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I’m experiencing a performance issue with the PDF24 printer in AutoCAD on my new computer.
PDF24 works normally and quickly when printing from other programs, but in AutoCAD it is extremely slow. Even selecting the PDF24 printer takes a long time to load. This makes it almost unusable, especially when I need to print multiple PDFs.
Other printers and PDF drivers work normally in AutoCAD, so the issue seems to be specific to the combination of AutoCAD and PDF24.
I’ve found posts from other users experiencing similar problems, but I haven’t been able to find a working solution.
I’m currently using AutoCAD 2027 and PDF24 Creator 11.30.1.
Has anyone experienced the same issue and found a solution? Is there anything I can change in PDF24, Windows, or AutoCAD to fix this?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Hello,
we do not know this problem yet and could not reproduce it so far. To narrow it down, please tell us:
- your Windows version (e.g. Windows 11 24H2),
- how long it takes to select the PDF24 printer in the AutoCAD plot dialog, and whether the printing itself is slow too,
- whether it also happens in a new, empty drawing,
- whether the PDF24 printer is your Windows default printer.
Please also try it with the current version of PDF24 Creator.
With version 11.30.1 your PDF24 printer is the classic printer with the PDF24 PostScript driver. On Windows 11 24H2 and later you can add a second, driverless PDF24 printer for comparison: PDF24 Settings > PDF Printer > Install a PDF printer, type Windows Protected Print. Please note that the driverless printer only offers standard paper sizes and no custom sizes. If AutoCAD is fast with it, we know that it is related to the driver.
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