Still having problems

[christo@adobeforums.com]

I posted this, or a similar one last week (?) but have not had any replies. I am getting desperate. Every time I open a pdf file and try to print, I get as "save to file" command instead of having the documents printed. I even tried printing from Acrobat Reader 5.0 and still got the "save to file" result. I tried opening and printing from other applications, MS Excel ('98), and MS Word ('98) works, PageMaker 6.5 work all seem to work, but just about every other application including Explorer (5.2.2.), PhotoShop 7, Acrobat 6, BBEdit (7.14) , FileMaker Pro (5.5) and Safari (1.03) all revert to the save to file. What is going on and more importantly how do I get it to stop? I am on a Power Mac G4 with dual systems, (10.2.8) and (9.2), 1.25 GB RAM.

[Claudio_González@adobeforums.com]

You did have several replies, but no real solution because your information was insufficient. From what you say now, I would guess that your HD is badly in need of proper maintainance; obviously, it is not an Acrobat problem.

[MikeKazlow@adobeforums.com]

Try deleting all printers and then re-installing.

Mike

[christo@adobeforums.com]

to delete and reinstall all the printers(2-An Apple laserwriter 4/600 ps and a Dymo LabelWriter 315), would I not have to have the original install drivers on disc? I have had that Apple LaserWriter since about 1994 and doubt I could find it

[MikeKazlow@adobeforums.com]

You did not get OS X drivers from the Apple Laserwriter from your
install disk, but from the Mac OS X install disks. You should be able
to reload without re-installing the drivers from the original CDs.

Mike

[Jon_Bessant@adobeforums.com]

You might want to go

System Folder/Preferences/Printing Preferences/

Move this folder to your desktop and re-start ...

New preferences will be created that should enable you to print ...

Jon

[christo@adobeforums.com]

Thanks for responding Jon. I opened my system folder and there are two of them. The first one has a subfolder of Library, and while there is a Preference Panes folder, there is no printing Preferences. I did as you suggested and opened the second system folder, moved the printing preferences to the hard disk, rebooted, but there is no change. I still get the "save to file" command after hitting the print button. Any ideas on a plan B?