When upgrading to Mac OS X 10.6 “Snow Leopard”, be aware that the “Adobe PDF” printer option in the Print dialog box will no longer work. You can select it, but no PDF will be generated. While there is no fix for Acrobat 8, Adobe has a fix for Acrobat 9 in the form of the Acrobat 9.1.3 updater.
The updater adds a new “PDF Workflow” entry, which creates a new item named “Save As Adobe PDF” in the “PDF” menu-like button thing (!) in the lower left corner of the Print dialog. By selecting “Save As Adobe PDF” from this PDF menu, the Apple-based PDF will be converted into an Adobe-based PDF using your chosen Acrobat Job Options.
To remove the useless “Adobe PDF” printer option from your Print dialog go to the Print & Fax preferences (Apple menu> System Preferences> Print & Fax). Select the printer “Adobe PDF” and click the minus (-) sign.
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Jeff Gamet - who has written 270 posts on Planet Quark.
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25. October 2009 at 5:02 am
Thanks for this info.
So am I right in thinking that I have two options; 1) downgrade back to Leopard, or 2) be forced into spending yet more money with Adobe to upgrade to CS4 (I currently have CS3 ad Acrobat 8)?
23. February 2010 at 10:42 am
NECESITO INSTALAR ACROBAT 8/9