:dholbert]]

Known bug.  Duplicate of bug 422253 (which itself is a dupe of a more general bug)