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Got a weird one. I can view these BA Boarding Cards fine in preview, but
when I go to print I ony get the logo printed. The printer is a large
business multi-function printer/copier/etc.

Any other pdf prints fine.

Any ideas how to resolve this?
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Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> wrote:

Got a weird one. I can view these BA Boarding Cards fine in preview, but when I go to print I ony get the logo printed. The printer is a large business multi-function printer/copier/etc.

Any other pdf prints fine.

Any ideas how to resolve this?

I would guess the PDF is 'special' in some way and Preview is sending it
direct to the printer, rather than interpreting it itself as it does for
its own display. The printer is then not handling the 'special' way the document is stored in the PDF.

In Preview, at the bottom of the Print dialogue is a button that says 'PDF'. Click on that and choose 'Save as PostScript'. Save the file somewhere, and then open that file in Preview. Now try printing it.

Roundtripping via Postscript tends to strip out 'weird stuff' from PDFs, including DRM, forms, Javscript and other things. You might lose a bit of image quality but most of the time they look the same. When you've loaded
the Postscript file, the same button allows 'Save as PDF' which gives you a cleaned-up version in PDF format.

(Don't do that if the recipient is using software to process the PDF - eg tax forms - because this strips out the metadata they rely on)

Theo
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On 24/02/2026 14:21, Theo wrote:

Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> wrote:

Got a weird one. I can view these BA Boarding Cards fine in preview, but
when I go to print I ony get the logo printed. The printer is a large
business multi-function printer/copier/etc.

Any other pdf prints fine.

Any ideas how to resolve this?

I would guess the PDF is 'special' in some way and Preview is sending it direct to the printer, rather than interpreting it itself as it does for
its own display. The printer is then not handling the 'special' way the document is stored in the PDF.

In Preview, at the bottom of the Print dialogue is a button that says 'PDF'. Click on that and choose 'Save as PostScript'. Save the file somewhere, and then open that file in Preview. Now try printing it.

Just tried to do that but Preview ignores the post-script file.
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On 24/02/2026 14:21, Theo wrote:

Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> wrote:

Got a weird one. I can view these BA Boarding Cards fine in preview, but
when I go to print I ony get the logo printed. The printer is a large
business multi-function printer/copier/etc.

Any other pdf prints fine.

Any ideas how to resolve this?

I would guess the PDF is 'special' in some way and Preview is sending it direct to the printer, rather than interpreting it itself as it does for
its own display. The printer is then not handling the 'special' way the document is stored in the PDF.

In Preview, at the bottom of the Print dialogue is a button that says 'PDF'. Click on that and choose 'Save as PostScript'. Save the file somewhere, and then open that file in Preview. Now try printing it.

Preview won't open it. It just flickers briefly and then nothing.
Illustrator throws an "unknown error". lol.

Other pdfs also don't open in Preview as postscript, but do in Illustrator.

Running the offending file through Acrobat Distiller, fails with the
errors logged in a file:

%%[ Error: rangecheck; OffendingCommand: get ]%%

Stack:
11
[-dict- -dict- -dict- -dict- -dict- -dict- -dict- -dict- -dict- -dict-
-dict-]
-save-


%%[ Flushing: rest of job (to end-of-file) will be ignored ]%%
%%[ Warning: PostScript error. No PDF file produced. ] %%

Roundtripping via Postscript tends to strip out 'weird stuff' from PDFs, including DRM, forms, Javscript and other things. You might lose a bit of image quality but most of the time they look the same. When you've loaded the Postscript file, the same button allows 'Save as PDF' which gives you a cleaned-up version in PDF format.

(Don't do that if the recipient is using software to process the PDF - eg tax forms - because this strips out the metadata they rely on)

Thanks for the input. Definitely seems like it is fubar'd.

I noticed earlier that the BA site wouldn't allow check-in at all, and
now this. My reading is that there's been update which has screwed
things up.

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Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> wrote:

Got a weird one. I can view these BA Boarding Cards fine in preview, but
when I go to print I ony get the logo printed. The printer is a large business multi-function printer/copier/etc.

Any other pdf prints fine.

Any ideas how to resolve this?

As a temporary measure, make a screenshot and print that.
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On 24/02/2026 13:19, Chris wrote:

Got a weird one. I can view these BA Boarding Cards fine in preview, but when
I go to print I ony get the logo printed. The printer is a large business multi-function printer/copier/etc.

Any other pdf prints fine.

Any ideas how to resolve this?

Is it a silly question to ask why you need to print them?
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David Kennedy <davidkennedygm@gmail.com> wrote:

On 24/02/2026 13:19, Chris wrote:

Got a weird one. I can view these BA Boarding Cards fine in preview, but when
I go to print I ony get the logo printed. The printer is a large business >> multi-function printer/copier/etc.

Any other pdf prints fine.

Any ideas how to resolve this?

Is it a silly question to ask why you need to print them?

Not silly at all. Am old school. I like to keep my passport/boarding card together and separate from my phone. Paper also doesn't run out of battery.


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Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> wrote:

David Kennedy <davidkennedygm@gmail.com> wrote:

On 24/02/2026 13:19, Chris wrote:

Got a weird one. I can view these BA Boarding Cards fine in preview, but when
I go to print I ony get the logo printed. The printer is a large business >>> multi-function printer/copier/etc.

