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/t5/acrobat-discussions/how-do-i-install-the-pdf-printer-driver/td-p/9518994 Dec 06, 2017 Dec 06, 2017
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I no longer have the driver to print to a PDF. It had worked for as long as I can remember. I have the latest version of Adobe Reader DC and run under Windows 8.1 (also tried a Repair). I have seen the instructions below, but in step 4, the Documents\*.pdf (Adobe PDF) is not listed in the drop-down menu. Looks like lots of other people are having this problem, but I've been unable to find a solution. Thanks in advance.
- 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 the Have Disk… .
- Click the Browse… .
- Navigate to C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat 10.0\Acrobat\Xtras\AdobePDF.
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Dec 07, 2017 Dec 07, 2017 Dov Isaacs • , Dec 07, 2017 Dec 07, 2017On behalf of Adobe …
The free Adobe Reader never , repeat never , repeat yet again never provided the support to create PDF in any way whatsoever including the Adobe PDF PostScript printer driver. That particular feature has only been available as part of Acrobat Standard or Acrobat Pro. The only other method by which this feature is installed is via an installation of Adobe FrameMaker which installs the Adobe PDF PostScript printer driver in support of PDF creation.
No, Adobe has not taken any such
3 3 Upvotes 13 Replies 13 Adobe Employee ,/t5/acrobat-discussions/how-do-i-install-the-pdf-printer-driver/m-p/9518995#M79351 Dec 07, 2017 Dec 07, 2017
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Moving the discussion to Creating PDFs forum.
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/t5/acrobat-discussions/how-do-i-install-the-pdf-printer-driver/m-p/9518996#M79352 Dec 07, 2017 Dec 07, 2017
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Acrobat Reader does not and never did include the PDF printer. It comes with the paid-for Acrobat product (Acrobat Pro, Acrobat Standard). Try a REPAIR on your paid-for Acrobat product. Repairing Acrobat Reader will do nothing.
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Participant ,/t5/acrobat-discussions/how-do-i-install-the-pdf-printer-driver/m-p/9518997#M79353 Dec 07, 2017 Dec 07, 2017
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Not true. I've been able to print to PDF for many years. It is not until the latest version of Adobe Reader that this is no longer possible. Looks like another take-away from Adobe.
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Community Expert ,/t5/acrobat-discussions/how-do-i-install-the-pdf-printer-driver/m-p/9518998#M79354 Dec 07, 2017 Dec 07, 2017
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Sorry, but you're wrong and TSN is right. Either you had Adobe Acrobat (not Reader) or you used a third-party PDF printer. Reader doesn't (and didn't) include this feature.
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Participant ,/t5/acrobat-discussions/how-do-i-install-the-pdf-printer-driver/m-p/9518999#M79355 Dec 07, 2017 Dec 07, 2017
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Possibly I was using OpenOffice (free software) to do that in the past, but I don't think so. Both OpenOffice Draw and OpenOffice Writer have a "File - Export as PDF" option. I just tried that on a JPG file and it worked fine. So I will use that.
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Community Beginner ,/t5/acrobat-discussions/how-do-i-install-the-pdf-printer-driver/m-p/9519003#M79359 Nov 08, 2018 Nov 08, 2018
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Thank you for giving me a free option.
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/t5/acrobat-discussions/how-do-i-install-the-pdf-printer-driver/m-p/9519000#M79356 Dec 07, 2017 Dec 07, 2017
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On behalf of Adobe …
The free Adobe Reader never , repeat never , repeat yet again never provided the support to create PDF in any way whatsoever including the Adobe PDF PostScript printer driver. That particular feature has only been available as part of Acrobat Standard or Acrobat Pro. The only other method by which this feature is installed is via an installation of Adobe FrameMaker which installs the Adobe PDF PostScript printer driver in support of PDF creation.
No, Adobe has not taken any such feature away from the product.
