Adobe offers a powerful suite of programs that are helpful to your small business. One of those programs, Adobe Acrobat, provides something called the Adobe PDF Postscript printer driver. This Adobe PDF printer driver is used to create PDF documents using the Adobe Acrobat service. In case you have problems with the installation process, here is how to install Adobe's Print to PDF driver so you can create PDF documents for your business.
First, if you do not have any version of Adobe Acrobat Standard or Acrobat Pro installed, you will want to install that program. The Adobe PDF printer driver is usually installed properly as part of the normal installation process of Adobe Acrobat. If for some reason the Adobe PDF printer driver isn't installed as part of the standard installation process, you can follow these steps to install it manually:
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As a quick recap now that your PDF printer driver is installed, anytime you want to print a PDF, go to File, and select Print. From the Print Window, select the option for Adobe PDF as your printer of choice, and click Print. You will be asked to name the new PDF file and choose the location you want to save it. Once you click Save, your PDF will be ready for you to access.
If for some reason your Adobe PDF PostScript printer driver is not appearing under the Available Printers section of your Control Panel on Windows, try going to the Help window in Acrobat, and select the Repair Installation option. If you see your Adobe PDF printer show up, but still fails to function correctly, you will need to delete the printer, reboot your computer, and try Repair Installation option again.
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As of Windows 10, it is possible to print to a PDF without Adobe or another third-party printer driver. To print using the onboard Windows 10 tools, go to File, then Print and select the option called Microsoft Print to PDF as your printer. Name and save the file at the location you want accordingly, and choose OK.
If this option isn't available to you, you can install this PDF printer driver manually as well. Repeat the steps above as if you were installing an Adobe printer driver, but this time:
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The Adobe PDF printer driver from Acrobat is not actually available to Mac users. Instead, you can still print to PDF by using the Save As Adobe PDF option.
Simply open a file on any Mac OS application, like Pages, and select the option to Print from the File drop down menu. On the Print window, click PDF, and select the Save as Adobe PDF option. Choose your PDF Settings, name your file along with any other accompanying details, and click Save. Your new PDF should now be ready for you.
As a quick note, according to Adobe, there is a glitch in the latest MacOS Mojave (v.10.14) that creates an error when you try to print a PDF with the Save as Adobe PDF option. To fix it, you will need to launch the Automator program, and select the Third Party Automator Actions option. This will bring up a window where you will be asked to check a box to Enable Automator actions from third parties. By checking that box, the error message should be resolved, and you should be able to print your documents to Adobe PDF.
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You might have difficulty creating a PDF if you try to do so using the free Adobe Reader, which does not support the ability to create PDF documents. There is, however, one other way to install a print to PDF driver from another Adobe product other than Acrobat. That is by installing Adobe FrameMaker, which also installs the Adobe PDF PostScript printer driver.