Adobe Printer Port in Acrobat 7.0

My cpmuter crashed and I had to reload Acrobat 7.0. During the install the Adobe PDF Printer Port cannot be created. What can I do to correct this?

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There is not pdf printer port. The PDF printer port is part of Acrobat not Reader. If you are having trouble with your printer port, you might try removing your printer driver and re-installing it.

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What version of Office? Acro XI only supports 2007 ansd 2010. The printer should be available, though....
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Acrobat 7.0 Printer port problem with windows 7.0?

I installed adbobe acrobat 7.0 standard on my new computer (windows 7.0), and I get this message: "warning 20225 adobe 7.0 ws unanle to setup adobe printer port." Does acrobat 7.0 work with windows 7.0?

If you are able to open Acrobat and Distiller, then you may be able to create a work-around. If the Adobe PDF printer was created, but not the port, then change the port to a "print-to-file" setting. Then open Distiller and setup a watched folder that you would print the file to. When you print the file, you may have to set the file extension to PS rather than the default PRN. The file would be a PS file and the extension is only to help the watched folder setup. Then try to print to the Adobe PDF printer and see if the watched folder will do the job. I am not sure and have not tried it on Win7 (I have AA9) but it is an option to try. If it does not work, then it is time to upgrade -- may be a good idea anyway.

Adobe Acrobat 7.0, 64 bit OS, & Warning 20225 for Adobe PDF Port Printer!

I've had adobe acrobat 7.0 for years, & just installed on my new toshiba m305-s4910 with a 64 bit operating system, & I'm unable to get the pdf printer to work.
Getting this error:
Warning 20225. Adobe Acrobat 7.0 setup was unable to create a new item: Adobe PDF Port Printer. The Adobe pdf printer may be unavailable.
GetLastError: the operation completed successfully.
Ha! No such luck!
acrobat 7.0 printer function doesn't work on my 64 bit os & I'm apparently not alone.
From what I can find online, this problem has been around for years, & still there's no fix!
Am I just missing something & there really is a fix out there?
If there is, in simple english terms & directions please, could someone please point it out?
Thanks, Donna

From: <[email protected]> | I've had adobe acrobat 7.0 for years, & just installed on my new toshiba m305-s4910 | with a 64 bit operating system, & I'm unable to get the pdf printer to work. | Getting this error: | Warning 20225. Adobe Acrobat 7.0 setup was unable to create a new item: Adobe PDF Port | Printer. The Adobe pdf printer may be unavailable. | GetLastError: the operation completed successfully. | Ha! No such luck! | acrobat 7.0 printer function doesn't work on my 64 bit os & I'm apparently not alone. | From what I can find online, this problem has been around for years, & still there's no | fix! | Am I just missing something & there really is a fix out there? | If there is, in simple english terms & directions please, could someone please point it | out? | Thanks, Donna Did you ever verify that v7.x is even WIN64 compliant ? Maybe it doesn't work becuase AA v7.x is NOT WIN64 compliant to begin with. -- Dave http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp

Adobe Printer In Acrobat 8.1.5 Hangs in Windows 7 Pro X64

I have been trying to find some info on why the Adobe Printer Hangs when it prints. I Have Acrobat 8.0 & upgraded to 8.1.5 as a possible fix but so far to no avail. At least the Adobe Printer is listed and attempts to print but then it "Stops Responding" . Of course I have Windows 7 professional & noticed around the forum allot of answers deals with upgrading to 9.0 , but has anyone a fix for the adobe printer fix? All functions work great other than the Adobe Printer function
it makes no sense to upgrade makes more sense for Adobe to make a patch to fix this issue as a gesture to loyal customers ! or is it greed? Any hints on a fix?

If you update AA8 (now at AA8.2.4) you may be successful. Part of this is a Win7 issue and part is a X64 issue. I think at least AA8.2 is needed for X64. Open Acrobat and do an update, or download all of the updates after 8.1.5 from the Adobe download site and install them (in order). If that does not do the job, I don't have other ideas. But that is your first step. The other is to search the forum for the wealth of comments on AA8 on Win 7.

I was able to print with my acrobat before, but I can no longer do it. the error message says "adobe creation cannot continue because acrobat is not activated" How do I activate it?

i was able to print with my acrobat before, but I can no longer do it. the error message says "adobe creation cannot continue because acrobat is not activated" How do I activate it?

