Adobe Distiller

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How do you install the Adobe Distiller in XP.
So that when you go to print you select the distiller
instead of a printer. Then the file gets made into a PDF file.

Thanks,
 
First of all, you must buy Adobe Acrobat to create PDFs that way. It's
pricey. If you don't need the other things that the full Acrobat package
offers and you just want to create PDFs there are good freeware solutions,
e.g. CutePrinter which is based on the Ghostscript software.

Another alternative is the latest version of OpenOffice. You can save to PDF
with that.
 
What I have is the full version of Acrobat on a second hard
drive in the same system. I want to try to configure the
distiller from that version. I guess I will have to
install Acrobat on the hard drive with XP on it.
Seems like I should be able to point the XP to the file on
the second drive.
 
What I have is the full version of Acrobat on a second hard
drive in the same system. I want to try to configure the
distiller from that version. I guess I will have to
install Acrobat on the hard drive with XP on it.
Seems like I should be able to point the XP to the file on
the second drive.
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Why? Acrobat is a program and, like any other, it has to be installed to
run - and that's installed under the OS you wish to use it under. Please be
aware that, TTBOMK, versions earlier than 5 are NOT XP compatible.
 
Or you can install Ghostscript and Redmon, both free, and the Adobe's
free PostScript driver (or, for that matter, pretty much any free
PostScript driver) to do exactly the same job. It takes a little bit of
technical savvy, but it's not as hard as it might look.
 
Tried the Ghostscript and Redmon route once and gave up. CutePrinter sets up
all the Ghostscript stuff for you with no fuss and it's all free too.
 
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