Acrobat won't recognize my scanner

Hello - I hope you can help. I am using an iMac
running snow leopard, acrobat pro 9 and a lexmark s405 printer/scanner (all-in-one).
when i try to "create .pdf from scanner" - acrobat asks me to select a device but my scanner doesn't show up in the choices?
it prints and scans fine from other applications..
can you help?
thanks
matt

What Operating system for computer?
try this link:http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/407/kb407620.html
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