I have the exact same issue. I can print one document and then I get the error mentionned above ("adobe creation cannot continue because acrobat is not activated"). Then I need to reboot in order to be able to print a new document.
I have suite and went to Photoshop as suggested, but this program is already activated. I tried to launch Acrobat Pro but it won't.
I'm using the Design and Web Premium CS6 Suite on Windows Vista.
Thank you so much for your help.

What gotchas should we watch out for when porting code from the Adobe SDK to the Acrobat SDK?

What gotchas should we watch out for when porting code from the Adobe SDK to the Acrobat SDK?
... and the other way around?
I have found some evidence that the preprocessor variable PLUGIN seems to prevent macros from includes from being defined. The NPROC and SPROC constructs seem to be involved (partners in crime, if you will).
-Ramon
ps: Please see my related thread "What is the difference between xxProcs.h and xxCalls.h?"

Here's a gotcha that I bumped into:
extern "C" HINSTANCE gHINSTANCE;
I found it in a successfully developed code on the Windows/Plugin side. It is something that I had never used on the APDFL side AND my Windows linker is complaining about several gXXXX missing functions.
IOW: It sounds like the above statement is the solution to my linking problems. Somehow the APDFL seems to take care of the C vs. C++ details.
-Ramon

Acrobat 8.1.2 on Vista Home Prem. SP1 - Adobe Printer Failure

I've searched these forum for a similar case but I've been unable to find a fix.
I had to uninstall and reinstall this Acrobat Standard 8.1.2 on a system with Vista Home Premium (32bit). I could not print to the Adobe printer from Outlook Express, MS Publisher, Internet Explorer until I disabled UAC. With UAC disabled it works fine. This program was working fine before I had to reinstall it. Do you know if there is a MS Hotfix to fix this version of Windows? I see references to the 64bit version. Any help would be appreciated. Apologies if this has already been addresses.
Bob Miller

OK, here is a new twist. I had a problem with a program called Blood Pleasure Tracker by Soundtells. I lost a year of data. Note sure what happened but I decided to restore to a point yesterday that was just before installing installing Adobe Acrobat the last time hoping I would get the data back. I thought there might be trouble with Adobe after restoring to this point so I did another install and then did an Uninstall with a program called REVO Uninstaller. (REVO Uninstaller was reviewed in PC World). I used it to get a clean uninstall. When I reinstalled Acrobat and the 8.1.2 update everything worked! Acrotray was still running. UAC was also reactivated. The one thing that I think made a big difference is the REVO Uninstaller has several option to more toughly do a clean uninstall. I used the medium selection. It listed some registry entries that it thought could be deleted. I don't like messing with the registry so I declined that option. It also scanned and listed a bunch of files that were left in the Adobe directory. I made the selection to delete those. I wonder if there was something in those files that doesn't get written over on the install but can cause the problem I was having with the printer. Everything worked after that. It should be noted that I had no problems with Acrobat AA8.1.2 until I did an uninstall via the control panel and they tried to do an install. I did the uninstall because It started showing the registration screen each time I brought it up even though I had registered it. I think Registry First Aid caused that little problem. I won't be running that again........<grin>.......sorry for the ramblin'...... Bob Miller

Unable to print to Adobe printer in any program including Office 2010

My sustem is a Windows 7 64 bit. I have Office 2010 installed as well as Adobe Acrobat Pro X ver 10.1.3. I am unable to print to the Adobe PDF printer. If I select it in Notepad it is Greyed out. If I select it in an Office product like Word or Excel it shows that it is READY. However if I select it so I can print to PDF I get an error message "Word cannot print. There is no printer installed."
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I have tried deleting the Adobe PDF printer and then selecting in Programs & Featues (Old ADD/REMOVE) the Adobe Acrobat X Pro item and right clicking on it and the selecting Change. It goes through almost a reinstall, it adds the Adobe Printer back but NO CHANGE. I still can't print to Adobe PDF.
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Can you try 'Print as Image' (Advanced button on Print panel).

Installation - cannot create a printer port.

I am reinstalling Acrobat 7 from a CD after upgrading my computer fromW-XP to W7 64bit, and it says it cannot create a printer port - and so, cannot create a PDF from Office applications. Read and edit work OK, and it works OK on an older machine with W7 32 bit. Upgrading online to V7.1 did not fix it, nor did the repair option. What now?

The AA7 print driver is not compatible. Neither is AcroTray. Do Acrobat and Distiller both open? If so, then you can download a PS driver (possibly form Adobe or select one of the HP Color PS printer) and install that driver. Open the driver properties and change the name to Adobe PDF and the port to File. You can then print to this printer. However, the file that is created is a PS file (PRN extension typically) and must be opened in Distiller to create a PDF. A little extra work. If you are not happy with that, then you should purchase Acrobat XI to go along with your new OS.

