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Can't find Adobe Printer in Acrobat X Professional

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2011-01-14 20:06:48
GordonS
Registered: Jan 14 2011
Posts: 4
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I just installed Acrobat X Professional to replace Acrobat 7, but I cannot find the Adobe printer in the new program.
 
Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

Gordon Schochet

My Product Information:
Acrobat Pro 10.0, Windows
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2011-01-15 03:54:25
#1
UVSAR
Expert
Registered: Oct 29 2008
Posts: 1357
Accepted Answer
If you're on Windows then the "Adobe PDF" virtual printer should be installed automatically, but you are advised to run the Acrobat installer as an administrator so it can make changes to the system services. Adobe Distiller, the manager front-end for the virtual printer, is a separate program on your Start Menu, and is not found on the Acrobat UI.

On Mac Snow Leopard, the virtual printer is no longer created for security reasons.
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2011-01-15 09:11:15
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GordonS
Registered: Jan 14 2011
Posts: 4
Many thanks. Running Distiller from Start installed the Adobe printer -- permanently, I hope -- and then I had to relearn not to print to a file. But since I do have administrative privileges on my computer, I don't understand why the printer was not installed with the program.

Gordon Schochet

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2011-11-13 21:59:22
#3
brownhen10
Registered: Nov 13 2011
Posts: 1
I have just upgraded from acrobat 8 to acrobat x pro. I do not have a printer for this though. I have uninstalled acrobat 8 and reinstalled the new version - now I have no acrobat pronter shoing up at all. I am on a mac os x version 10.5.8 and use CS3. I really need to have the printer. thanks
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