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The PDF file format is popular in the business environment due to the wide compatibility and portable nature of these documents. If you often save and share your business's documents as PDFs, set PDF printing as the default setting on your printer. This can save you time, as the documents are then automatically converted to PDFs whenever you select the print option, and you do not have to change the associated settings every time you want to print a PDF document.

Open the Start menu and select 'Devices and Printers' to display a list of all printers connected to your computer.

Right-click the PDF printer you want to modify and click 'Printing Preferences.' If your business is using Adobe Acrobat X Pro to create PDF documents, the printer is listed as 'Adobe PDF.' You can also use free PDF printers such as 'PDFCreator,' 'doPDF' or 'Print2PDF' (links in Resources).

Change the PDF printer settings according to your preferences. The options are the same as for a regular printer: you can change the orientation of the pages, the paper size, print quality and page format. Depending on the type of PDF printer you are using, you can also change the default security settings.

Click 'Apply' to save the changes, then 'OK' to close the printing preferences window.

Right-click the PDF printer icon listed under 'Devices and Printers' and click 'Set as default printer,' so that whenever you click the 'Print' button in any application that supports printing on the computer, the PDF printer is selected by default with the printer settings that you have specified.

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In many authoring applications,you can use the Print command with the Adobe PDF printerto convert your file to PDF. Your source document is converted to PostScriptand fed directly to Distiller for conversion to PDF, without manually startingDistiller. The current Distiller preference settings and AdobePDF settings are used to convert the file. If you’reworking with nonstandard page sizes, create a custom page size.

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(Windows)For Microsoft Office documents, the Adobe PDF printerdoes not include some of the features that are available from PDFMaker.For example, you cannot create bookmarks and hyperlinks using the AdobePDF printer. If you’re creating a PDF from a MicrosoftOffice document and you want to use these features, usePDFMaker.

The Adobe PDF printercreates untagged PDFs. A tagged structure is required for reflowingcontent to a handheld device and is preferable for producing reliable resultswith a screen reader.

Open the file in its authoring application,and choose File > Print.

Click the Properties (or Preferences) button to customizethe Adobe PDF printer setting. (In some applications,you may need to click Setup in the Print dialog box to open thelist of printers, and then click Properties or Preferences.)

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Your PDF is saved in the folder specified by the settingof the Adobe PDF Output Folder in the Preferencesdialog box; the default location is My Documents. If you specifyPrompt For Adobe PDF Filename, then a Save As dialogopens when you print.

The method for creating PDFs using the Printcommand changed in Mac OS v10.6 SnowLeopard with Acrobat 9.1 and later. The following proceduredescribes the method in both Snow Leopard and earlier versions of MacOS X.

Open the file in its authoring application, andchoose File > Print.

Choose Save As Adobe PDF from the PDF menu at the bottom of the dialog box.

For Adobe PDF Settings, chooseone of the default settings, or customize the settings using Distiller.Any custom settings that you have defined are listed.

For most users, the default Adobe PDF conversionsettings are adequate.

For After PDF Creation, specify whether to open the PDF.

Select a name and location for your PDF, and click Save.

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By default, your PDF is saved with the same filenameand a .pdf extension.

Printing preferences apply toall applications that use the Adobe PDF printer, unlessyou change the settings in an authoring application by using the Page Setup,DocumentSetup, or Print menu.

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The dialog box for settingprinting preferences is named Adobe PDFPrinting Preferences,Adobe PDF Printing Defaults, or Adobe PDFDocumentProperties, depending on how you access it.

• Open the Printers windowfrom the Start menu. Right-click the Adobe PDF printer,and choose Printing Preferences.

• In an authoring application such as Adobe InDesign, chooseFile > Print. Select Adobe PDF as theprinter, and click the Properties (or Preferences) button. (In someapplications, you may need to click Setup in the Print dialog boxto access the list of printers, and then click Properties or Preferencesto customize the Adobe PDF settings.)

PDF-specific options appear on the Adobe PDF Settings tab. The Paper Quality tab and Layout tab contain other familiar options for the paper source, printer ink, page orientation, and number of pages per sheet.

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Printing Preferences are different from printer Properties. The Preferences include Adobe PDF-specific options for the conversion process; the Properties dialog box contains tabs of options that are available for any type of printer.

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Select a predefined set of options from the DefaultSettings menu or click Edit to view or change the settingsin the Adobe PDF Settings dialog box.

To addsecurity to the PDF, choose one of the following options, or clickEdit to view or change the security settings:

Opens the Adobe PDF - Security dialogbox each time you create a PDF using the Adobe PDF printer.Specify settings in the dialog box.

Uses the same security settings that were used the last timea PDF was created using the Adobe PDF printeron your computer.

Choose an output folder for the converted PDF, or click Browseto add or change the output folder. Choose Prompt For AdobePDF Filename to specify a location and filename at thetime of conversion.

Select a custom page size that you have defined.

Automatically starts Acrobat and displays the converted document immediately.

Includes information such as the filename and date and timeof creation.

Rely On System Fonts Only; Do Not Use Document Fonts

Deselect this option to download fonts when creating thePDF. All your fonts will be available in the PDF, but it will takelonger to create it. Leave this option selected if you are workingwith Asian-language documents.

Automatically deletes the log files unless the job fails.

Warns you when you are about to overwrite an existing PDFwith a file of the same name.

In Windows, youcan usually leave the Adobe PDF printer propertiesunchanged, unless you have configured printer sharing or set security.

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PrintingProperties are different from printer Preferences. The Propertiesdialog box contains tabs of options that apply to any type of printer;the Preferences include conversion options specifically for the AdobePDF printer.

Open Devices and Printers fromthe Start menu, and right-click the Adobe PDF printer.

Quit Distiller if it is running, andallow all queued jobs to the Adobe PDF printer tocomplete.

Right-click the Adobe PDF printer,and choose Printer Properties.

Select Adobe PDF Port (WindowsXP) or Adobe PDF Port Monitor (Vista/Windows7) from the list of available port types, and click New Port.

Select a local folder for PDF output files, and clickOK. Then click Close to quit the Printer Ports dialog box.

In the Adobe PDF Properties dialogbox, click Apply, and then click OK.

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For best results, select a folder on thesame system where Distiller is installed. Although remote or networkfolders are supported, they have limited user access and securityissues.

Quit Distiller if it is running, andallow a few minutes for all queued jobs to Adobe PDF tocomplete.
Right-click the Adobe PDF printer,and choose Printer Properties.
Select the default port, Documents, and click Apply.
Select the port to delete, click Delete Port, and thenclick OK to confirm the deletion.

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).

• Open Devices and Printers or PrinterAnd Faxes window from the Start menu. Right-click the AdobePDF printer, and choose Printing Preferences.

• In an authoring application such as Adobe InDesign,choose File > Print. Select Adobe PDF asthe printer, and click the Properties button. (In some applications,you may need to click Setup in the Print dialog box to open thelist of printers, and then click Properties or Preferences to customizethe Adobe PDF settings.)

In the Adobe PDF Settings tab,click the Add button next to the Adobe PDF PageSize menu.

Specify the name, width, height, and unit of measurement.Click Add/Modify to add the custom page size name to the AdobePDF Page Size menu.

In an authoring application such asAdobe InDesign, choose File > Page Setup.
In the Paper Size pop-up menu,select Manage Custom Sizes.
Specify the name, height, width, and margins. The unitof measurement depends on the system language.

Select the new custom page size from the PaperSize menu.

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