Acro 8.1.2 & PDF print files

I've an InDesign business card file that I'm trying to print to PDF 8.0. When I print the file, it goes through the contortions, launches the printer application, etc. But where is it putting the PDF file?
I've also been trying to use the Acro 8 OCR function; it gyrates through the page images in the PDF document, but I can't find where the devil Acro is putting the resulting OCR'd document file.
Is Acro still busted? I have the latest version (8.1.2) running on Leopard 10.5.2 on G5
I'm posting this on the InDesign forum too.

Remove the printer under OSX / Preferences and then Repair the
installation from Acrobat ..
Jon

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