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How to Add a Printer to Adobe Acrobat

Updated on:
April 6, 2026
By:
Madhav Bhandari
Use this interactive demo to learn how to add a printer to your Adobe Acrobat documents.

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In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to add a printer to Adobe Acrobat.

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  1. On the Start menu, type Control Panel, then open it.
  2. Go to View devices and printers. (You may see it under Hardware and Sound.) 
  3. Click Printers & Scanners
  4. Select Add a device manually
  5. Select Add a local printer or network printer with manual settings.
  6. Select Use an existing port, then select Documents*.pdf (Adobe PDF) from the drop-down list and select Next.
  7. Click Have Disk.
  8. Navigate to the location C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat <version>\Acrobat\Xtras\AdobePDF, select AdobePDF.inf and then select Open.
  9. From the list of Adobe PDF Converters, count six items from the top and select that option. Try it multiple times to find the right converter for your Windows version. Then hit Next
  10. Select Use the driver that is currently installed (recommended)
  11. Name your printer and hit next.
  12. Select 'Share this printer' and click Next.
  13. Click Finish.

📌 Why this matters

Adding Adobe's PDF printer driver transforms your workflow by letting you convert any document from any application directly to PDF through the standard print dialog. You bypass the need to open Adobe Acrobat entirely - just hit print from Word, Excel, or your browser and select the PDF printer.

This setup also enables batch PDF creation from multiple programs simultaneously and gives you consistent PDF output settings across your entire system, making document standardization effortless for teams sharing files.

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