Printing selected pages to new PDF

I have done this before, but not sure what has changed? I have "Adobe PDF" configured as a printer and Acrobat 9 Pro Ver 9.3.4 installed on my computer. I used to be able to print individual page selections or ranges to the "Acrobat PDF" printer and get an extracted PDF file with my selection. Now I get a .PS file with some text in it. What am I doing wrong? Is there a better way, other than Snag-It? Can I do this with Acrobat Reader?

As I have told many people "I am only blind in two eyes, the rest are OK".
I think I see the problem now:
%%[ ProductName: Distiller ]%%
This PostScript file was created from an encrypted PDF file.
Redistilling encrypted PDF is not permitted.
%%[ Flushing: rest of job (to end-of-file) will be ignored ]%%
%%[ Warning: PostScript error. No PDF file produced. ] %%
Although these are company files, for legal reasons, they get encryped when placed on the company site. They can be sent to a printer, but not to the Adobe PDF printer. I already have steps to provide open PDF files for internal use. I think that may be my fix.
Thank you for your input.

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Hi,
It depends on the software you are using, what is it ? In general you can select a range or just a number of pages.
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I see that you are having an issue with connecting the printer to your new wireless router set up.
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