Acrobat Distiller is program what does the job creating pdf
from Postscript files.  Its output quality is better, You have
more options and You can use .eps images in Your
documents.

Why Distiller hangs is probably that it said that it must be
configured first time in standalone mode.  (but I can't
remember that I need that with my AA6 Standard). See
http://www.uic.edu/depts/accc/seminars/acrobat/pdf-create1.html

Toomas



----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Shkabara" <[log in to unmask]>

> I installed Acrobat 5 on my computer and as part of it the Acrobat Distiller
> was installed. Now I have two virtual printers that show up. One is a
> "PDFWriter" and another is the Distiller. On my system (Win XP Pro) the
> Distiller printer does not work - it just hangs if I try to print to it. The
> PDFWriter works fine. Can someone explain what the purpose of Distiller is?
>
> Peter
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