Bug Report: MS Edge Print to PDF acts weird

[WMGroomAK]

Oh Microsoft Edge, how they have weird bugs...  Apparently one user who was viewing a PDF file in MS Edge had an issue with numbers and text getting jumbled when he tried to perform a 'Print to PDF' from Edge.  

 

http://www.techspot.com/news/69263-bug-microsoft-edge-causes-pdfs-print-incorrectly.html

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In a Microsoft Edge issue report (#11896203) from May 4, a user complained that the Edge browser was displaying his PDF correctly, but when he tried to print, the numbers get jumbled. He provided two PDFs to Microsoft as an example. The first was his original which looks like a chart with each field clearly labeled in numerical order (0123456). The second is a PDF he produced by using "Print to PDF." It is the same chart, but the numbers are all incorrect (1144477). While the renumbering does not look random, there is no discernible pattern to the numbering (see animation below).

(Caution OCD overload issue below)

 

While I don't see this as a problem if you avoid using the 'Print to PDF' feature in Edge or just view your PDF documents in something like Adobe PDF Viewer, it is kind of a weird bug... In the Ars Technica article on this, the Edge user who found this bug wrote: 'Possible workaround: copy the document after printing using a Xerox copier.' Honestly, seems like a sarcastic response to a strange issue.  Of course Ars response is:

 

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/05/microsoft-advises-use-of-xerox-copiers-to-mitigate-major-edge-bug/

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A less arcane fix is to switch to an alternate PDF reader, ideally the one built into Google's Chrome browser, because it contains a robust security sandbox that prevents untrusted content from accessing sensitive operating-system functions. Until this flaw is fixed, people absolutely shouldn't trust Edge to print their documents.

 

Has anyone on the forums run into this bug yet?  I would test it, but only my home computer has Edge and I haven't opened that in months...

[samiscool51]

most people use adobe reader to view pdfs, so this bug is probably not very well documented because of that

[LucidMew]

5 minutes ago, samiscool51 said:

most people use adobe reader to view pdfs, so this bug is probably not very well documented because of that

really? I'm in the opposite camp. I haven't downloaded a dedicated PDF reader since like 2010, browsers do just fine. ^{(and don't hate me on this, but to view/zoom a PDF with a touchscreen laptop, Edge is the best to display it)}

[Guest Darth Revan]

You know the real name for the article should be:

"You know someone is using Microsoft Edge. The fuck is wrong with him?"

 

 

[samiscool51]

3 minutes ago, LucidMew said:

really? I'm in the opposite camp. I haven't downloaded a dedicated PDF reader since like 2010, browsers do just fine. ^{(and don't hate me on this, but to view/zoom a PDF with a touchscreen laptop, Edge is the best to display it)}

i use chrome to view pdfs

 

1 minute ago, Darth Revan said:

You know the real name for the article should be:

"You know someone is using Microsoft Edge. The fuck is wrong with him?"

and don't forgot to add: "unless you are a web developer, don't know better because you aren't a computer guy or don't know better browsers exist"

[Syntaxvgm]

12 minutes ago, Darth Revan said:

You know the real name for the article should be:

"You know someone is using Microsoft Edge. The fuck is wrong with him?"

 

 

well with computers at work one may use what's on them, and they may be required to use IE or edge. Printing to PDF is important as it allows you to take it to another place to print (sneakernet). I typically use XPS files. 

[WMGroomAK]

11 minutes ago, samiscool51 said:

i use chrome to view pdfs

 

and don't forgot to add: "unless you are a web developer, don't know better because you aren't a computer guy or don't know better browsers exist"

For mobile, since I'm on Android, I end up using Google's PDF Reader unless it's a map document, then I use something like PDFMaps.  At home, it's still Adobe PDF Viewer.  Of course, they better fix this bug before they roll out Windows S since that version of Windows will only allow you to run Edge and not Chrome.

[samiscool51]

2 hours ago, WMGroomAK said:

For mobile, since I'm on Android, I end up using Google's PDF Reader unless it's a map document, then I use something like PDFMaps.  At home, it's still Adobe PDF Viewer.  Of course, they better fix this bug before they roll out Windows S since that version of Windows will only allow you to run Edge and not Chrome.

knowing microsoft they should fix it, but the one thing they refuse to fix and patch is a virus known as:

cortana.....

man she is annoying.....