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Creating a PDF using Apple's native "Save as PDF" functionality does not preserver hyperlinks created in Microsoft Word documents.
On Snow Leopard 10.6.3, using Microsoft Office 2008 and Adobe Acrobat Professional 8.0, I have found that printing to the printer option called "Adobe PDF 8.0" fails to generate a PDF --- at all!
The errors are below. I tried this with a very simple document that said "This document has a hyperlink." The result was the same regardless of whether the word "hyperlink" was a link or not.
I found that printing any web page from Safari generates the same error. Looks like this is a general Adobe PDF problem on Snow Leopard -- or is it just my installation?
Any help or pointers to help would be very much appreciated.
==> /var/log/cups/access_log <==
localhost - - [19/Apr/2010:07:27:35 -0400] "POST /printers/AdobePDF_80 HTTP/1.1" 200 1642 Create-Job successful-ok
localhost - - [19/Apr/2010:07:27:35 -0400] "POST /printers/AdobePDF_80 HTTP/1.1" 200 14194 Send-Document successful-ok
localhost - - [19/Apr/2010:07:27:35 -0400] "POST / HTTP/1.1" 200 309 Set-Job-Attributes successful-ok
==> /var/log/cups/page_log <==
AdobePDF_80 8 jrf [19/Apr/2010:07:27:36 -0400] 1 1 - localhost Microsoft Word - This file has a hyperlink.docx Letter -
==> /var/log/cups/error_log <==
E [19/Apr/2010:07:27:38 -0400] PID 41270 (/usr/libexec/cups/filter/pstops) crashed on signal 13!
E [19/Apr/2010:07:27:38 -0400] [Job 8] Job stopped due to filter errors; please consult the error_log file for details.
D [19/Apr/2010:07:27:38 -0400] [Job 8] The following messages were recorded from 07:27:35 to 07:27:38
D [19/Apr/2010:07:27:38 -0400] [Job 8] Adding start banner page "none".
D [19/Apr/2010:07:27:38 -0400] [Job 8] Queued on "AdobePDF_80" by "ThirdClick".
D [19/Apr/2010:07:27:38 -0400] [Job 8] File of type application/pdf queued by "jrf".
D [19/Apr/2010:07:27:38 -0400] [Job 8] Setting job-hold-until to no-hold
D [19/Apr/2010:07:27:38 -0400] [Job 8] Adding end banner page "none".
D [19/Apr/2010:07:27:38 -0400] [Job 8] Job released by user.
D [19/Apr/2010:07:27:38 -0400] [Job 8] job-sheets=none,none
D [19/Apr/2010:07:27:38 -0400] [Job 8] argv[0]="AdobePDF_80"
D [19/Apr/2010:07:27:38 -0400] [Job 8] argv[1]="8"
D [19/Apr/2010:07:27:38 -0400] [Job 8] argv[2]="ThirdClick"
D [19/Apr/2010:07:27:38 -0400] [Job 8] argv[3]="Microsoft Word - This file has a hyperlink.docx"
D [19/Apr/2010:07:27:38 -0400] [Job 8] argv[4]="1"
D [19/Apr/2010:07:27:38 -0400] [Job 8] argv[5]="APColorMatchingMode=APApplicationColorMatching APDInputSlot= nocollate com.apple.print.DocumentTicket.PMSpoolFormat=application/pdf com.apple.print.JobInfo.PMApplicationName=Microsoft\ Word com.apple.print.JobInfo.PMJobName=Microsoft\ Word\ -\ This\ file\ has\ a\ hyperlink.docx com.apple.print.JobInfo.PMJobOwner=jrf com.apple.print.PageToPaperMappingMediaName=Letter com.apple.print.PageToPaperMappingType..n.=1 com.apple.print.PrinterInfo.PMColorDeviceID..n.=7129 com.apple.print.PrintSettings.PMColorMatchingMode..n.=0 com.apple.print.PrintSettings.PMColorSpaceModel..n.=0 com.apple.print.PrintSettings.PMColorSyncProfileID..n.=3473 com.apple.print.PrintSettings.PMCopies..n.=1 com.apple.print.PrintSettings.PMCopyCollate..b. com.apple.print.PrintSettings.PMDestinationType..n.=1 com.apple.print.PrintSettings.PMFirstPage..n.=1 com.apple.print.PrintSettings.PMLastPage..n.=2147483647 com.apple.print.PrintSettings.PMPageRange..a.0..n.=1 com.apple.print.PrintSettings.PMPageRange..a.1..n.=2147483647 com.apple.print.PrintSettingsTicket.ShowEachEnv..n.=0 com.apple.print.PrintSettingsTicket.ShowEachOrient..n.=0 com.apple.print.PrintSettingsTicket.ShowEachPageSize..n.=0 DestinationPrinterID=AdobePDF_80 media=Letter PaperInfoIsSuggested..b. pserrorhandler-requested=standard job-uuid=urn:uuid:f40df4a9-ccfa-3a5b-7336-49c998f655b9 job-originating-host-name=localhost job-impressions=1 com.apple.print.PrintSettings.PMTotalSidesImaged..n.=1 com.apple.print.PrintSettings.PMTotalBeginPages..n.=1"
D [19/Apr/2010:07:27:38 -0400] [Job 8] argv[6]="/private/var/spool/cups/d00008-001"
D [19/Apr/2010:07:27:38 -0400] [Job 8] envp[0]="<CFProcessPath>"
D [19/Apr/2010:07:27:38 -0400] [Job 8] envp[1]="CUPS_CACHEDIR=/private/var/spool/cups/cache"
D [19/Apr/2010:07:27:38 -0400] [Job 8] envp[2]="CUPS_DATADIR=/usr/share/cups"
D [19/Apr/2010:07:27:38 -0400] [Job 8] envp[3]="CUPS_DOCROOT=/usr/share/doc/cups"
D [19/Apr/2010:07:27:38 -0400] [Job 8] envp[4]="CUPS_FONTPATH=/usr/share/cups/fonts"
D [19/Apr/2010:07:27:38 -0400] [Job 8] envp[5]="CUPS_REQUESTROOT=/private/var/spool/cups"
D [19/Apr/2010:07:27:38 -0400] [Job 8] envp[6]="CUPS_SERVERBIN=/usr/libexec/cups"
D [19/Apr/2010:07:27:38 -0400] [Job 8] envp[7]="CUPS_SERVERROOT=/private/etc/cups"
D [19/Apr/2010:07:27:38 -0400] [Job 8] envp[8]="CUPS_STATEDIR=/private/etc/cups"
D [19/Apr/2010:07:27:38 -0400] [Job 8] envp[9]="HOME=/private/var/spool/cups/tmp"
D [19/Apr/2010:07:27:38 -0400] [Job 8] envp[10]="PATH=/usr/libexec/cups/filter:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin"
D [19/Apr/2010:07:27:38 -0400] [Job 8] envp[11]="[email protected]"
D [19/Apr/2010:07:27:38 -0400] [Job 8] envp[12]="SOFTWARE=CUPS/1.4.3"
D [19/Apr/2010:07:27:38 -0400] [Job 8] envp[13]="TMPDIR=/private/var/spool/cups/tmp"
D [19/Apr/2010:07:27:38 -0400] [Job 8] envp[14]="USER=root"
D [19/Apr/2010:07:27:38 -0400] [Job 8] envp[15]="CUPS_SERVER=/private/var/run/cupsd"
D [19/Apr/2010:07:27:38 -0400] [Job 8] envp[16]="CUPS_ENCRYPTION=IfRequested"
D [19/Apr/2010:07:27:38 -0400] [Job 8] envp[17]="IPP_PORT=631"
D [19/Apr/2010:07:27:38 -0400] [Job 8] envp[18]="CHARSET=utf-8"
D [19/Apr/2010:07:27:38 -0400] [Job 8] envp[19]="LANG=en_US.UTF-8"
D [19/Apr/2010:07:27:38 -0400] [Job 8] envp[20]="APPLE_LANGUAGE=en-US"
D [19/Apr/2010:07:27:38 -0400] [Job 8] envp[21]="PPD=/private/etc/cups/ppd/AdobePDF_80.ppd"
D [19/Apr/2010:07:27:38 -0400] [Job 8] envp[22]="RIPMAXCACHE=8m"
D [19/Apr/2010:07:27:38 -0400] [Job 8] envp[23]="CONTENT_TYPE=application/pdf"
D [19/Apr/2010:07:27:38 -0400] [Job 8] envp[24]="DEVICE_URI=pdf800://distiller"
D [19/Apr/2010:07:27:38 -0400] [Job 8] envp[25]="PRINTER_INFO=Adobe PDF 8.0"
D [19/Apr/2010:07:27:38 -0400] [Job 8] envp[26]="PRINTER_LOCATION="
D [19/Apr/2010:07:27:38 -0400] [Job 8] envp[27]="PRINTER=AdobePDF_80"
D [19/Apr/2010:07:27:38 -0400] [Job 8] envp[28]="CUPS_FILETYPE=document"
D [19/Apr/2010:07:27:38 -0400] [Job 8] envp[29]="FINALCONTENTTYPE=application/vnd.cups-postscript"
D [19/Apr/2010:07:27:38 -0400] [Job 8] Started filter /usr/libexec/cups/filter/cgpdftops (PID 41269)
D [19/Apr/2010:07:27:38 -0400] [Job 8] Started filter /usr/libexec/cups/filter/pstops (PID 41270)
D [19/Apr/2010:07:27:38 -0400] [Job 8] Started backend /usr/libexec/cups/backend/pdf800 (PID 41271)
D [19/Apr/2010:07:27:38 -0400] [Job 8] cgpdftops - using PPD file "/private/etc/cups/ppd/AdobePDF_80.ppd"...
D [19/Apr/2010:07:27:38 -0400] [Job 8] PS Matching Mode = AP_ApplicationColorMatching
D [19/Apr/2010:07:27:38 -0400] [Job 8] cgpdftops - languageLevel = 2, mediaBox.size.width = 612, mediaBox.size.height = 792
D [19/Apr/2010:07:27:38 -0400] [Job 8] cgpdftops - documentMediaBox.size.width = 612, documentMediaBox.size.height = 792
D [19/Apr/2010:07:27:38 -0400] [Job 8] Page = 612x792; 17,19 to 595,773
D [19/Apr/2010:07:27:38 -0400] [Job 8] slow_collate=0, slow_duplex=0, slow_order=0
D [19/Apr/2010:07:27:38 -0400] [Job 8] Before copy_comments - %!PS-Adobe-3.0
D [19/Apr/2010:07:27:38 -0400] [Job 8] %!PS-Adobe-3.0
D [19/Apr/2010:07:27:38 -0400] [Job 8] %APLDSCEncoding: UTF8
D [19/Apr/2010:07:27:38 -0400] [Job 8] %APLProducer: (Version 10.6.3 (Build 10D578) Quartz PS Context)
D [19/Apr/2010:07:27:38 -0400] [Job 8] %%Title: (Microsoft Word - This file has a hyperlink.docx)
D [19/Apr/2010:07:27:38 -0400] [Job 8] %%Creator: (Microsoft Word: cgpdftops CUPS filter)
D [19/Apr/2010:07:27:38 -0400] [Job 8] %%CreationDate: (Monday, April 19 2010 07:27:35 EDT)
D [19/Apr/2010:07:27:38 -0400] [Job 8] %%For: (ThirdClick)
D [19/Apr/2010:07:27:38 -0400] [Job 8] %%DocumentData: Clean7Bit
D [19/Apr/2010:07:27:38 -0400] [Job 8] %%LanguageLevel: 2
D [19/Apr/2010:07:27:38 -0400] [Job 8] %%Pages: 1
D [19/Apr/2010:07:27:38 -0400] [Job 8] %%BoundingBox: (atend)
D [19/Apr/2010:07:27:38 -0400] [Job 8] %%PageOrder: Ascend
D [19/Apr/2010:07:27:38 -0400] [Job 8] %%EndComments
D [19/Apr/2010:07:27:38 -0400] [Job 8] Before copy_prolog - userdict/dscInfo 5 dict dup begin
D [19/Apr/2010:07:27:38 -0400] [Job 8] Before copy_setup - %%BeginSetup
D [19/Apr/2010:07:27:38 -0400] [Job 8] Before page loop - %%Page: 1 1
D [19/Apr/2010:07:27:38 -0400] [Job 8] Copying page 1...
D [19/Apr/2010:07:27:38 -0400] [Job 8] PAGE: 1 1
D [19/Apr/2010:07:27:38 -0400] [Job 8] pagew = 578.8, pagel = 754.8
D [19/Apr/2010:07:27:38 -0400] [Job 8] bboxx = 0, bboxy = 0, bboxw = 612, bboxl = 792
D [19/Apr/2010:07:27:38 -0400] [Job 8] PageLeft = 16.6, PageRight = 595.4
D [19/Apr/2010:07:27:38 -0400] [Job 8] PageTop = 773.4, PageBottom = 18.6
D [19/Apr/2010:07:27:38 -0400] [Job 8] PageWidth = 612.0, PageLength = 792.0
D [19/Apr/2010:07:27:38 -0400] [Job 8] Starting job
D [19/Apr/2010:07:27:38 -0400] [Job 8] Opening Distiller
D [19/Apr/2010:07:27:38 -0400] [Job 8] Starting Distiller job
D [19/Apr/2010:07:27:38 -0400] [Job 8] Distiller child 41274 crashed on signal 10!
D [19/Apr/2010:07:27:38 -0400] [Job 8] End of messages
D [19/Apr/2010:07:27:38 -0400] [Job 8] printer-state=3(idle)
D [19/Apr/2010:07:27:38 -0400] [Job 8] printer-state-message="/usr/libexec/cups/filter/pstops failed"
D [19/Apr/2010:07:27:38 -0400] [Job 8] printer-state-reasons=none

