So... re-installed Pro 8 and got printing function back. Tried re-installing 8.3.1 upgrade = Macintosh system error 1409!
I will install Acrobat 10 when I get a moment. And thanks for Preview - works a treat. Bill On 27/11/2011, at 8:43 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: > Hi Bill, > > Sounds like you need to install Acrobat Pro 8 again. > Or try to download the update 8.3.1 from here and see if that makes a > difference. > > <http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=5240> > > Sent from Ronni's iPad > > On 27/11/2011, at 7:53 PM, Bill Parker <ren...@westnet.com.au> wrote: > >> Ronni, >> >> >> It's 8.3. Tried that repair stuff to no avail. I've done it before but >> it doesn't even respond. >> >> >> Bio >> On 27/11/2011, at 5:21 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: >> >>> Hi Bill, >>> >>> Are you using Acrobat Pro version 8.1.0? I used it without problems in OS X >>> 10.6.8 and now in OS X 10.7.2. >>> Have you tried “Repair Acrobat Installation”? >>> Open Acrobat Pro, then Go to Help > “Repair Acrobat Installation”. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Ronni >>> >>> On 27/11/2011, at 5:07 PM, Bill Parker wrote: >>> >>>> Ronni see below >>>> On 27/11/2011, at 4:12 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi Bill, >>>>> >>>>> A) Are you not able to print a PDF document? >>>>> Or B) are you not able to use “Acrobat’s Adobe PDF Printer" in Snow >>>>> Leopard? >>>>> >>>>> If A) Open Acrobat Pro 8, then go to File > Open to open the file (you >>>>> want to print) in Acrobat, do you see your Printer in the Page Setup? >>>>> Can you print the document then? >>>> >>>> No. The dialog box showed a weird spanner icon. So I downloaded the >>>> Reader and all is fine. Looks like I need the upgrade for Acrobat Pro. >>>> I needed it anyway.... >>>> >>>> >>>> Thanks. >>>> >>>> >>>> Bill >>>> >>>> >>>>> >>>>> If B) In Snow Leopard, the Acrobat team replaced the functionality of the >>>>> Adobe PDF printer with an Automator function in the Print dialog called >>>>> 'Save as Adobe PDF'. It appears in the PDF menu at the bottom of the >>>>> Print dialog. >>>>> >>>>> Cheers, >>>>> Ronni >>>>> >>>>> On 27/11/2011, at 2:24 PM, Bill Parker wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Before I do that, I never user reader as such and my Acrobat Pro 8 >>>>>> "was" uptodate! ( at least it worked) >>>>>> >>>>>> Bill >>>>>> On 27/11/2011, at 1:47 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Hi Bill, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On 27/11/2011, at 12:26 PM, Bill Parker wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Folks, >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Since I installed COMBO 10.6.8 I have been unable to print PDFs >>>>>>>> from Acrobat 8. >>>>>>> Do you mean Adobe Reader? If so version 8 is out of date. >>>>>>> Go here and download “Adobe Reader X (10.1.1)” and ‘Download Now’ and >>>>>>> install. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> <http://get.adobe.com/reader/> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> If you still are unable to print post back to the list. >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Preview was deleted by accident a while ago. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Oops … I won’t ask ;-) >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Cheers, >>>>>>> Ronni >>>>>>> >>>>>>> 17" MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt" >>>>>>> 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD >>>>>>> >>>>>>> OS X 10.7.2 Lion >>>>>>> Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) >>>>>>> >>> >>> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >>> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >>> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >>> Settings & Unsubscribe - >>> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> >> >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >> Settings & Unsubscribe - >> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>