Adobe Creative Suite 4 (CS4) & Windows 7 x64 PDF Printer

So many of you are probably using the new Windows 7 beta that’s available from Microsoft.  If you’re using Windows 7 x64 (64-bit) and have installed Adobe Creative Suite 4 (CS4) you’ll notice that the Adobe PDF printer has not be installed.  This may apply to previous versions of the Adobe Creative Suite as well.  From what I also understand, this fix works for Vista x64 (64-bit) as well.  If you’re missing your PDF printer, please continue reading to learn more.



  • Click your Start Button and select Control Panel
  • Select Devices and Printers
  • Select Add a printer
  • Select Add a local printer
  • Check Use an existing port and select Documents\*.pdf (Adobe PDF) from the drop down.  Click Next
  • Click the Have Disk… button
  • Click the Browse… button
  • Navigate to C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat 9.0\Acrobat\Xtras\AdobePDF
  • Select AdobePDF.inf from the list, then click the OK button
  • You will see many Adobe PDF Converters in the list, however count six down from the top and click Next
  • Name your printer, in my case I named mine Adobe PDF
  • Follow the rest of the prompts

The 32-bit of Windows Vista and Windows 7 do not have this problem. Happy PDF’ing.

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