Software:Adobe Distiller
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| Stable release | 17.9
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| Operating system | Windows, Mac OS, Solaris, Unix |
| License | Same as Adobe Acrobat |
Adobe Acrobat Distiller is a software application for converting documents from PostScript format to Adobe PDF (Portable Document Format), the native format of the Adobe Acrobat family of products.[1] It was first shipped as a component of Acrobat in 1993.[2] Acrobat 4, in 1999, added preset configuration files to Distiller, and Acrobat 5, in 2001, added improved color management.[3] Originally a separate application, Distiller eventually became incorporated into a printer driver for creating PDF files that preserved the printed appearance of documents from other applications.[4]
A related Adobe product, Acrobat Distiller Server, was released in 2000 and provided the ability to perform high-volume conversion of PostScript to PDF formats through a centralized client-server architecture.[5] In 2013, Distiller Server was discontinued in favor of the PDF Generator component of Adobe LiveCycle.[6]
References
- ↑ Zipper, Bernd (March 5, 2003), PDF Workflow: Doing It Your Way, Planet PDF, archived from the original on February 24, 2014, https://web.archive.org/web/20140224181145/http://www.planetpdf.com/creative/article.asp?ContentID=6651, "The primary application for PDF generation is Adobe Systems' Acrobat Distiller, the heart of the $249 Acrobat product family".
- ↑ Markoff, John (June 16, 1993), "Company News: Adobe Ships Acrobat Amid High Hopes", The New York Times, https://www.nytimes.com/1993/06/16/business/company-news-adobe-ships-acrobat-amid-high-hopes.html.
- ↑ The history of PDF, prepressure.com, August 9, 2013, http://www.prepressure.com/pdf/basics/history.
- ↑ Arah, Tom (January 20, 2005), "Adobe Acrobat 7 review", PCPro, http://www.pcpro.co.uk/reviews/developer-tools/68246/adobe-acrobat-7, retrieved August 17, 2013, "Key to this, though usually working in the background behind the convenient Adobe PDF print driver, is Acrobat Distiller. It's this essential utility that takes a PostScript-based print-to-disk file from any application and converts it to PDF as an exact electronic replica."
- ↑ Adobe Announces Availability of Acrobat Distiller Server , LinuxToday, June 19, 2000.
- ↑ Adobe Distiller Server 8 / FAQ , retrieved 2013-08-17.
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