Set Adobe PDF printer properties (Windows)

In Windows, you can usually leave the Adobe PDF printer’s properties unchanged, unless you have configured printer sharing or set security.

Note: Printing Properties are different from printer Preferences. The Properties dialog box contains tabs of options that apply to any type of printer; the Preferences include conversion options specifically for the Adobe PDF printer.

Set Adobe PDF printer properties

  1. Open the Printers window from the Start menu, and right-click the Adobe PDF printer.
  2. Choose Properties.
  3. Click the tabs, and select options as needed.

Reassign the port that the Adobe PDF printer uses

  1. Quit Distiller if it is running, and allow all queued jobs to the Adobe PDF printer to complete.
  2. Open the Printers window from the Start menu.
  3. Right-click the Adobe PDF printer, and choose Properties.
  4. Click the Ports tab, and then click Add Port.
  5. Select Adobe PDF Port from the list of available port types, and click New Port.
  6. Select a local folder for PDF output files, and click OK. Then click Close to quit the Printer Ports dialog box.
  7. In the Adobe PDF Properties dialog box, click Apply, and then click OK.
    For best results, select a folder on the same system where Distiller is installed. Although remote or network folders are supported, they have limited user access and security issues.

Delete a folder and reassign the Adobe PDF printer to the default port

  1. Quit Distiller if it is running, and allow a few minutes for all queued jobs to Adobe PDF to complete.
  2. Open the Printers window from the Start menu.
  3. Right-click the Adobe PDF printer, and choose Properties.
  4. Click the Ports tab.
  5. Select the default port, My Documents, and click Apply.
  6. Select the port to delete, click Delete Port, and then click Yes to confirm the deletion.
  7. Select the My Documents port again and click Close.