<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" xmlns:its="http://www.w3.org/2005/11/its" xmlns:if="http://projectmallard.org/if/1.0/" type="topic" style="task" id="noprint"> <info> <link type="guide" xref="index#printing"/> <desc>The author may have put printing restrictions on the document.</desc> <revision pkgversion="1.25" version="0.1" date="2021-03-13" status="final"/> <credit type="author"> <name>Phil Bull</name> <email>philbull@gmail.com</email> </credit> <license> <p>Creative Commons Share Alike 3.0</p> </license> </info> <title>I can't print a document</title> <section id="why"> <title>Possible reasons for printing failure</title> <p>A document might not print because of:</p> <list> <item><p>Printer problems or, </p></item> <item><p>PDF printing restrictions.</p></item> </list> </section> <section id="printer-problems"> <title>Printer problems</title> <p> There are many reasons why your printer might not be working. For example, it could be out of paper or ink, or unplugged or damaged. </p> <p> You might want to check your printer configuration in the Control Centre. </p> </section> <section id="pdf-restrictions"> <title>PDF printing restrictions</title> <p> Some PDF documents have a setting which prevents you from printing them. Authors can set this printing restriction when they write a document. Atril overrides this restriction by default, but you may want to check that it hasn't been disabled: </p> <note style="important"> <p>You need to have <app>dconf Editor</app> installed on your computer to change this setting.</p> </note> <steps> <item> <p>Open <gui>dconf Editor</gui>.</p> </item> <item> <p>Browse to <sys>/org/mate/atril</sys>.</p> </item> <item> <p> Make sure that the <gui>override-restrictions</gui> option is checked. </p> </item> <item> <p> Go back to<app>Atril</app> and try to print the document again. </p> </item> </steps> </section> </page>