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December 7, 2023
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Why does Distiller open every time I print a document in Sonoma

  • December 7, 2023
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I installed OS Sonoma on my Imac earlier this week, and, aside from the annoying CapsLock Indicator that I had to disable, everything seems to be working fine, except that whenever I print a pdf, and I print a lot of pdfs in my job, Distiller opens up first.  The documents print, but I've never seen this happen before.  Is this just the new normal, or is there a setting I can change to prevent it?

Correct answer imageworx11708025

It stopped a few days ago.  Finally!!

 


I've since upgraded to OS 15.5 and Creative Cloud is up-to-date and I no longer experience the delay with Distiller.

21 replies

Amal.
Community Manager
Community Manager
December 11, 2023

Hi @mikep47474661 

 

Hope you are doing well and thanks for reaching out.

 

What is the version of the Acrobat DC you are using? To check the version go to Help > About Acrobat and make sure you have the recent version 23.06.20380 installed. Go to Help > Check for updates and reboot the computer once.

 

A small video recording of the steps you are doing to print the PDF would be very helpful for more clarity.

 

Also, go through the help page https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/kb/troubleshoot-pdf-printing-acrobat-reader.html and see if that works.

 

~Amal

 

 

Participant
December 11, 2023

I'm using version 23.006.20380.  I'm having trouble making a video, but I'm just opening the files in Acrobat, clicking print and sending them to the printers (it doesn't matter which of the 2 we have) and Distiller pops up.  It's not a problem, it's just I want to make sure there ISN'T a problem that I'm not seeing, that might be an issue later.  Telling it to print as an image did cause a test file to print without Distiller opening.

Participating Frequently
February 27, 2024

I have the same problem. I adjusted the security settings and rebooted. No change has occurred. Destiller is still started after the print command. I have also reinstalled the printer driver.

Acrobat 23.8.20555.0

Mac OS 14.2.1 (23C71)