Unable to generate PDF using Acrobat Distiller option (trying Watched Folder option)

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Hello Experts ,

I am using windows X with Acrobat Pro DC, currently trying to set up Watched folder with Acrobat Distiller for converting bunch of word files to PDF. I was able to successfully set up those folders as per the instructinon provided in below link. However, after i ran the post script file, its not generating any PDF file instead the word document moved into the "Out" folder along with log file with below error message.

%%[ Error: undefined; OffendingCommand: PK ]%%
%%[ Flushing: rest of job (to end-of-file) will be ignored ]%%
%%[ Warning: PostScript error. No PDF file produced. ] %%

https://helpx.adobe.com/in/acrobat/using/creating-pdfs-acrobat-distiller.html

Can you please helpe me on this error.

Dov Isaacs · Accepted Answer

Simple answer to this.

Acrobat Distiller can only convert PostScript (or properly setup EPS) files to PDF. It cannot convert Word or any other such files to PostScript and then to PDF.

Distiller is the wrong tool for this!

Dov Isaacs · Answer

Just to be very, very clear about this. All the methods for creating PDF files from Microsoft Word documents (as well as Excel spreadsheets and PowerPoint presentations) involving Acrobat utimately loading and running Word (or Excel or PowerPoint) in the background to perform the formatting and resource amalgamation required for Acrobat to create the PDF file(s).

And to reiterate, Acrobat Distiller never had any functionality to open and convert to PDF any file types other than PostScript and properly structured EPS files. This includes Acrobat 7 (which you recollect did otherwise) and is true all the way back to Acrobat 1.0.

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