Acrobat reinstall on a Mac/PDF printing issue

I tried reinstalling Acrobat Pro on my Mac because my HP Printer was not printing pdfs. I got an error message: "Run preinstall script for payload." I have no idea what this means, and all I really need is to be able to print pdfs from a webpage. (The reinstall was my attempt to update on the Adobe end.) I also have CS5 installed already. Please help; thanks in advance.

Try this:
1. Go to Apple menu>System Preference>Printers and Scanners
2. Press the plus symbol button "+"
3. In the Add dialog select IP at the top
4. in the Address field put the numbers 127.0.0.1
5. In the Protocol pop-up menu make sure that Line Printer Daemon - LPD is selected
6. Leave the Queue field bland for the default printer
7. In the Name field it will say "127.0.0.1" and you can leave it to that or change it to anything you want.
8. Leave the Location field blank
9. Leave the Use field pop-up menu field at the default which is Generic PostScript Printer.
10. Click the Add button
11. You will get the message:
"Unable to verify the printer on your network.
Unable to connect to '127.0.0.1' due to an error.
Would you still like to create the printer?"
12. Click the Continue button.
13. In the Setting up '127.0.0.1...' dialog click the OK button
14. Open up TextEdit
15. Type some test text (e.g. Test Text)
16. In TextEdit Go to File>Print
17. In the Print dialog, press on the PDF button on the lower Left side of the window.
18. Select Save As Adobe PDF.
19. In the Save As Adobe PDF dialog, select your Adobe PDF Settings and whether or not you want the resulting PDF to open in Adobe Acrobat Pro and then click the Continue button.
20. In the Save window, title your PDF in the Save As: field, navigate to the location you want to save the PDF and then click the Save button.
21. Done.
Enjoy!

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