Need to change Adobe PDF Port.....where??

When I select File/Print and select the Adobe PDF printer I get a message saying the PDF printer is not "bound" to Adobe PDF port.
It wants me to change the Port to Adobe PDF Port but I can't find where to change it.
Anyone know where to find the port selections?
Using Acrobat X standard, win. 7 and MS office files

You can change the port from your Windows printer settings menu:
Start > Settings > Printers > right-click on Adobe PDF > Properties > Ports
Or you can delete the Adobe PDF printer, then choose Help > Repair from the Acrobat menu. That'll put it back in the right place.

Classic - Printer port (USB 1) disappears after switching User

I have used an Epson SP785EX on my iMac G5 under OSX 10.3 for months without trouble. I upgraded to OSX 10.4.8 and are constantly loosing this printer expecially when printing from Classic. After having tried everything including resetting the printing system it is still not clear what exactly causes the loss of the USB Port. However it may have to do with restarting or switching users. When in the chooser after selecting the original Epson Printer driver (which I have reinstalled many times) the Port (USB 1) does not show in the 'choose printer port list' (nothing at all shows). I have also tried the 'LaserWriter 8' solution which I do not understand. Perhaps someone can explain or point me to some literature. LaserWriter 8 shows in the Chooser but again nothing shows on the right pane of the Window. I am stabbing in the dark with this. Any help will be apprecated.
Thanks - Stefan
iMac G5 Mac OS X (10.4.8) Powerbook G4
iMac G5 Mac OS X (10.4.4) Powerbook G4

I have used an Epson SP785EX on my iMac G5 under OSX
10.3 for months without trouble. I upgraded to OSX
10.4.8 and are constantly loosing this printer
expecially when printing from Classic.
The printing subsystem changed considerably between Panther & Tiger. In Panther, you had to have a working OS 9 driver in order to print from Classic. This caused problems, particularly with certain HP printers which had OS 9 drivers which were not properly coded, and with newer printers which did not have and never would have OS 9 drivers.
In Tiger, things have changed. The default driver is the LaserWriter driver. You don't have to do anything, not even select the driver. The print system will print to the LaserWriter driver and the LaserWriter will print to the OS X driver for your printer. (This, of course, means that there must be an OS X driver for that printer...)
After having
tried everything including resetting the printing
system it is still not clear what exactly causes the
loss of the USB Port.
Classic does not have direct access to hardware, including USB ports.
However it may have to do with
restarting or switching users. When in the chooser
after selecting the original Epson Printer driver
(which I have reinstalled many times) the Port (USB
1) does not show in the 'choose printer port list'
(nothing at all shows).
This is normal.
I have also tried the
'LaserWriter 8' solution which I do not understand.
Just print, normally. The LW8 dialog box will pop up. You can then select the printer you want to use. (I have several printers on my system, two HP inkjets, a Brother laser, a label printer, a fax modem, and Adobe PDF)
1 type cmd-p or however you normally print
2 select the printer from the pull-down menu on the LW8 dialog
3 print
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Perhaps someone can explain or point me to some
literature. LaserWriter 8 shows in the Chooser but
again nothing shows on the right pane of the Window.
I am stabbing in the dark with this. Any help will be
apprecated.
Just print. That's all.
Thanks - Stefan
iMac G5
Mac OS X (10.4.8) Powerbook
G4
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Mac OS X (10.4.4) Powerbook G4

Failed PDF printer port creation

I have reloaded Acrobat pro 7 onto a new 64 bit laptop with windows 7 as my XP RAID machine has been junked.
During loading I had an error message which reads "warning 20225 ... unable to create a new item: Adobe PDF port and printer... etc" then it finished with "getlasterror: the opreration completed successfully".
However, each time I open acrobat I have to do an online activation, which is a trifle worrying and I can't print to PDF which is utterly useless.
anyone got any ideas?
BTW: Adobe's response is that AA7 is not compatible with Win7 and that I should upgrade. Considering I seldom use it and it's so costly, that's too rich for me.

