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June 20, 2016
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Acrobat Distiller 5.0

  • June 20, 2016
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I have an old software product that required us to use Distiller to generate Bills to be sent to a printer.  Distiller would embed all the required fonts including different bar codes and so forth so that what the printer generated would match "exactly" what we would print.  Unfortunately it looks like we can not longer use Acrobat Distiller 5.0 with the new Windows 8.1 or Windows 10.

I am looking for help to either continue to use the Acrobat Distiller 5.0 so that I can print the document through a printer driver of Distiller...or I need to know which current Adobe product I need to perform this same functionality.

Can anyone help?  Thank you!

   Karl

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    Acrobat Distiller is a component of the Acrobat Standard and Acrobat Pro products. The current version is Acrobat DC. It continues to be a separate app. APIs have changed in the last 15 years. This is NOT for server use.

    If you have a server requirement look instead at LiveCycle PDF Generator, PostScript Edition.

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    JR Boulay
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    Legend
    June 27, 2016

    Acrobat Distiller is a component of the Acrobat Standard and Acrobat Pro products. The current version is Acrobat DC. It continues to be a separate app. APIs have changed in the last 15 years. This is NOT for server use.

    If you have a server requirement look instead at LiveCycle PDF Generator, PostScript Edition.

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