Adobe CS4 Under 7 x64 - PDF Printer?

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It has become known that when installing Adobe CS4 under Windows 7 64-bit, the Adobe PDF printer is not installed (this is not the case with 7 32-bit). Has anyone figured out how to successfully install the PDF printer in the 64-bit environment?
 

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Windows 7
How to install Adobe PDF printer in Windows 7 x64

Start -> Control Panel -> Devices and Printers -> Add a printer -> Add a local printer -> Use an existing port: Documents\*.pdf (Adobe PDF) -> Have Disk... -> Browse to "C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat 9.0\Acrobat\Xtras\AdobePDF\" and open "AdobePDF.inf" -> There should be a lot of "Adobe PDF Converter" on the list, however, number six (from the top) should work -> Printer name: Adobe PDF -> The rest should be self explanatory
 

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OS
Windows 7 x64
Thank You!

Magius, I registered with this forum just so I could thank you.

-Jeremy
 

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Windows 7 beta 1
Thanks!

Had to register just to thank you as well!
 

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OS
windows 7 x64
Also thanks, but...

Thank you for the working solution, but it does not quite seem complete, at least for me. Whenever I use the created Adobe PDF Converter to create a PDF, the following four processes start and do not close themselves when the printing is complete:
a) Acrobat.exe *32 (Username: SYSTEM)
b) acrodist.exe *32 (Username: SYSTEM)
c) acrotray.exe *32 (Username: SYSTEM)
d) acrotray.exe *32 (Username: [my username])

After about 3-5 minutes, processes (b) and (c) do close themselves, while (a) and (d) seem to insist on staying alive.

This has two most undesirable effects:
1) These processes take up memory because they are technically running, even though they aren't doing anything after the PDF is printed.
2) Acrobat.exe maintains a lock on the newly created PDF, so I cannot move or delete it until I forcibly kill the Acrobat.exe process.

So I have the following questions:
1) Is there some way to ensure that all processes close after a PDF has been created?
2) If not, is there some way to automatically remove Acrobat.exe's hold on the new PDF other than opening the Task Manager and forcibly killing it?
3) Or is all this simply a result of Adobe's sloppy programming practices, and is a necessary evil we must live with if we're to use their PDF converter?
 

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OS
Windows 7 x64 (Build 7057)
I have the same problem window 7 build 7068
adobe Acrobat 7 pro installs but got error that the PDF Print did not install. The fix above does not work as there is no option to select: "Use an existing port: Documents\*.pdf (Adobe PDF)"!
Also when setting up a network printer the printer shows on win 7 and installed driver, but will not print! No errors are reported. Any Ideas??:huh:
 

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OS
Window 7
I intend to use x64 win7, may Adobe CS4 run well on 64bit win7 ?
I have used win7 32 bit and had some problems with Flash CS3 that Flash CS3 was slow in actionsript panel and when i applied Antialias on text.
 

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Windows 7
thank you sooooooo much

thx~~ after installed win7 sevral day, i didn`t solve this problem.

thx google...thx w.s.f
 

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OS
win7
still not working for me!

when I get to the add local printer, there is no adobe printer to choose from...

i appreciate any and all help!
 

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windows 7
when I get to the add local printer, there is no adobe printer to choose from...

i appreciate any and all help!


You must choose Create a new port --> local port, then choose a name

If prompted, do not choose to use the current driver, replace it
 

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Windows 7 x86
CPU
Intel Core2 Quad Q9400 2.66GHz
Motherboard
ASUS P5Q3
Memory
OCZ Platinum 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800)
Graphics Card(s)
XFX HD-485X-YDDC Radeon HD 4850
Sound Card
On board
Monitor(s) Displays
SAMSUNG Sync Master 710t + SAMSUNG 1080p LN37B550K1FXZA
Hard Drives
Western Digital Caviar Black WD7501AALS 750GB
Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD5000AAKS 500GB
I don't know about CS4 but the work around for Acrobat 7 and the PDF printer is to install XP Mode and then install Acrobat in the VM. Acrobat shows up as an app under XP Mode applications. Works great. It might work with CS4 as well.
 

