Adobe Acrobat 7 Professional - Manual (Page 643)

Printing documents with layers
Normally, when you print an Adobe PDF document that contains layers, just the content
that is visible on-screen is printed. However, the creator of a layered PDF document can
specify that some layered content, such as watermarks or confidential information, must
(or must not) print, regardless of its visibility on-screen. If the document is designed to
print differently from how it currently appears on-screen, a message may appear in the
Print dialog box. The thumbnail view of the page in the Print dialog box always shows the
page as it will print.
To view a document exactly as it will print:
1. Click the Layers tab, or choose View > Navigation Tabs > Layers.
2. Choose Apply Print Overrides from the Options menu.
Note: Depending on the visibility settings specified when the PDF file was created, Apply
Print Overrides may be unavailable in the Options menu.
To change print overrides for a layer:
1. Click the Layers tab, or choose View > Navigation Tabs > Layers.
2. Select a layer, and then select Layer Properties from the Options menu.
3. In the Layer Properties dialog box, choose one of the following from the Print pop-up
menu:
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Always Prints forces the layer to print.
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Never Prints forces the layer not to print.
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Prints When Visible matches printed output to on-screen visibility.