Adobe PDF Printer on Snow Leopard
by Reto Vogel on Oct.02, 2009, under Apple, Tutorial
After “snowing” Apple’s Leopard (I did a completely new install) I installed Adobe Acrobat 9. The installation run through quite well without errors. But then I saw, that Adobe’s PDF Printer is missing in the printer section…
In Adobe’s knowledgebase I read, that described phenomen is correct. The reason is the following:
Mac OS X Snow Leopard (v10.6)’s enhanced security features prevent Adobe’s PDF Printer from functioning as it did in previous versions. As a result Adobe Acrobat Pro 9.1 removes the Adobe PDF Printer and adds a new Save as Adobe PDF function. Customers using earlier versions of Adobe Acrobat will find that the Adobe PDF Printer is unusable when running on Snow Leopard.
But how do I create PDF files with Adobe Acrobat? Here’s the solution:
Instead of using a PDF printer in the printer dialog, you just have to use the PDF option in the printer dialog:
