Plug-in folder for Acrobat (mac)

[Franco_Furger@adobeforums.com]

I need to install a plug-in for a scanner. Apparently, I need to put this plug-in the plug-in folder. I wasn't able to find such a folder anywhere on my system, so I created one. I put it first in the Acrobat folder in the Application folder, but it didn't work. So I put in the Adobe folder in the application support folder in the library folder, but again Acrobat didn't find it. The user manual simply speaks of a "plug-in folder" but it doesn't say where this damn folder is located.

So where is the plug-in folder, and if it's not created by default, where am I supposed to put it?

[Jon_Bessant@adobeforums.com]

I would have thought this would be the TWAIN folder ?

This is where Acrobat will look for compliant scanning drivers ..

Jon

[Graham_O_Connor@adobeforums.com]

Check out:

Steve Werner "Where are the Plugins?" 4/27/04 3:22pm </cgi-bin/webx?14@@.3bb3d22f/0>

[Franco_Furger@adobeforums.com]

Thanks, I would have never found this out by myself...

That said, I installed the plugin, but Acorbat still doesn't find it. I kow the plugin works, because I have tried it with with Word and Graphic Converter.

So, what am I am missing now?

[Larry_G._Schneider@adobeforums.com]

Acrobat only recognizes TWAIN plugins, not Photoshop. Make sure the plugin is TWAIN.

Larry

[Graham_O_Connor@adobeforums.com]

A Plug-in requires a handshake that is known to the application. Each company usually has its own API (Application Program Interface).

As suggested by Larry:

There is a TWAIN format which is recognized by Acrobat and some other applications.

There is a Photoshop format which is recognized by Graphic Converter and some others.

The Plug-in that works for Graphic Converter would not work with Acrobat.
Check out your scanner distribution and see if there is another Plug-in associated with TWAIN and try that.

[Graham_O_Connor@adobeforums.com]

Sorry, just checked Graphic Converter, it will do Photoshop and TWAIN.
The above suggestion still stands.