How do they say it down east in Maine?
"Can't get there from here."
That's the situation you are facing with Acrobat 7 and Windows 7.
A fair dinkum of band-aids (work around's) have been discussed hither and yon for Acrobat 8.
Think is, these tend to be dependent upon the Windows 7 version and Acrobat 8 version.
As Windows 7 is updated, the work around's will tend to no longer work.
Myself, I've not seen much about Acrobat 7 - Windows 7 work around's.
Likely, something has been posted somewhere.
As I understand it, some of the Windows 7 versions permit going into a 32-bit mode
or a free MS download permits use of a virtual machine for running older applications.
These might be something to look into.
With that said,
The Acrobat 8.1 update provides support for x64 based operating systems.
http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/333/333360.html
Support for Windows 7 begins with Acrobat/Reader 9.2
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/faq/
If obtaining a license to Acrobat 9 (and processing all available updates) is not a current option
then you may want to look for third-party PDF applications.
(n.b., in this realm - you do get "what you pay for")
Be well...

No Option for Printing Separations in Acrobat 11

I do not have the option to print separations from Acrobat Pro 11 on OSX Yosemite. I have installed the PPDs and they work in Illustrator and InDesign but do not work in Acrobat.
First, I am a designer at a screen printing shop and have been printing separations on a daily basis for 3 years. I understand how it works. I was working on a PC with CS 5.5. Typical workflow was to design in Illustrator, Print to PDF, open the PDF in Acrobat, save as EPS. EPS was the preferred method since I print the transparencies from Illustrator, and since Illustrator can only open one page of a PDF at a time, I saved the PDF as EPS so that ever spot color got it’s own EPS file. From there, I created a new AI file, put all EPS files on different art boards and printed.
Now I am on a Mac with Yosemite and CC 2014. I know the PDF workflow changed in Snow Leopard. You now have to print to a PostScript file and Distill, which then gives me the PDF i can open w Acrobat and save to EPS as usual.
But, I decided to really dig into Acrobat 11 since it has all the Ink Manager and Preflight features. My preferred workflow would be creation in AI, save a PDF, then use all of Acrobats features for the final check and separations. The Acrobat manual says on page 316:
“Print separations
1. Choose File > Print, and choose a printer.
2. Choose an option from the Comments and Forms menu.
3. Choose print range and page handling options.
4. Click Advanced.
5. If you created a custom printer settings file with the appropriate separation settings, choose it from the Settings menu at the top of the
Advanced Print Setup dialog box.
6. Select Output on the left, and choose an option from the Color menu:
Choose Separations if the PPD doesn’t support in-RIP separations.
12. Click PostScript Options on the left, and select settings as needed. Click OK to close the dialog box, and then click OK again to print the separations.”
The only option I have in the print dialog is my desktop printer.
I have installed the PPDs, which brings me to another problem.
On this forum
https://forums.adobe.com/message/6735474#6735474
the gives the link
http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=141
which is the adobe.sit.hqx file that contains 5 files with no file extension. Per the “Read Me” instructions, I have placed the “Acrobat Distiller (no file extension)” file in the
Library/Printers: PPDs: Contents: Resources: folder.
It works with Illustrator, and is not really and issue.
-The file is a 17KB file with no extension that was last modified on 9/9/2001.
Following another page
http://helpx.adobe.com/x-productkb/multi/save-as-pdf-options-not.html#main_InstallAcroPPD
it give the link
Acrobat 9 PPD
which is the ADPDF9.PPD file, a 29 KB PPD file last modified on 12/8/2014.
Just to test it out, I placed both files in the
Library/Printers: PPDs: Contents: Resources: folder. Both are selectable from Illustrator when printing a PostScript file and both seem to work. I see no real difference between them.
I also created the PPDs file in the Presets folder of InDesign and can get separations from there as well.
But, I do not have the PostScript or any other print option from the Acrobat print dialog except for my desktop printer.
SO,
1) Is there somewhere else I need to place the PPDs for Acrobat to see it? The manual states I should be able to print the separations from the Print Dialog but its not available.
2) What is the difference between the “Acrobat Distiller” file and the “ADPDF9.PPD” files? Different size, different dates, but no obvious difference in output.
3) I sometimes print halftone jobs through AccuRip. I have gotten pretty good at manual spot color transparency gradients within illustrator, where I create complex gradients using only a spot color and a gradient with 100% transparency on one end and 0% on the other. But if I have many colors in it, I have to print separations through PotsScript and then Distill it, which flattens all transparency on the separated file. The result is a separation with a placed image gradient with a clipping mask instead of a true vector gradient. I know it has to be flattened when it’s ripped anyway, but I would like for it to ONLY get flattened as it passed through the rip on its way to the transparency, and not during the Distiller separation which then is placed back in AI for printing. Is there any way to do this on a Mac which MUST be printed to PostScript and Distilled?
Thanks

