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Oct 4, 2012 7:15 AM
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zwie0005

Hi,
My name is Justin and i work for Desktop support for a company.
Im currently having a issue with installing a PDF printer, we install
Adobe Writer 9 Pro through the network using advertised programs
on Win XP. Whenever i install the application it does not seem to
automatically install a PDF printer on my pritner list. When i
attempt to manually add it i get through all the steps sucessfully,
however upon clicking finish, it then opens a directory box which
wants me to point it somewhere, when i click cancel it then says
something about inserting disk. Where i work discs are
dissallowed, can anyone tell me where it wants me to point it or
any potential workaround that i would not have to specify a path?
My assumption is that it wants something from system 32 or
adobe's program files but it does not specify.
Thanks

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Oct 4, 2012 1:29 PM

Rave

Please note that the Adobe

PDF Printer functionality to
create PDF files is only
available with Adobe Acrobat
(paid version), and not with
Adobe Reader (free version).
Solution 1
Repair the Acrobat installation
using the option in the Help
menu.
Solution 2
Uninstall and then re-install
Acrobat on your Windows
OS.
Solution 3
Manually install the PDF
Printer

Click Start > Control

Panel > Devices and
Printers
Select Add a printer
Select Add a local
printer
Check Use an
existing port and
select
Documents\*.pdf
(Adobe PDF) from the
drop down. Click Next
Click the Have Disk
button
Click the Browse
button
Navigate to
C:\Program Files
(x86)\Adobe\Acrobat
10.0\Acrobat\Xtras
\AdobePDF
Select AdobePDF inf

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1. Rave,
Oct 4, 2012
1:29 PM in
reply to
zwie0005
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Please note
that the Adobe
PDF Printer
functionality to
create PDF
files is only
available with
Adobe
Acrobat (paid
version), and
not with
Adobe Reader
(free version).
Solution 1
Repair the
Acrobat
installation
using the
option in the
Help menu.
Solution 2
Uninstall and
then re-install
Acrobat on
your Windows
OS.
Solution 3
Manually
install the PDF
Printer

Click
Start >
Control
Panel >

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Devices
and
Printers
Select
Add a
printer
Select
Add a
local
printer
Check
Use an
existing
port and
select
Documents\*.pdf
(Adobe
PDF)
from the
drop
down.
Click
Next
Click the
Have
Disk
button
Click the
Browse
button
Navigate
to
C:\Program
Files
(x86)\Adobe
\Acrobat
10.0\Acrobat
\Xtras
\AdobePDF
Select
AdobePDF.inf
from the
list, then
click the

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OK
button
You will
see
many
Adobe
PDF
Converters
in the
list,
however
count six
down
from the
top and
click
Next
(you
may
need to
try this
numerous
times to
find the
correct
Converter
from the
list that
works
with
your
version
of
Windows)
Name
your
printer,
e.g.
Adobe
PDF
Follow
the rest
of the
prompts
and your

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PDF
printer
should
now be
installed
correctly
If you are later
prompted for
the
ADPDF9.PPD
file, it can be
found in the
C:\Program
Files\Adobe
\Acrobat
10.0\Acrobat
\Xtras
\AdobePDF\<OS
version>
folders.

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2. ,
Harron K.
Appleman
Oct 26, 2012
6:48 AM in
reply to Rave
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Thank you
very much
for that,
Rave -especially
the manual
install
procedure.
Very helpful.
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3. Cookie0003
,

Hi

Jan 7, 2013
3:07 PM in
reply to Rave
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~~
I also am
having
problems
with my PDF
Printer. It
worked fine
for years,
then a few
months ago
it
disappeared
from the
printer list
and now I
can't print to
PDF. I tried
your
Solution 3,
Mannually
Install PDF
Printer, as
described
above but
my file
structure for
Acrobat 6.0
doesn't look
like what you
described
for Acrobat
10.0.
In Step 4,
after
checking
'Use an
existing
port', there
is no

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'Documents\*.pdf'
to select
from the
drop down.
In Step 7,
there is no
path on my c
drive called
C:\Program
Files\Adobe
\Acrobat
6.0\Acrobat
\Xtras
I searched
my entire
harddrive
and backup
drive for a
file named,
AdobePDF.inf.
There isn't
one on
there.
Can you
send me the
installation
procedure
that will work
with Acrobat
6.0? I would
be so
grateful. I am
unable to
use Solution
1 or 2 as my
source disk
is packed in
one of a
garage full of
boxes.
I am using a
Dell XPS
running
Windows XP

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SP3. I
usually use
FireFox
17.0.1
browser, but
occasionally
use IE
8.0.6001.
All updates
are current.
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4. TdeV1,
91 posts
Nov 25,
2005

Aug 14, 2013

7:38 AM in
reply to Rave
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How

does this
change for
Version 11?
Note: I don't
particularly
want Adobe
*.pdf to end
up in
\Desktop or
\Documents
so can I just
type in a
directory of
my own
choosing?
Thanks.
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