How to save a flattened pdf from a form

Question

I feel like this should be easy, but for some reason I cannot get it to work, nor have any of the other help documents worked.  My apoligies in advance if this is a silly question.
I am using Acrobat Pro X (10.1.2) on a Mac running LION.
I have a pdf with fillable text boxes.  I need to type in those, then be able to distribute the form so those are no longer fillable, and the form cannot be changed.
This used to be easy.  I would simply print to the Adobe PDF printer and it would save a PDF that was flat.
Now this is not an option.  The Adobe PDF printer is not available, and I read it was removed after snow leapard.  http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/509/cpsid_50981.html
However, when I go to print this option is not available and I get the notice: "Saving a PDF file when printing is not supported. Instead, choose File > Save."
BUT, when I save the resulting pdf is changable.
I downloaded and installed an action that flattens the PDF.  From: http://blogs.adobe.com/acrolaw/2011/02/flatten-form-fields-and-comment-using-a-free-acroba t-x-action/
However, it only works sometimes.  Other times when it flattens the PDF the text layer goes away.
Any advice?  I do this often, and I know others do too.  So I feel like there should be a quick and easy workflow to it.
THANKS.

Answer 1

Hi all, after lots of hours I found a solution for myself.....
Please do not forget to set the a context-pdfSource-attribute to binary and bind it to the datasource...
IPrivatePdfCompView.IContextElement contextElement = wdContext.currentContextElement();
         byte[] bytes = contextElement.getPdfSource();
         try
               File file = new File(filename);
               FileOutputStream os = new FileOutputStream(file);
               os.write(bytes);
               os.close();
            catch (IOException e)
               // do something
               e.printStackTrace();
Regrads Thomas