1 It was first shipped as a component of Acrobat in 1993. The LifeCycle Designer is also obtained through a paid subscription, which seems to be posing some discontent amongst some users. 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. Is this a move from Adobe to deter the frequently observed abuse of digitally signed documents converted to postscript by PDF users with the intention to edit and alter digitally signed fields that are supposed to remain locked after the signature was applied? Recently I've also been reading about the LifeCycle Designer which seems to be a better technology as an replacement of Distiller DC and that is only supported in desktop computers (Windows), that it may never be available on Mac (much less in open source Linux and unix distributions). My question is, could Adobe Acrobat still able to automatically convert from PDF to postscript and vice versa after the Distiller is uninstalled? On the other hand, I've noticed that I have it installed in my Windows 10 computer as a separate component, giving me the option to uninstall it if I wanted to.
In older threads I've read that this is an old technology Adobe Acrobat Distiller DC but that it is still integrated with the current DC version of Acrobat.
