Adobe Acrobat Distiller 6.0 ((free)) -

Imagine a print shop in 2004 receiving a QuarkXPress file for a magazine ad. Here's how Distiller 6.0 was used:

To understand the significance of version 6.0, one must first understand what Distiller actually does. Adobe Acrobat Distiller 6.0

In the history of desktop publishing and digital document management, few tools have been as pivotal—or as quietly powerful—as Adobe Acrobat Distiller. While the Adobe Acrobat suite is best known for its PDF readers and editors, the Distiller has always been the engine room; the alchemist that turns raw digitalPostScript code into the polished gold of the Portable Document Format (PDF). Imagine a print shop in 2004 receiving a

When Adobe Acrobat 6.0 was released, it replaced the Acrobat 5.0 suite. The market was demanding higher quality PDFs for high-end commercial printing. Prior to version 6.0, the Acrobat family was somewhat segmented, but with the release of Acrobat 6.0 Professional, Adobe cemented Distiller’s role as the tool for the "Power User." While the Adobe Acrobat suite is best known