How to print PDF comments with the document

To print a PDF with comments, use a PDF reader that can print annotations and include a comment summary when the reader needs the full note text. A highlighted passage or a sticky-note marker can appear on a page without making the associated discussion readable on paper. Check the actual print preview before printing the full document.

Choose what the paper copy needs to show

Creating a mark and delivering a discussion are separate steps. Our PDF highlighting guide covers the first; this checklist covers the paper handoff.

Print the document and a comment summary in Acrobat

1. Save the latest reviewed PDF and open that saved file in desktop Acrobat or Acrobat Reader.
2. Open Print. In Comments & Forms, choose Document and Markups to include page content and annotations.
3. If the reader needs the written notes, select Summarize Comments and confirm Yes.
4. Inspect the preview, including the summary pages, before sending the job to the printer. Check the selected page range and number of copies.

Adobe documents these controls in its print-comments instructions. Labels and available options can differ between versions. A browser's PDF print dialog may not provide the same controls; use the desktop reader if the comment options are absent.

A three-page review example

Imagine a three-page draft with two notes: page 1 says “Confirm the delivery date before sending,” and page 3 says “Replace the old diagram.” This is a hypothetical checking exercise, not a tested Acrobat output.

A paper copy showing two small note icons is incomplete for someone who must act on those requests. Before printing the entire packet, check:

• Both messages: can you read every word of each note?
• Both locations: is the delivery-date note associated with page 1 and the diagram note with page 3?
• The final packet: did the summary add sheets, and are those sheets included in the print range?
• Any discussion: if replies changed the requested action, are those replies present and understandable?

Print a small representative sample first. Check a long note as well as a short one; a preview that looks fine at thumbnail size can conceal clipped text. If the page references seem wrong, compare printed page numbers with file positions.

Keep an editable original and inspect any sharing copy

Retain the reviewed original so you can reopen the notes. Flattening is a different workflow: making visible marks part of page content does not prove that hidden pop-up text has become a readable summary. See what to check before sharing a flattened PDF.

If you already have a document PDF and a separate, readable summary PDF, you can assemble copies into one packet with AlphaPDF's Merge PDF tool. Upload those PDFs, arrange their pages, export One PDF, then reopen the download and confirm the summary text and order. This assembles existing pages; it does not generate a comment summary or establish that interactive comments survived the merge. Keep the original files.

Before printing that combined copy, repeat the note-text and page-reference checks. The finish line is a reader who can find the marked passage and read the instruction that belongs to it.