Text file to pdf conversion

I have thousands of ASCII text files that I need to convert to PDF. I have a trial version of Acrobat 9 pro that handles the batch conversion nicely. The problem is that the files are not converting correctly. They are 88 characters per line and 80 lines per page. They are formatted with blank lines for paging purposes. Most are 3 pages. I cannot seem to get the pages to break in the correct spot like I can opening the text file with MS notepad. I tried using Primopdf (free download) and the files convert perfectly. Unfortunately, there is no batch conversion feature. I would appreciate any help I can get with this matter. Thank you.

I did some experiments and it seems that Acrobat uses the paper size specified in Edit-Preferences-New Document and then adjusts the font size so that the longest line fits into that size. So the longer your longest line is, the smaller the font will be. Therefore, I suggest you play around with either the page size or the length of your lines until you achieve what you want.

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We didn't say it doesn't work. We said it isn't supported.
There are a number of other ways to make a PDF. The one which would
give the most control is if your application directly printed to GDI,
controlling the font directly. This could print to Adobe PDF.
You could look for an application that gives control of font for
printing.
You could use a text-to-PostScript system and distill the result. You
could even look for a non-Adobe text-to-PDF.
Working in the unsupported and dangerous world you chose, the font
size for text conversion is set (and this is very bad design from
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            LV_PRINT_PARMS TYPE PRI_PARAMS,
            LV_BYTECOUNT   TYPE I,
            LV_RQIDENT     TYPE TSP01-RQIDENT,
            LV_MI_RQIDENT   TYPE TSP01-RQIDENT,
            LV_TEXT TYPE PRI_PARAMS-PRTXT.   "List Text
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            LT_MTAB_PDF TYPE STANDARD TABLE OF TLINE,
            LT_OBJPACK TYPE STANDARD TABLE OF SOPCKLSTI1,
            LT_OBJTXT   TYPE STANDARD TABLE OF SOLISTI1,
            LT_OBJBIN   TYPE STANDARD TABLE OF SOLISTI1,
            LT_RECLIST TYPE STANDARD TABLE OF SOMLRECI1,
            LT_DOC_CHNG TYPE SODOCCHGI1,
            LT_OBJHEAD TYPE SOLI_TAB,
            LV_L_ATTACHMENT TYPE I,
            LV_L_TESTO TYPE I.
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          LWA_OBJPACK TYPE SOPCKLSTI1,
          LWA_MESS_ATT TYPE SOLISTI1,
          LWA_OBJTXT   TYPE SOLISTI1,
          LWA_OBJBIN TYPE SOLISTI1,
          LWA_RECLIST TYPE SOMLRECI1.
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   LWA_OBJPACK-HEAD_NUM   = 0.
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