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In PageMaker, you must select the correct PostScript Printer Description (PPD) file, usually the "Acrobat Distiller" PPD. His modern gaming rig groaned as he slaved
Automatically launching to "distill" that file into a PDF. It offered the Distiller, a tool designed to