Documents Printing Symbols Instead of Text

Prerequisites / Minimum Requirements

  • Creighton Owned Computer
  • StudentSecure
  • Office 365

End State / Outcome

  • Print restricted documents with correct text.

How to Steps

When printing a document, the text appears as random symbols.

 

  1. Check to ensure the document does not contain any special fonts (see attached document for full list of supported fonts).
  2. Remove any unsupported fonts if present.
  3. Check to see if document is encrypted or secured (i.e., Adobe Docusign, Government Forms, Password Protected Files)
  4. Open secured document and print using StudentSecure.
  5. Badge in to the printer and release print from your queue.
     
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