Adobe PDF printer not working/printing to file - please help

[Adam]

I just installed Adobe Acrobat 8.0. Attempting to
print to Adobe PDF printer fails to print to file.

Any ideas?

 

[Rob]

I just installed Adobe Acrobat 8.0. Attempting to
print to Adobe PDF printer fails to print to file.

Any ideas?

If it prompts you for the output file location, check that you
have write permissions in that folder. You can permanently change the
saved file location using Properties after selecting Adobe PDF as
printer ("Adobe PDF Output Folder" under the "Adobe PDF Settings" tab.)

HTH,

 

[Adam]

If it prompts you for the output file location, check that you
have write permissions in that folder. You can permanently change the
saved file location using Properties after selecting Adobe PDF as
printer ("Adobe PDF Output Folder" under the "Adobe PDF Settings" tab.)

HTH,

Thanks, but the problem is it does "not" prompt for an output file location.
Selecting "Properties" for the "Adobe PDF" printer shows the following tabs ...

1) Layout
2) Paper/Quality
3) image of Adobe logo - Adobe PDF Conversion Settings

The "Adobe PDF Conversion Settings" tab shows the following ...

1) Default Settings: Standard
2) Adobe PDF Security: <blank>
3) Adobe PDF Folder: <blank>
4) Adobe PDF Page Size: <Letter>

The "Adobe PDF Folder" drop down has only two options,
<blank> or "LPT1:", and clicking on "Browse" does nothing.


Here's a thread regarding the problem that I'm having ...
http://forums.adobe.com/thread/303003

The Adobe PDF printer is associated with the "LPT1:" printer port,
which doesn't look right.


The thread also provides the following solution (thanks to Peter_Aguinaldo) ...

1) Go to http://www.adobe.com/downloads/updates/
2) Select "Acrobat - Windows" under "Find Product Updates"
3) Click "Go" button
4) Install the following update did the trick ...

Adobe Acrobat 8.1 Professional and Standard update - English, French, German,
and Japanese 36.2MB 6/5/2007

But, there are many more updates. Do I need to install "all" updates
one-by-one?
Or, will installing just the latest update be equivalent? Please advise.



Version 8.2.6
Adobe Acrobat 8.2.6 Professional and Standard update - multiple languages
41.39MB 2/8/2011
Version 8.2.5
Adobe Acrobat 8.2.5 Professional and Standard update - multiple languages 41.57
MB 10/5/2010
Version 8.2.4
Adobe Acrobat 8.2.4 Professional and Standard update - multiple languages 8.79MB
8/19/2010
Version 8.2.3
Adobe Acrobat 8.2.3 Professional and Standard update - multiple languages 40.98
MB 6/29/2010
Version 8.2.2
Adobe Acrobat 8.2.2 Professional and Standard update - multiple languages 43 MB
4/13/2010
Version 8.2.1
Adobe Acrobat 8.2.1 Professional and Standard update - multiple languages 2.81
MB 2/16/2010
Version 8.2
Adobe Acrobat 8.2 Professional and Standard Update - Multiple Languages 46.9 MB
1/12/2010
Version 8.1.7
Adobe Acrobat 8.1.7 Professional and Standard Update - Multiple Languages
43.13MB 10/13/2009
Version 8.1.6
Adobe Acrobat 8.1.6 Professional and Standard Update - Multiple Languages
17.69MB 6/9/2009
Version 8.1.5
Adobe Acrobat 8.1.5 Professional and Standard Update - Multiple languages 3089
KB 5/12/2009
Version 8.1.4
Adobe Acrobat 8.1.4 Standard update - multiple languages 4.2MB 4/30/2009
Adobe Acrobat 8.1.4 Professional, Standard Update 4.3MB 4/30/2009
Adobe Acrobat 8.1.4 Professional, Standard update - multiple languages 10.9MB
3/18/2009
Version 8.1.3
Adobe Acrobat 8.1.3 Professional, Standard, and 3D update - multiple languages
38.4MB 11/4/2008
Version 8.1.2
Adobe Acrobat 8.1.2 Professional and Standard Security Update 1- multiple
languages 2.1MB 6/23/2008
Adobe Acrobat 8.1.2 Professional and Standard update - multiple languages 19.9MB
2/6/2008
Version 8.1.1
Adobe Acrobat 8.1.1 Professional and Standard update - multiple languages 10.9MB
10/22/2007
Version 8.1
Adobe Acrobat 8 licensing service update (Windows Vista only) 486KB 10/1/2007
Adobe Acrobat 8.1 Professional and Standard update - multiple languages 36.8MB
6/14/2007
Adobe Acrobat 8.1 Professional and Standard update - Chinese Simplified, Chinese
Traditional, and Korean 35.1MB 6/14/2007
Adobe Acrobat 8.1 Professional and Standard update - English, French, German,
and Japanese 36.2MB 6/5/2007
Version 8.0
Adobe Installer Transform Tool 268KB 8/21/2008
Adobe Customization Wizard 8 4.3MB 12/15/2006

