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OK - I'm nuts.
On my old still-working XP machine, I have Adobe Acrobat 5 and its Distiller 5 (from 2001). They work - I'm used to them. I can "print" to Distiller and make a pdf.
Now, on my home network, I have a new PC dual-booting Win 7 Pro SP1 64-bit and Win 8.1 Pro 64-bit. I have almost nothing on that machine, as I haven't had a chance to migrate anything from the old XP to the new dual-boot.
The other day, I had a web page up on the new Win 7 machine, and I wanted to "print" it to pdf. I tried to "find" the XP's Acrobat Distiller 5 as a new printer in order to "print" to it over the network, but the Win 7 machine asked for an *.inf driver installer file. Turns out that Acrobat Distiller 5 is so old, it has no *.inf driver installer files at all.
Is there anything I can do so that the Win 7 machine can "print" to Acrobat Distiller 5 on the XP machine?
If not, is there a way to "print" to pdf on the Win 7 machine nicely and for free (and not have to buy a new Acrobat from Adobe)?
Thanks. (Hey - do I win a prize?)
On my old still-working XP machine, I have Adobe Acrobat 5 and its Distiller 5 (from 2001). They work - I'm used to them. I can "print" to Distiller and make a pdf.
Now, on my home network, I have a new PC dual-booting Win 7 Pro SP1 64-bit and Win 8.1 Pro 64-bit. I have almost nothing on that machine, as I haven't had a chance to migrate anything from the old XP to the new dual-boot.
The other day, I had a web page up on the new Win 7 machine, and I wanted to "print" it to pdf. I tried to "find" the XP's Acrobat Distiller 5 as a new printer in order to "print" to it over the network, but the Win 7 machine asked for an *.inf driver installer file. Turns out that Acrobat Distiller 5 is so old, it has no *.inf driver installer files at all.
Is there anything I can do so that the Win 7 machine can "print" to Acrobat Distiller 5 on the XP machine?
If not, is there a way to "print" to pdf on the Win 7 machine nicely and for free (and not have to buy a new Acrobat from Adobe)?
Thanks. (Hey - do I win a prize?)
My Computer
At a glance
Dual boot - Win 10 Pro 64-bit (good) and Win ...Intel Core i5 3470 @ 3.2GHz16GB RAM DDR3 (Four x 4GB)Intel HD Graphics (on the CPU)
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
- Dell Optiplex 7010 MT
- OS
- Dual boot - Win 10 Pro 64-bit (good) and Win 7 Pro 64-bit (won't boot on the NVMe)
- CPU
- Intel Core i5 3470 @ 3.2GHz
- Motherboard
- Dell 0GY6Y8 - what would the Intel number be? - Q77 chipset
- Memory
- 16GB RAM DDR3 (Four x 4GB)
- Graphics Card(s)
- Intel HD Graphics (on the CPU)
- Sound Card
- Realtek High Definition Audio - and Intel Display Audio
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Dell E176FP - nothing fancy
- Screen Resolution
- 1280 x 1024 @ 60 Hz
- Hard Drives
- Now a Samsung 970 EVO Plus SSD NVMe, which works for the Win 10 only
Used to be two 500GB WDC WD5000AAKX (SATA @ 6GB/sec)
- External WD My Book 1110 USB device
- PSU
- What means PSU? I'm at sea level
- Cooling
- Ice cubes
- Keyboard
- Noisy
- Mouse
- Micky
- Internet Speed
- Verizon FIOS 500 Mbps (was 1Gbps but I can't type that fast)
- Antivirus
- Win 10 Windows Defender - Win 7 Avast Free
- Browser
- Firefox only with lots of security drives my wife crazy
- Other Info
- Also I still have an old but important XP SP3 machine that can run - Optiplex 755 Desktop w 4GB RAM and Momentus XT hybrid HD-SSD 500 GB hard drive. Used the registry hack to get more updates through "XP Embedded" or "POS" so now the machine rings like a cash register and the CD drawer opens to give change.
