CAD tip # 7830:

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PDF underlay file is not printed.

An underlay attached with the PDFATTACH command is not printed/plotted on paper (or even not displayed at all).

There are several possible reasons -- click on the PDF underlay to display the context ribbon and check the following:

The PDF file exists and is properly loaded with the proper page selected (= is displayed)
Its proper layers are on (PDF layers)
It is not inserted in an off- or noplot-layer
Has sufficiently high contrast and low fading (see the ribbon or Properties)
Is not clipped
The underlay is On (see the bulbs in the ribbon or the Properties palette)
Switch on the PDF frame (PDFFRAME) - is it printed?
You are using wireframe display, without hidden line removal (if you plot from a viewport, also the viewport has no HL removal settings)
Problems displaying the PDF underlay can be caused by an incompatible graphics card
Your printer driver or the printer itself may not be able to process complex objects (try to print to a different device or over a different driver), try to switch the PDF to a Monochrome mode

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See also:
Tip 13131:	How to crop an image or PDF underlay in Revit?
Tip 9497:	How to show or hide layers in a PDF underlay?
Tip 8532:	Import of 3D DWF files back to editable 3D models.
Tip 8088:	How to hide the frame of a PDF underlay?
Tip 7549:	DEPENDS - displaying file dependencies in a DWG drawing.

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