I am having the same problem from CS4 Illustrator
cups/error_log shows:
D [10/May/2010:10:53:31 -0700] [Job 87] Opening Distiller
D [10/May/2010:10:53:31 -0700] [Job 87] Starting Distiller job
D [10/May/2010:10:53:31 -0700] [Job 87] Distiller child 26366, exited with status 0
D [10/May/2010:10:53:31 -0700] [Job 87] End of messages
D [10/May/2010:10:53:31 -0700] [Job 87] printer-state=3(idle)
D [10/May/2010:10:53:31 -0700] [Job 87] printer-state-message="/usr/libexec/cups/filter/pstops failed"
D [10/May/2010:10:53:31 -0700] [Job 87] printer-state-reasons=none

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"So if you uncheck Print To File so the distiller generates the PS file and distills it automatically, nothing happens, right? It just sits there?
and
Have you tried selecting a different Job Option, like Standard, or High Quality?"
Yes, if I uncheck Print to File, nothing happens and no .ps or .pdf is created.
On the properties of my Adobe PDF printer
There are actually four entries. It does not seem to matter which one I choose.
I'm working now on seeing if I can get Acrobat re-installed.

3D PDF files in portfolio prints to Adobe PDF printer without content

3D PDF files in portfolio prints to Adobe PDF printer without content, but if printed from single 3D PDF file everything is fine. I need batch printing (this is the reason I use portfolio) of large amount of 3DPDF files because of the need to have proper preview of these files in browsers. Any ideas or workarounds how to have preview pdf's or jpg's of the single paged 3D PDF files, keeping relevant file names?