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Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Custom Build
OS
Win 7 Ultimate N
CPU
i7
Motherboard
Gigabyte
Memory
6GB
Graphics Card(s)
Sapphire ATI 5770 Vapor
Sound Card
Gigabyte
Monitor(s) Displays
Dual
Hard Drives
Hitachi 1TB
PSU
850
Case
P183
Cooling
Air
Instructions for setting up XP mode: this does NOT work with the home verions of 7. Must have Pro., Ent., or Ultimate.

Download Windows XP Mode
 

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Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Custom Build
OS
Win 7 Ultimate N
CPU
i7
Motherboard
Gigabyte
Memory
6GB
Graphics Card(s)
Sapphire ATI 5770 Vapor
Sound Card
Gigabyte
Monitor(s) Displays
Dual
Hard Drives
Hitachi 1TB
PSU
850
Case
P183
Cooling
Air
I gave up on installing a PDF printer with acrobat or ps4 and just installed CutePDF now I can print to PDF in Win7 x86!
 

My Computer

OS
Windows 7 x86
CPU
Intel Core2 Quad Q9400 2.66GHz
Motherboard
ASUS P5Q3
Memory
OCZ Platinum 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800)
Graphics Card(s)
XFX HD-485X-YDDC Radeon HD 4850
Sound Card
On board
Monitor(s) Displays
SAMSUNG Sync Master 710t + SAMSUNG 1080p LN37B550K1FXZA
Hard Drives
Western Digital Caviar Black WD7501AALS 750GB
Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD5000AAKS 500GB
Need help installing Acrobat 7 "Adobe PDF" printer

I have been using Acrobat 7's pseudo-printer "Adobe PDF" every day and it's an essential part of my work. However, my computer was replaced with a new one running Windows 7 Pro (64-bit) and when I installed Acrobat 7 under Windows 7, I got the error message:
Warning 20225. Adobe Acrobat 7.0 Setup was unable to create a new item: Adobe PDF Port_Printer. The Adobe PDF Printer may be unavailable. GetLastError: The operation completed successfully.
A Google search led me to this forum, where I found Magius post:

Start -> Control Panel -> Devices and Printers -> Add a printer -> Add a local printer -> Use an existing port: Documents\*.pdf (Adobe PDF) -> Have Disk... -> Browse to "C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat 9.0\Acrobat\Xtras\AdobePDF\" and open "AdobePDF.inf" -> There should be a lot of "Adobe PDF Converter" on the list, however, number six (from the top) should work -> Printer name: Adobe PDF -> The rest should be self explanatory

Unfortunately Magius' solution doesn't seem to work for Acrobat 7. When I tried to follow these instructions, I observed:

  1. On the "Use an existing port" pull-down menu, there is no option "Documents\*.pdf (Adobe PDF)".
  2. The folder C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat 7.0\Acrobat has no subfolder Xtras, and there is no file AdobePDF.inf anywhere in the whole tree C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe or anywhere on the Acrobat 7.0 distribution CD.
So I wonder if there is any way for me to proceed. Is it that Acrobat 7 is "just too old" for Windows 7 ? It has been otherwise quite satisfactory for my needs, and I am on a very limited budget.
 

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Laptop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Del Studio 1558
OS
Windows 7 Professional
CPU
Intel Core 4
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Mozilla Firefox
Magius thanks

I too logged in just to thank you for fixing Adobe printer to work! How'd you figure all that out? Thanks again. It works!!
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Lenovo
OS
Win 7
Adobe printer win7

The fix does recognize the printer, but I am now not able to delete those files as it claims the file is "open in Adobe.exe" Any ideas how to get there and allow me to delete that fie? Thanks, folks
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Lenovo
OS
Win 7
The fix does recognize the printer, but I am now not able to delete those files as it claims the file is "open in Adobe.exe" Any ideas how to get there and allow me to delete that fie? Thanks, folks

Were you ever able to fix this problem. I have the same issue. Computer restart does not work either.
 

My Computer

OS
64bit
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