 

[KCB]

Thanks, but the problem is it does "not" prompt for an output file
location.
Selecting "Properties" for the "Adobe PDF" printer shows the following
tabs ...

1) Layout
2) Paper/Quality
3) image of Adobe logo - Adobe PDF Conversion Settings

The "Adobe PDF Conversion Settings" tab shows the following ...

1) Default Settings: Standard
2) Adobe PDF Security: <blank>
3) Adobe PDF Folder: <blank>
4) Adobe PDF Page Size: <Letter>

The "Adobe PDF Folder" drop down has only two options,
<blank> or "LPT1:", and clicking on "Browse" does nothing.


Here's a thread regarding the problem that I'm having ...
http://forums.adobe.com/thread/303003

The Adobe PDF printer is associated with the "LPT1:" printer port,
which doesn't look right.


The thread also provides the following solution (thanks to
Peter_Aguinaldo) ...

1) Go to http://www.adobe.com/downloads/updates/
2) Select "Acrobat - Windows" under "Find Product Updates"
3) Click "Go" button
4) Install the following update did the trick ...

Adobe Acrobat 8.1 Professional and Standard update - English, French,
German,
and Japanese 36.2MB 6/5/2007

But, there are many more updates. Do I need to install "all" updates
one-by-one?
Or, will installing just the latest update be equivalent? Please advise.

Adobe releases incremental updates via it's auto update utility. OR, you
can go to their web site and download the latest, full version, which
includes all the updates. You would probably have more luck finding a
solution there.

 

[Leon Manfredi]

You need to buy Adobe Reader for that..... Get a student purchase if
you can....

 

[Jack]

You need to buy Adobe Reader for that..... Get a student purchase if
you can....

The OP bought the correct thing.

 

[Char Jackson]

You need to buy Adobe Reader for that..... Get a student purchase if
you can....

You don't buy Adobe Reader, it's a free download. Unfortunately, I
don't have any answers for the OP. I always use CutePDF as my pdf
printer.

 

[Tester]

You can get a better one from here:

<http://www.bullzip.com/>

It is fast and slick!!

hth

 

[Ken Blake]

You need to buy Adobe Reader for that..... Get a student purchase if
you can....

Sorry, that's not correct. Adobe Reader is free.

Moreover, you don't *need* to use Adobe Reader for that. There are
other choices, such as the also free Foxit Reader
(http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/reader/), which is faster, and in my
view, better, than Adobe Reader.

 

[Leon Manfredi]

Drvice and Printers, add or change a printer, to Adobe PDF
Converter.....Port.

 

[zidanemoggy]

Adam, I had 8.0 installed and I installed the first update (Adobe Acrobat 8.1 Professional and Standard update - English, French, German, and Japanese) and it fixed the LPT1: problem so I can now choose "prompt for name". However, I now get a completely useless "printing error" message. This should only take me the rest of the day to fix. Thanks Adobe.

 

[LdyBgSkrGrl]

8.1 Update worked for me

http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=3663

Installing just the 8.1 download, allowed Photoshop to connect to my PDF printer, and opened the "save as" dialog box.