Acrobat 6.0 and Windows 7 - is there a PDF printer driver available?

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October 26, 2009
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Hi,

I have been using Acrobat 6.0 with Windows XP fine. However, I just got a new computer that has Windows 7.

I installed Acrobat 6.0 but cannot now convert any documents to PDF on this new computer. I get this error--

"The PDF maker cannot find the Adobe PDF printer driver and to reinstall Adobe Acrobat 6.0"

However, reinstalling Acrobat 6.0 does not help, nor does the repair feature.

Is There a patch for this product? Can I download a driver for the PDF printer so that it is compatible with Windows 7?

Thanks for any help you can provide.

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Correct answer Bill12

The point is this, you will be lucky if AA6 will install on Win7. For VISTA, a few folks got AA7 to work, but the first certified version was AA8.1.3. The main culprit may be AcroTray with VISTA and Win7. You may be able to use AA6. If the print to the Adobe PDF printer does not work, then try the printer with the print-to-file selected. Then open the file in Distiller. That may work. I am not sure that anyone has indicated any success with AA6 on these newer systems, but with your constraints these ideas might help.

WORD 2007 requires at least AA8.1.3 to get PDF Maker. You can still print to PDF, but not use PDF Maker in AA6 with OFFICE 2007.