“I’ll never give you a job to print.”
Lead with an insult, good start.
You know, I read your comment, and the link, right before I went to bed. I thought I would respond then, but thought I should sleep on it. Well I slept on it, and I’m actually MORE p***ed off today than last night. I will try to keep this as professional as possible…
“Such an outdated time consuming workflow !!!”
No S**t (so much for professional). Which is why it’s unfortunate that Apple forced this workflow on people like me.
I asked SPECIFICALLY about color SEPARATIONS in the title of the post and throughout the post. The link you provided did not provide an answer to this. It explained how terrible “refrying” a PDF can be. And what was the solution it gave?
“Use EPS and not PostScript!”
Strange. it seems that is the EXACT workflow I listed! To quote myself;
“Typical workflow was to design in Illustrator, Print to PDF, open the PDF in Acrobat, save as EPS”
That was on a PC, where Print to PDF is still an option. The design is made in Illustrator with Spot Colors, all overprints are set, because a human will be lining up the screens to print by hand, and you need about .5 - 1 point of “play” for when the screen moves so abutting colors will not have a gap of shirt color between them. I can then use all of the functionality of the AI print dialog box and print the SEPARATIONS to a PDF file, and the PDF is then split to separate EPS files for easier control.
Apple in it’s infinite wisdom has taken away this functionality. From AI, my 2 listed printers are my desktop printer and an Adobe PostScript file. Remember, I am SEPARATING the artwork to be printed on vellums that will be used to burn a screen. If I leave my desktop printer active, I can select “Setup”, where i am brought to the system print dialog box, where if I select “Adobe PDF” or “Save as PDF”, I get the message from Illustrator that “The Save as PDF option in the Printer dialog box are not supported”.
So, if I change the Printer to “Adobe Postscript file”, the “Setup” box is greyed out. If I simple “Save As” and choose PDF, I do not have the option to SEPARATE colors. Do you see the dilemma now? Apple remove the functionality I have on a PC, so my SEPARATIONS can not be saved directly to a PDF, but MUST me “printed” to a Post Script file, which then MUST be distilled to get a PDF of SEPARATIONS.
Which brings me back to the whole point of my post.
““Such an outdated time consuming workflow !!!”
Right, which is why I’m trying to avoid it. In reality, the entire process only involves 1 extra step over the PC workflow, and the Distill process literally takes a few seconds. But, I don’t want to Distill for all the reasons listed in the link you provided. And if i follow the advice of the link, saving to EPS, I DO NOT have the option of SEPARATIONS. Which is why I’m trying to save a PDF from AI, the use all the functionality of Acrobat Pro to SEPARATE my colors. Again, the manual to Acrobat says I can print my SEPARATIONS to a file, but I only have the option to print to my desktop printer from the Acrobat Print Dialog box, even though I have DO have other options in AI and InDesign.
So, great Adobe MVP, can you answer my original questions?
1- why do I not have the option to print to a file in Acrobat Pro?
2- What is the difference between the “Acrobat Distiller” file and the “ADPDF9.PPD” files? Different size, different dates, but no obvious difference in output. (Not what I want to use, but on OSX post 10.6, I don’t really have a choice it seems)
3- Is there any way to print to a SEPARATION file on a Mac without printing to PostScript and then being Distilled?
I see your skills are:
“PDF forms, PDF multimedia, eBooks in PDF or in ePub format.
I'm an InDesign Digital Publishing Suite specialist too. I am also a trainer and the webmaster of abracadabraPDF.net, the only French web site dedicated to PDF and Acrobat.”
Good for you. Have you EVER had to print separations for a t-shirt? Have you ever had to consider that a person will be physically pushing the ink through a screen, so you must consider the thickness of the ink, how that will interact with the mesh of the screen, which determines the LPI the halftones are printed at, which determines how fine your gradients should be? Because I do it everyday. So your whole “I’ll never give you a job” thing is especially infuriating, and pretty unprofessional.
So not only have you totally ignored all my questions, you insulted me and given me a link that ALSO answers none of my questions. I am also assuming, though I could be wrong, that you marked your answer as correct int he AcrobatUsers forums. Well guess what? Even with you MVP badge, you are NOT correct. At least not for what I’m asking.
If I ever need an eBook, PDF form, ePub or Multimedia PDF done, maybe I’ll use you. But, I would never hire you for color separations for t-shirt printing.

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