Acrobat Distiller 5.0.5 (PDFMaker 5.0) doesn't produce PDF files

[Ga...@adobeforums.com]

%%[ Error: undefined; OffendingCommand: ÐÏ à¡± á ]%%

Implies that you are trying process Word documents directly with Distiller. That won't, and never did, work. Distiller only accepts PostScript as input. Try printing to PDF from Word instead.

[Jeff_...@adobeforums.com]

System Info:
Windows 2000
Adobe Reader 5.0.5 with Distiller 5.0.5

Problem:
Distiller has worked fine for months, then stopped working when I installed Acrobat 6.0 reader. I uninstalled 6.0 reader and Distiller now fails to create PDF files from Word and Excel. I tested the same documents that I previously converted to PDF, so the problem isn't the documents.

Windows doesn't seem to know that Reader and Distiller 5.0.5 are installed, because when I attempt to install an update the update fails with a message that it doesn't find the prereq product.

I used the Knowledgebase document "Troubleshoot problems with Acrobat PDFMaker (5.0)" (Filename 2b131.htm) and have the following results:
1. Error message from Distiller log:

%%[ Error: undefined; OffendingCommand: ÐÏ à¡± á ]%%

%%[ Flushing: rest of job (to end-of-file) will be ignored ]%%
%%[ Warning: PostScript error. No PDF file produced. ] %%
2. I downloaded the PostScript printer driver from Adobe, but when I try to print to a file from within Word and use this driver, a .ps file extension isn't provided so I can't create a PostScript file.

I've reviewed several forum and Knowledgebase items but am stuck at this point. Your help is greatly appreciated.

I expect the easiest way to resolve this is to reinstall Acrobat Reader 5.0 since that includes Distiller/PDFMaker. If that's on the Adobe site I haven't found it.

Or, if Acrobat Reader 6.0 includes Distiller/PDFMaker I haven't found it.

Thank you.

[Aandi_...@adobeforums.com]

>2. I downloaded the PostScript printer driver from Adobe

Should not be necessary. Use the Distiller printer driver.

>I expect the easiest way to resolve this is to reinstall Acrobat Reader 5.0 since that includes Distiller/PDFMaker. If that's on the Adobe site I haven't found it.

No, Acrobat Reader does NOT include Distiller/PDFMaker. What included
these is Acrobat - just Acrobat. Reinstall it from CDROM.

>
>Or, if Acrobat Reader 6.0 includes Distiller/PDFMaker I haven't found it.

Similarly, Reader 6.0 does NOT include PDF creation tools. Acrobat 6.0
Professional and Acrobat 6.0 Standard do.

Aandi Inston

[Gary_...@adobeforums.com]

Hello:
I'm very new, and I am using Adobe Photoshop 6.0 on Windows Home XP because I thought it would convert my MS Word and Excel files to .PDF format.

Does anyone know how that can be done?

Thanks in advance!
Gary Bowler

[Ga...@adobeforums.com]

Does anyone know how that can be done?

Not with Photoshop. You need to buy Adobe Acrobat.