Adobe Distiller

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]

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Adobe Distiller

Stable release	17.9
Operating system	Windows, Mac OS, Solaris, Unix
License	Same as Adobe Acrobat
Website	helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/using/creating-pdfs-acrobat-distiller.html

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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]