Setting PDF to open with Adobe Acrobat Reader uses Preview to open instead, how to fix?

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marine2026 OP
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MacOS 13.2

I have set all PDFs to open with Adobe Acrobat Reader. (Get Info, change all)

I created an Automater app to print a specific PDF.

The Automator app launches the PDF and the MacOS opens Preview, instead of Acrobat Reader.

There are elements in the PDF that Preview does not print.

How do I cause the MacOS to open PDFs for printing with Adobe Acrobat Reader, when using Automator?

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alex_taffe OP

Try installing duti via brew install duti. Then run duti -s com.adobe.Reader com.adobe.pdf all to set Adobe Reader to open all PDF documents.

Note that I don't actually have Adobe Reader so the com.adobe.Reader bundle id may be wrong. If so, navigate to the application in Applications>right click it>show package contents>Contents. Open Info.plist and find the Bundle identifier to replace in that command.
marine2026 OP

I verified the bundle id of Adobe Acrobat Reader, you guessed correct!

I ran the command in terminal: duti -s com.adobe.Reader com.adobe.pdf all

Then I ran: lpr /path/to/doc.pdf

It did not print using Adobe Acrobat Reader.

Neither will Finder, Print, use Adobe Acrobat Reader.

Please help!