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USING ACROBAT 9 PRO
Creating PDFs
For best results, select a folder on the same system where Distiller is installed. Although remote or network folders are
supported, they have limited user access and security issues.
Delete a folder and reassign the Adobe PDF printer to the default port
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Quit Distiller if it is running, and allow a few minutes for all queued jobs to Adobe PDF to complete.
Open the Printers window from the Start menu.
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Right-click the Adobe PDF printer, and choose Properties.
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Click the Ports tab.
Select the default port, Documents, and click Apply.
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Select the port to delete, click Delete Port, and then click Yes to confirm the deletion.
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Select the Documents port again and click Close.
Configure the Adobe PDF printer (Mac OS v10.5 and earlier)
In Mac OS, you must configure the Adobe PDF printer in three places: Distiller, your authoring application's Page
Setup menu, and your authoring application's Print dialog box.
In Distiller, specify the Adobe PDF settings, font locations, and security.
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In an authoring application such as Adobe InDesign, choose File > Page Setup.
Select Adobe PDF 9.0 from the Format For menu.
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Specify the paper size, orientation, and scale as necessary.
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In your authoring application, choose File > Print, and select Adobe PDF 9.0 from the Printer menu.
In the pop-up menu below the Presets menu, choose PDF Options, and set any of the following options:
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• Select a set of predefined conversion settings from the Adobe PDF Settings menu if you want to override default
settings. Default settings are the settings currently defined in Distiller.
• Specify whether to open the converted files in Acrobat in the After PDF Creation menu.
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Specify print settings as desired in the other menus available in the pop-up menu below the Presets menu.
Create and use a custom page size
It's important to distinguish between page size (as defined in the source application's Document Setup dialog box for
your document) and paper size (the sheet of paper, piece of film, or area of the printing plate you'll print on). Your
page size might be U.S. Letter (8-1/2-by-11 in. or 21.59-by-27.94 cm), but you might need to print on a larger piece of
paper or film to accommodate any printer's marks or the bleed area. To ensure that your document prints as expected,
set up your page size in both the source application and the printer.
The list of paper sizes available to Acrobat comes from the PPD file (PostScript printers) or from the printer driver
(non-PostScript printers). If the printer and PPD file you've chosen for PostScript printing support custom paper sizes,
you see a Custom option in the Paper Size menu. For printers capable of producing very large print areas, Acrobat
supports pages as large as 15,000,000 in. (38,100,000 cm) by 15,000,000 in. (38,100,000 cm).
Create a custom page size (Windows)
Do one of the following:
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• Open the Printers or Printer And Faxes window from the Start menu. Right-click the Adobe PDF printer, and
choose Printing Preferences.
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