Method for printing PDF files containing corrupted pages

A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer usable medium having a computer readable code embodied therein for controlling a data processing apparatus, the computer readable program code configured to cause the data processing apparatus to execute a process for print portable document format (PDF) files with corrupted pages, the process comprising the steps of:

• rasterizing images of all non-corrupt pages but not corrupted pages of a PDF file, the corrupted pages of the PDF file being pages of the PDF file that cannot be displayed or printed correctly;
• printing all of and only the non-corrupt pages of the PDF file;
• gathering and recording file and page information including which pages are non-corrupt pages and which pages are corrupted pages in the PDF file based solely on information in the PDF file;
• allowing correction of the corrupted pages of the PDF file for reprint;
• retrieving saved file and page information for reprint of the PDF file;
• based on the file and page information retrieved, rasterizing images of the corrected corrupted pages;
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• printing the corrected corrupted pages while merging with the already-printed non-corrupt pages to produce a complete set of print out of all non-corrupt pages and corrected corrupted pages of the PDF file in a correct sequence according to the file and page information retrieved.