It is possible to manipulate the Adobe PDF Printer/Distiller Printer preferences as a group.

Issue

You wish to automate printing from a third party application to either Adobe PDF or Distiller print drivers so that no UI elements are invoked for example 'Do not send fonts to Distiller', 'View results in Acrobat', 'Prompt for PDF Filename', 'Delete log files for successful jobs', and the 'Ask to Replace existing PDF file' preferences when you print.


Solution
Use the Windows printer registry setting to modify the Adobe PDF Printer/Distiller Printer settings. To create the settings make the changes in the printer, apply them and then you export the registry key from this binary value.

Note: This setting effects all the the ' Acrobat Distiller' or 'Adobe PDF Printer' printer preferences including the joboptions settings and not just a single check box.


Disclaimer: The registry contains system-related information that is critical to your computer and applications. Before modifying the registry, be sure to make a backup copy of it. Adobe doesn't provide support for problems that arise from improperly modifying the registry. Adobe strongly recommends that you have experience editing system files before you modify the registry. For information on the Windows Registry Editor, see the documentation for Windows or contact Microsoft Technical Support.

Note: These registry keys are provided as a courtesy to the customer and are not supported by Adobe Technical Support or Adobe Developer Support.


The value type is REG_BINARY and the names are different for Acrobat 5.x and Acrobat 6.0 Professional/Standard and the data is hexidecimal. You will also need to either export the settings as an *.reg or implement the binary value

Acrobat 8.0
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Printers\DevModes2\Adobe PDF

and

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Printers\DevModePerUser\Adobe PDF

Acrobat 7.0
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Printers\DevModes2\Adobe PDF

and

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Printers\DevModePerUser\Adobe PDF


Acrobat 6.0
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Printers\DevModePerUser\Adobe PDF

Acrobat 5.0
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Printers\DevModePerUser\Acrobat Distiller

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