I think some banks utilize some feature built in PDF Readers to PREVENT printing of “SENSITIVE” information in a PDF, by blocking parts with black bars.
The issue does not appear when printing using other software, like Adobe Reader or Microsoft Edge, to print the PDF. But it DOES occur with Firefox and Chrome. So it’s not a driver issue.
Is this a form of DRM? I want to know how it works whatever is causing it, and be able to REMOVE it from the PDF itself completely.
Why does Firefox obey this “DRM” crap, while Edge has the balls to ignore it?
And to make things even more complicated, I am able to print the PDF fine on another computer, using the exact same OS, browser, and printer. So it appears to be a specific setting or version of .e.g Firefox?
If only I had NAME for this, then I’d be able to search for it online.
The word you’re looking for is redact. That’s where they put black bars over parts of documents to hide sensitive information.
https://www.adobe.com/acrobat/resources/how-to-redact-a-pdf.html
Someone suggested screenshoting the document and seems like the quickest solution to me too.
hmm it’s weird that using ‘their own’ software (printing with Adobe) does NOT cause the black bars to appear. Using other software (Firefox/Chrome) does make them appear when printing.
However, I’m not sure if this is what has caused it. The article you linked doesn’t seem to be about printing specifically.
Ahh, interesting. I’ve never had the issue so can’t verify, but I assumed it was the culprit as you mention PDFs.
Someone else mentioned CSS and I have looked into, but never used the rules. https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/CSS_media_queries/Printing
It’ll be interesting to find out what the cause actually is! 🧑💻