I suspected as much. I was hopeful it was something like a setting that needed to be changed or a reg hack that needed a bit changed from 0 to 1 to make the printing work as expected. I only installed the local printer to see if the RDP session
tunnel was in fact causing the print size to balloon so I will continue to instruct users to use that instead of the local redirected printer. I am disappointed but not surprised.
Edit:
Additionally I have tested the functionality of setting the GPO settings for Easy Print to use the redirected printer's drivers instead of the ones used by easy print, by setting “Computer
Configuration -> Administrative templates -Windows Components -> Remote Desktop Services > Remote Desktop Session Host -> Printer Redirection”.
to “Disabled” but
with no luck. In fact the printer received the proper Adobe PDF driver, but the job went out into print spool hell and was lost to the ether. I have concluded that this approach will not bear any fruit.

Create PDF or Print to Adobe PDF?

I have several Word and Publisher documents that I use as templates. I load them into Publisher or Word and then slightly adjust them (change names dates etc) before creating a pdf..
In the past I've almost always made the pdf by using the print dialog to send the job through the Adobe PDF printer, but seeing that there was a menu option in Acrobat X Pro to "Create PDF" I tried that.
Of course it worked fine but asked me to save the file before it could create the pdf.
As the file is a template I don't want to keep overwriting it when using the menu "Create PDF" option so I guess the question is - in this instance - is using the print dialog the best way for me to create my pdf's from my templates so that I'm not prompted to overwrite the original file?

OK one last question regarding PDF jpg image output quality...
I've printed two examples one through the Adobe PDF Printer - Standard Setting (pdf1)
and (pdf2) created with "Create PDF" (PDF Maker) from MS Publisher menu - again Standard Setting.
Both file sizes are pretty much the same and the "quality" of the image is nearly the same except that the pink circle highlighter (in the pdf) is much clearer in the file that was created using "PDF Maker" from MS Publisher menu.
PDF1 below was made with Acrobat X Pro Print dialog - Adobe PDF Printer - Standard Setting
PDF2 below was made with Acrobat X Pro "Create PDF" (PDF Maker) from MS Publisher menu - again Standard Setting
Is there a reason for this?

Printing to Adobe PDF directly without going to PostScript

I would like to know if there is a way to use programmatically the Adobe PDF printer and the resulting file is .pdf not .ps?
or make a pdf document silently from postscript?

Sure – details for how to print ot the Adobe PDF printer are in the SDK.
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Printing to Adobe PDF versus converting to Adobe PDF

What is the difference in pdf files created from Microsoft Word doc files using two conversion methods in MS Word: (1) printing to Adobe PDF printer and (2) converting to Adobe PDF

In reference to my original question and my previous reply to your reply - do you think that printing a DOC document to Adobe PDF printer using Adobe Acrobat XI Pro creates a PDF file basically very similar to what one of the latest versions of Microsoft Word (for instance 2010 or 2013 for Windows) would create when one selects SAVE AS PDF?

IE8 crashes during print to Adobe PDF (Acrobat 9 Pro)

IE8 and MS Paint both crash during print to Adobe PDF. Neither an update to latest version of Acrobat 9 Pro (9.5.3) nor running repair installation will fix this issue. Operating system is Windows 7 SP1.
Installed third party PDF Printer so that these two apps can print to pdf.
Any ideas?

The reinstall is typically the last ditch effort to do. The first step is Help>Repair and Help>Updates. As far as Office 2013, the PDF Maker of AA X is not compatible and you can only print. In your list of errors it showed a problem with AcroTray.exe. As a first step, go to the print and select print-to-file. The file will be a PS file (maybe with a PRN extension). Once the printer if finished, open the file in Distiller to complete the process. If that is successful, then the problem is with AcroTray. Check your running tasks to be sure AcroTray is indeed running. If not, that is likely the problem. If it is, then restart it (it is located in the Acrobat folder). AcroTray provides the interface between the PS creation and Distiller to automate the process of creating the PDF.

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