Can't print .indd booklet to PDF; opens print utility instead of Acrobat

Thanks in advance for any help you can lend.
I have a 16 page .indd document that I'm trying to export via "print booklet", using Adobe PDF 9.0 as my printer. Every time I try to print as a PDF, it goes through the process of compiling the images, loading fonts, etc., but then my printer utility opens (obviously giving an error) instead of Acrobat. When I just choose export as PDF I have no issues whatsoever; Acrobat opens and it saves properly. I need the document, though, in a saddle stitch imposed format for the printer.
I'm on Mac OSX Lion 10.7.2
Acrobat X version 10.1.3
Adobe InDesign CS5.5
The setting summary of the print dialogue is as follows:
Print Preset: [Custom]
Printer: Adobe PDF 9.0
PPD: Adobe PDF 9.0
PPD File: /var/folders/74/_l7wb86j7plcvb5kz2hwgmh00000gn/T//4f9757064d509
Print Booklet
    Booklet Type: 2-up Saddle Stitch
    Auto Adjust Margins: On
    Top Margin: 0.2917 in
    Bottom Margin: 0.2917 in
    Left Margin: 0.2917 in
    Right Margin: 0.2917 in
    Space Between Pages: N/A
    Creep: 0 in
    Bleed Between Pages: N/A
    Signature Size: N/A
    Print Blank Printer Spreads: On
General
    Copies: 1
    Collate: Off
    Reverse Order: Off
    Pages: All
    Sequence: All Pages
    Spreads: Off
    Print Master Pages: Off
    Print Layers: Visible & Printable Layers
    Print Non-printing Objects: Off
    Print Blank Pages: Off
    Print Visible Guides and Baseline Grids: Off
Setup
    Paper Size: Tabloid Oversize
    Paper Width: 12 in
    Paper Height: 18 in
    Page Orientation: Landscape
    Paper Offset: 0 in
    Paper Gap: 0 in
    Transverse: Off
    Scaling: 100%
    Constrain Proportions: On
    Page Position: Centered
    Thumbnails: Off
    Tiling: Off
Marks and Bleed
    Crop Marks: On
    Bleed Marks: Off
    Registration Marks: Off
    Color Bars: Off
    Page Information: Off
    Printer Mark Type: Default
    Crop Mark Weight: 0.25 pt
    Mark Offset from Page: 0.0833 in
    Use Document Bleed Settings: On
    Bleed Top: 0 in
    Bleed Bottom: 0 in
    Bleed Inside: 0 in
    Bleed Outside: 0 in
    Include Slug Area: Off
Output
    Color: Composite CMYK
    Text As Black: Off
    Trapping: Off
    Flip: None
    Negative: Off
    Screening: Default
    Simulate Overprint: Off
    Frequency: 60
    Angle: 45
Graphics
    Send Data: Optimized Subsampling
    Download: Complete
    Download PPD Fonts: On
    PostScript®: Level 2
    Data Format: ASCII
Color Management
    Document Profile: U.S. Web Coated (SWOP) v2
    Color Handling: Let InDesign Determine Colors
    Printer Profile: Document CMYK - U.S. Web Coated (SWOP) v2
    Preserve CMYK Numbers: On
    Proof Profile: Document CMYK
    Simulate Paper Color: On
Advanced
    Print &as Bitmap: On
    Bitmap Resolution: 300
    OPI Image Replacement: Off
    EPS: Off
    PDF: Off
    Bitmap Images: Off
    Transparency Flattener Preset: [Medium Resolution]
    Ignore Spread Overrides: Off
I'm on Mac OSX Lion 10.7.2
Acrobat X version 10.1.3

I'm a Windows user, so I may not have this exactly right, but printing to PDF from Print Booklet on Mac is a two-step process -- first you printto Postscript file using the Acrobat 9 ppd, then you distill the file. I think you'll find more details at InDesignSecrets » Blog Archive » Acrobat’s Adobe PDF Printer Replaced in Snow Leopard

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