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NinjaLee
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August 3, 2020
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Add Adobe PDF printer via CMD

  • August 3, 2020
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Adobe Acrobat Pro 2017

 

Does anyone know how to manually add the Adobe PDF printer via CMD?

I tried the following cmd but it doesn't work.

 

rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /if /b "Adobe PDF" /f
%programfiles(x86)%\Adobe\Acrobat 2017\Acrobat\Xtras\AdobePDF\AdobePDF.inf /r "Documents\*.pdf" /m "Adobe PDF"

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Correct answer NinjaLee

I was able to remotely add the Adobe PDF printer with Powershell.

 

Add-Printer -Name "Adobe PDF" -DriverName "Adobe PDF Converter" -PortName "Documents\*.pdf"

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NinjaLeeAuthorCorrect answer
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August 3, 2020

I was able to remotely add the Adobe PDF printer with Powershell.

 

Add-Printer -Name "Adobe PDF" -DriverName "Adobe PDF Converter" -PortName "Documents\*.pdf"

Bernd Alheit
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Bernd AlheitCommunity Expert
Community Expert
August 3, 2020

When you have a Acrobat installation then the Adobe PDF printer is already installed.

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NinjaLeeAuthor
Participant
August 3, 2020

I understand that but what if I need to reinstall the Adobe PDF printer? I know how to install it manually through the gui but prefer cmd for remote deployment.

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Test Screen Name
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August 3, 2020

You probably need to remotely use MSIexec to reinstall or repair Acrobat. 

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