PDF Printer stopped prompting for output filename

I use the Adobe Acrobat PDF Printer to create PDFs from a variety of applications. My version of Acrobat Pro is 10.1.6. The printer is configured to prompt me for the output filename, but never does. It used to work, but I can't figure out what has changed. I have done a repair of Acrobat, and even went so far to uninstall and reinstall.

Turns out to be an OS problem. I cannot print to my HP printer either! (And this is after rebooting.) Oh well. Off to the Mac forums for assistance. Thanks anyway for those of you who looked at this.

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