Tiff to PDF with Acrobat 9 Pro

short answer: leave the printer OFF; do the print tiff to pdf; open all active printers (printer icon on the systems tray) and cancel all documents from printer menu. tip: you can print tiff to pdf (or any other printer) with the stock "print all" batch command.

I tried your tip by doing a cancel all documents from the printer menu but it didn't work. That only cancel what's in the printer queue, it doesn't cancel all the ones that will be loaded to the queue.

There has to be another way to make this work. I find it ridiculous to have a $300 software that can't even do a simple task like batch converting tiff to pdf.

say you select 10 tiffs with the 'print all' batch sequence. this generates 10 pdfs. you should see on screen one 'save as' dialog and ten pending print jobs in printer queue. execute a cancel all and then click cancel on the dialog. you can do this with 100 tiffs, with 1000 tiffs. call a trusted tech pro. this forum is for answering questions and suggesting solutions, not for dealing with personal frustrations.

Rbogie - maybe you should test your theory first before giving any advice on here. You're not helping anybody by giving useless tips that doesn't work. I have tried what you have suggested several times with the same result. It might work with 10 tiff files but not with 10,000 or more.

Hi Nick,
What happens with the use of the "Print" sequence, in a Batch Sequence, will depend upon just what installed printer drivers you have in the barn.
I've learned of the peernet driver which permits what Reid describes.
[url]http://www.peernet.com/[/url]

However, with the more prevalent printer drivers one has installed, Reid's process won't, as you note, work.
With that said, there are a some alternatives (including use of a Batch Sequence).

--| In Windows Explorer, select the TIFF files and use the context menu (files selected, right click with mouse) to get PDF(s)
--| Batch Sequence:

Create a new sequence (say TIFF 2 PDF).
Select the "Description" sequence to use.
This lets you pre-stage metadata (title, author, subject, keywords) or you can leave it at the default (leave as is) so nothing is added.
Good, basic metadata is a must when looking for something in big-big collections of PDFs (along with OCR of text images and Cataloged indices).
Go into the Batch Sequence's Output Options to configure as desired.
When the Batch Sequence is run and, in the Select Files to Process dialog, TIFF is selected from the "Files of type" menu you'll see the "Settings" button becomes active.
Use it to view what Acrobat's Preferences > Convert to PDF > TIFF settings are.
These are what will be applied to the TIFF file(s).
Once you click the "Select" button, the Batch Sequence runs.
You have your TIFF to PDF output.
Provided you leave "interactive mode" toggled off in the Batch Sequence configuration you will not have to interact with the process.
Do note that the more files processed in a Batch Sequence, the larger the load on your local machine.
So, having other applications open, open-in use, and unneccessary processes sucking up resources can/will slow the TIFF -> PDF & may "lock the box".As to one's default printer driver.
All my boxes have Adobe Printer set as the default.
But then 99 44/100's of my work is to PDF & then with PDF.
So, for me Adobe Printer as default makes sense.

Be well...

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This is very simple task.

For this I use PDF to TIFF Converter. It converts all my PDF files into TIFF very fast and easily.

you just try this PDF to TIFF Converter.
http://www.pdftotiff.net