>I think it's the PostScript driver that's used to generate .ps files for GhostScript, that Adobe didn't update since 1991, and won't install on 64.

Interesting - I don't use Adobe on any platform.

I think you need to look at other solutions - you know you can call python stuff from other languages (I haven't had the need but I've seen it done). One of the early issues I had was printing reports because ReportLab only creates PDF's. But I soon discovered converting was easy with several of the python solutions. And of course the Linux guys had plenty too with CUPS. But I ended up with Ghostscript because it did every thing. To my knowledge there is nothing from Adobe in Ghostscript (my google check reveals nothing). I believe Ghostscript to be completely open source and free of license.

As far as speed is concerned - I've never checked or tested any other solutions (maybe I should). Obviously I didn't consider it a problem. But I did note many of the other commercial solutions were based on GhostScript.

One Note: On all platforms there are generic PDF viewers. On windows I have been installing LibreOffice (openoffice). Mac and Linux come with viewers. That said, I often find Adobe viewers installed on the windows boxes I work with.

Johnf