Printing to Adobe PDF Printer

I have Acrobat X Standard, but dowloaded XI Pro for 30-day trial. After the download, Adobe PDF Printer disappeared from my printer options.

That shouldn't even be possible: Standard and Pro are mutually exclusive. Not surprised it has broken.
My recommendation
a. Make sure you have your Standard serial numbers and install media.
b. Uninstall the one you don't want at the moment.
c. REPAIR the one you do want.

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