Any other pdf prints fine.

Any ideas how to resolve this?

Is it a silly question to ask why you need to print them?

Not silly at all. Am old school. I like to keep my passport/boarding card together and separate from my phone. Paper also doesn't run out of battery.

So you prefer to do things the hard way and are now complaining that it is
more difficult to do things the hard way.

Got it.



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Nick Charles <noway> wrote:

Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> wrote:

David Kennedy <davidkennedygm@gmail.com> wrote:

On 24/02/2026 13:19, Chris wrote:

Got a weird one. I can view these BA Boarding Cards fine in preview, but when
I go to print I ony get the logo printed. The printer is a large business >>>> multi-function printer/copier/etc.

Any other pdf prints fine.

Any ideas how to resolve this?

Is it a silly question to ask why you need to print them?

Not silly at all. Am old school. I like to keep my passport/boarding card
together and separate from my phone. Paper also doesn't run out of battery.

So you prefer to do things the hard way and are now complaining that it is more difficult to do things the hard way.

Well IrCOm happy to use passes held on my iPhone. However my wife insists I print them out, often twice! To be sure, to be sure ;-)
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Nick Charles <noway> wrote:

Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> wrote:

David Kennedy <davidkennedygm@gmail.com> wrote:

On 24/02/2026 13:19, Chris wrote:

Got a weird one. I can view these BA Boarding Cards fine in preview, but when
I go to print I ony get the logo printed. The printer is a large business >>>> multi-function printer/copier/etc.

Any other pdf prints fine.

Any ideas how to resolve this?

Is it a silly question to ask why you need to print them?

Not silly at all. Am old school. I like to keep my passport/boarding card
together and separate from my phone. Paper also doesn't run out of battery.

So you prefer to do things the hard way and are now complaining that it is more difficult to do things the hard way.

Got it.

It's funny what we accept as "easy" these days.

To get the digital boarding cards on my phone I had to 1) download the app,
2) verify my email via a code (I already had a BA account), 3) set up MFA
via the website, 4) add the booking to my account, 5) hit refresh, 6) wait,
7) hit refresh again, 8) logout , 9) log back in, 10) hit refresh, 11)
click "check-in" (I'd already checked in), 12) select each flight, 13) open
the boarding card and save to my wallet.

Whereas on the website I'd already checked-in and had the boarding cards in
my possession.

It's pretty clear to me which is the hard way and which isn't...
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On 25.02.26 22:46, Chris wrote:

Nick Charles <noway> wrote:

So you prefer to do things the hard way and are now complaining that it is >> more difficult to do things the hard way.

Got it.

It's funny what we accept as "easy" these days.

1. Less time
2. Less complexity
3. More operational stability

are the answer.
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J||rg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> wrote:

On 25.02.26 22:46, Chris wrote:

Nick Charles <noway> wrote:

So you prefer to do things the hard way and are now complaining that it is >> more difficult to do things the hard way.

Got it.

It's funny what we accept as "easy" these days.

1. Less time
2. Less complexity
3. More operational stability

are the answer.

Piece of paper wins all three then?

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On 26.02.26 11:34, Theo wrote:

J||rg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> wrote:

On 25.02.26 22:46, Chris wrote:

Nick Charles <noway> wrote:

So you prefer to do things the hard way and are now complaining that it is >>>> more difficult to do things the hard way.

Got it.

It's funny what we accept as "easy" these days.

1. Less time
2. Less complexity
3. More operational stability

are the answer.

Piece of paper wins all three then?

*ROTFLSTC*. Probably for very senior seniors.
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Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> wrote:

J||rg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> wrote:

On 25.02.26 22:46, Chris wrote:

Nick Charles <noway> wrote:

So you prefer to do things the hard way and are now complaining that it is >>>> more difficult to do things the hard way.

Got it.

It's funny what we accept as "easy" these days.

1. Less time
2. Less complexity
3. More operational stability

are the answer.

Piece of paper wins all three then?

I'd say so.

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On 26 Feb 2026 at 4:53:55rC>PM GMT, "Chris" <ithinkiam@gmail.com> wrote:

Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> wrote:

J||rg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> wrote:

On 25.02.26 22:46, Chris wrote:

Nick Charles <noway> wrote:

So you prefer to do things the hard way and are now complaining that it is
more difficult to do things the hard way.

Got it.

It's funny what we accept as "easy" these days.

1. Less time
2. Less complexity
3. More operational stability

are the answer.

Piece of paper wins all three then?

I'd say so.

Yup.
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On 26.02.26 22:12, Mark wrote:

On 26 Feb 2026 at 4:53:55rC>PM GMT, "Chris" <ithinkiam@gmail.com> wrote:

Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> wrote:

J||rg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> wrote:

On 25.02.26 22:46, Chris wrote:

Nick Charles <noway> wrote:

So you prefer to do things the hard way and are now complaining that it is
more difficult to do things the hard way.

Got it.

It's funny what we accept as "easy" these days.

1. Less time
2. Less complexity
3. More operational stability

are the answer.

Piece of paper wins all three then?

I'd say so.

Yup.

Is it what you left on the kitchen table when you dashed off?
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