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  1. 134282

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    #1 134282, Aug 24, 2005
    i can't even fathom how this is a problem... But it is... i'm trying to print something to my Acrobat Distiller to turn it into a PDF - like i've done countless times before - and it's not working... It doesn't give me a reason, either, it just says the document failed to print... i can't even be mad because i'm too busy being confused... Anyone know how i can fix this...?
     
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    #2 matteo, Aug 24, 2005
    Don't print to distiller. Print to acrobat
     
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    #3 134282, Aug 24, 2005
    i'm printing to Acrobat Distiller - just like i always do... There's no other Acrobat option...
     
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    #4 matteo, Aug 24, 2005
    really?

    I'm out. I have never printed a PDF from Distiller. Only Acrobat.
     
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    #5 bottomline, Aug 24, 2005
    Update/reinstall the drivers.
     
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    #6 134282, Sep 18, 2005
    Okay, i deleted the distiller thinking i could just reinstall it and now i've created real havoc... Any idea how i can get this thing back...? It still wasn't working, which is why i deleted it to begin with...
     
  7. FarmerDave

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    #7 FarmerDave, Sep 18, 2005
    EMAIL IT TO ME if it's what I think it is. I will print it to PDF and send it back to you. :D

    Oh wait, I don't know what this "distiller" thing is.
    What program are you creating the document in?
     
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    #8 FarmerDave, Sep 18, 2005
    I got your email but there was no attatchment
     
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    #9 djs308, Sep 18, 2005
    If I remember correctly, in older versions of acrobat, "Distiller" was a separate component of the Acrobat software that generated a PDF from a postscript file. Now the whole thing is called "Acrobat" but it's the same stuff. But anyway, NNO, try moving your distiller preferences out of the distiller folder and relaunch the program. also, what settings did you select in Distiller?
     
  10. TestShoot

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    #10 TestShoot, Sep 18, 2005
    acrobat = .pdf
    distiller = .ps

    I have issues with it all the time too bro, just made 300+ pdfs for a book we wrote on index funds. Let me guess, you hit print, is does some stuff for a while then no file output?
     
  11. prohydro

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    #11 prohydro, Sep 19, 2005
    Do you know where the Event Viewer is in windows? If not, go to Start>Control Panel>Administrator Tools>Event Viewer

    Look for Events in System and also Application to see if it kicked an error code or description in there. You should have some error or warning about the print job, with a better description of what is going on.

    Although since you deleted Distiller, it may not matter anymore, as you'll have to reinstall all of Adobe Acrobat (which will include the distiller. note: not the free reader from Adobe).
     
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    #12 bottomline, Sep 19, 2005
    You "deleted" or uninstalled?
     
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    #13 134282, Oct 5, 2005
    Um... what...?


    Bottom, i deleted it...
     

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