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Level 4
April 16, 2025
Question

Has anyone else experienced returns printing only PARTS of some pages?

  • April 16, 2025
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Throughout season, I've had this weird printing problem -- on about Page 20 of many returns (especially those including California Forms 540), the returns start printing only portions of each page.  I will get the basic text of a given page's form, but all of the data input onto it just doesn't print out.  I have to close Acrobat and reopen it, and print only a few pages (sometimes just ONE) at a time.  And every now and then, I have to completely restart the computer to clear the problem.

I've called Proseries help, and they say no-one else has reported the problem.  I've spoken to Brother (I have a laser MFC-L5850DW), and they correctly point out that the printer is not experiencing any problems with any other documents besides my tax returns created in Proseries.

I've ended up wasting a LOT of paper, having these "zombie pages" print out half-full.  It's been a real drag, and I never had this problem any other year.

4 replies

Just-Lisa-Now-
Intuit Community Champion
April 16, 2025

Lots of people seem to have oddball printing issues, many people Print to PDF first then print a hard copy from the PDF....do the PDFs also have missing parts ?

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Level 4
April 16, 2025

I always print to PDF first.  The PDFs on screen have everything they should.  Something just breaks down between the PDF and the printer.  Again, it especially seems to happen as the print job hits the pages of a California return.

I've never, ever had this happen before, and I've been using Proseries since 1998.

Level 4
April 16, 2025

Here's a sample -- the form is still there, but it's like the data has just been left out.

 

BobKamman
Level 15
April 16, 2025

That happens occasionally on some state returns I don't regularly prepare.  California, Ohio, New York.  The data is there, but the text of the form comes out looking like hieroglyphics.  I print the defective pages one at a time.  Next time maybe I'll try the pdf solution.  Also using a Brother printer.  

Level 7
May 2, 2025

Did you try the PDF solution? 

Level 3
May 2, 2025

Thank you for the response.  I'm looking at it now.

Level 3
May 2, 2025

Yes, I'm having the same problem, also with a Brother printer, however, it's NOT the printer.  It doesn't seem to be Adobe either.  Has Intuit solved this problem yet?

Level 4
May 2, 2025

At my last chat with them, Intuit denied that it was their issue.  I'm just going through the annoyance of printing pages 1 at a time where I find it happening.  It usually starts with state returns, especially California.

George4Tacks
Level 15
September 25, 2025
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