Error Message Trying To Convert To PDF

When printing to a PDF printer like Adobe PDF I get the following error message
" the specified printer could not be initialized. Try a different printer or reinstall the printer driver"
This may have happened after upgrading Adobe Distiller. The PDF printer works for other applications OK. Freehand can print to a laswer printer OK .
Please help

You are right, that was likely due to upgrading Distiller. I don't have a solution to get back to what you are used to but printing to a postscript file and converting it directly in Distiller would be your workaround. For many that is our typical workflow anyway.

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