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Started by Sour Bob Nelson
Sat, 18 May 2002 02:20
Acrobat Distiller and Acrobat PDF Writer
Author: Sour Bob Nelson
Date: Sat, 18 May 2002 02:20
Date: Sat, 18 May 2002 02:20
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I have both of the above "printers" listed in my printer folders at work (both are Windows 98). I am trying to add these "printers" to my son's new notebook which is running Windows XP Professional. I don't see any drivers for these "printers" and would like to know how to add Distiller and PDF Writer as printers on my son's notebook. Thanks in advance for any help anyone can give me. I suspect that this is something simple, but it beats me right now. Thanks again. Bob Nelson
Re: Acrobat Distiller and Acrobat PDF Writer
Author: Michael Kazlow
Date: Sat, 18 May 2002 06:51
Date: Sat, 18 May 2002 06:51
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Bob, Your first step is to buy a new copy of Acrobat for your son's computer. You wouldn't want to violate your license with Adobe nor lead your son into illegal and immoral practices. Step 2 is to install a postscript printer driver into the computer system. Step 3 is to install your new copy of Acrobat. My bet is all should be well. ...Mike
Re: Acrobat Distiller and Acrobat PDF Writer
Author: Sour Bob Nelson
Date: Sat, 18 May 2002 11:34
Date: Sat, 18 May 2002 11:34
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Mike: Thanks for your reply. Makes sense -- I have Adobe Reader 5.0 (with no printer drivers, I assume) and Adobe Acrobat 4.0 (the "un-free" Adobe full prgram) at work. I'll talk to Junior to see if he wants to buy his own copy of Adobe Acrobat -- my guess is he won't because he doesn't think he would use it much. Thanks again. Bob
Re: Acrobat Distiller and Acrobat PDF Writer
Author: Neville Wright
Date: Sat, 18 May 2002 21:15
Date: Sat, 18 May 2002 21:15
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Hi Guys, I have just installed Win2000 on my pc and have lost the drivers for both Distiller and PDF writer on my (registered copy)Adobe 4.0. Anyone got any clues on where to go get new drivers. I am away from my hone for another three weeks and do not have access to the original discs. Anyone can answer to neville@millennium3.ws Thanks
Re: Acrobat Distiller and Acrobat PDF Writer
Author: Aandi Inston
Date: Sun, 19 May 2002 08:49
Date: Sun, 19 May 2002 08:49
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Neville, I assume you ran Windows 9x (95,98,Me) before. You ABSOLUTELY need the original disks. Printer drivers for Windows 2000 are completely different to those for Windows 9x; the Acrobat CD installs different software depending on your system. There is nothing on your hard disk you can use to recover. It is a very bad idea to "upgrade" to Windows 2000 or XP. Set up dual boot so you can run your old system until you know everything works. This requires reinstalling ALL software but is well worth it, believe me. I you didn't do this, but have full backups, restore the backups and go round again. If you did do this and don't have backups, you are stuck. Aandi Inston
Re: Acrobat Distiller and Acrobat PDF Writer
Author: Aandi Inston
Date: Sun, 19 May 2002 08:50
Date: Sun, 19 May 2002 08:50
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By the way, you need at least 4.05 to use Acrobat fully on Windows 2000. Aandi Inston
Re: Acrobat Distiller and Acrobat PDF Writer
Author: Michael Kazlow
Date: Mon, 20 May 2002 03:54
Date: Mon, 20 May 2002 03:54
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Bob, As a student your son is eligible for academic pricing. I frequently recommend Acrobat to my students. If they don't want to pay the cost and are willing to put up with an inferior interface and feature set there is always the freeware ghostscript. Its available on all major platforms. ...Mike
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