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Free Acrobat Reader Software
Free Updaters & Patches for Adobe Software
Free Plug-Ins, Extensions, Additions, & Filters
Free Drivers & Printer Software

Free Acrobat Reader Software

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Free Updaters & Patches for Adobe Software

Adobe SiteMill Updater 1.0.2

For SiteMill 1.0 users: the updaters solve a problem in which the program could damage .GIF and .JPEG graphics in certain situations. For more information on the updated application, please see the readme file.

Download SiteMill 1.0 to 1.0.2 updater for any 1.0 version of SiteMill

Download all updaters via ftp.

Adobe PageMill Updater 1.0.2

For PageMill 1.0 users: The PageMill 1.0.2 updater improves how PageMill 1.0 handles system memory and HTML written with other programs. It also improves compatibility with older Macintoshes and many extensions and applications. The updater also adds a few new features, such as support for unshaded horizontal rules. Be sure to download the documentation update which is more detailed with a new tutorial and an index.

Download the PageMill Documentation Update
Download the tutorial files
Download PageMill 1.0 to 1.0.2 updater for any 1.0 version of PageMill

For PageMill 1.0.1 users: the updaters solve a problem in which the program could damage .GIF and .JPEG graphics in certain situations.

Download PageMill 1.0.1 to 1.0.2 updater for any 1.0.1 version of PageMill

Download all updaters via ftp.

Update to Adobe Photoshop Windows Full/LE Versions for Using 16-bit Plug-ins on Windows 95

posted 07 February 1996
Although every effort was made to improve compatibility with 16-bit scanning modules and 16-bit filter plug-ins with version 3.0.4 of Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Photoshop LE Windows, some may persist in not working under Windows 95 because they are 16-bit, while Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Photoshop LE Windows are 32-bit. The enclosed update files were created along with the release of the new version 3.0.5 to fix these 16-bit plug-in problems on Windows 95, without requiring you to upgrade to 3.0.5 if you choose not to do so.

Before installing the files, first ensure that you have installed version 3.0.4 of Adobe Photoshop or Adobe Photoshop LE Windows. The files will not function with versions of Adobe Photoshop or Adobe Photoshop LE Windows earlier than 3.0.4. If you do not have version 3.0.4, it will be necessary for you to forgo using these update files and upgrade to version 3.0.5, as the upgrade from 3.0.x to 3.0.4 is no longer available. These update files are already included with version 3.0.5.

To install the update, first Unzip the 16BUPDAT.ZIP file onto your hard drive. Then, following the installation instructions contained in the Readme.txt file. These update files do not completely update your version 3.0.x of Photoshop to version 3.0.5. More Information On Adobe Photoshop 3.0.5 Features And Ordering

DOWNLOAD 16bupdat.zip

Update to Adobe Photoshop Windows Full/LE Versions for Using TWAIN_32

posted 07 February 1996
With the final release of the new 32-bit version of TWAIN (TWAIN_32) from the TWAIN Working Group headed by Hewlett-Packard, the enclosed update files have been created along with the release of the new version 3.0.5 of Adobe Photoshop Windows to provide support for 32-bit scanning in version 3.0.x of Adobe Photoshop or Adobe Photoshop LE without requiring you to upgrade to 3.0.5 if you choose not to do so.

To install the update, first Unzip the TWNUPDAT.ZIP file onto your hard drive. Then, following the installation instructions contained in the Readme.txt file. These update files do not completely update your version 3.0.x of Photoshop to version 3.0.5. More Information On Adobe Photoshop 3.0.5 Features And Ordering

DOWNLOAD twnupdat.zip

Adobe Dimensions 2.0 for 68K series Macintosh - installation updater

updated 15 February 1996
If you are having trouble installing Adobe Dimensions 2.0 on to your 68K Macintosh from your Adobe Illustrator Deluxe CD-ROM you'll want this updater and these notes.

DOWNLOAD BinHex archive 939679 bytes

Adobe Premiere for Macintosh 4.2 -> 4.2.1 updater

posted 24 January 1996
The Adobe Premiere for Macintosh 4.2.1 update is a patcher application that patches Adobe Premiere for Macintosh 4.2 to provide better audio/video synchronization and eliminates occasional garbage frames. For more information on the updated application, please see the readme file.

DOWNLOAD Macbinary self extracting archive 159360 bytes
DOWNLOAD BinHex self extracting archive 216493 bytes
also available via ftp

Adobe Photoshop for Macintosh 3.0.5 Update

The Adobe Photoshop for Macintosh 3.0.5 Update contains an update application that patches Version 3.0.4 to correct a file preview problem and a crash upon quit error on Power Macintosh computers. Also included are several new plug-ins including: a GIF89a Export plug-in which supports interleaved and transparent GIF images and a PowerPC accelerator plug-in which accelerates certain functions such as Gaussian Blur and Unsharp Mask on 604 and 601 processors. For more detailed information, see the individual plug-in read me files.

The Adobe Photoshop 3.0.5 Update application can only be used with version 3.0.4 of Adobe Photoshop for Macintosh or Adobe Photoshop LE. It will not work with earlier versions. Please see Adobe Photoshop Update readme file for installation instructions. (posted 10/4/95)

DOWNLOAD .hqx file

More information about Adobe Photoshop is available. The Windows version of the GIF89a Export Plug-in is also available.

Macintosh ATM 3.8.2 Updaters

Applications to update Adobe Type Manager for the Macintosh, versions 3.8 and 3.8.1 to version 3.8.2. There are several versions of the updater to choose from. See Which Updater Application to Use for more information. Also see the README in the archive directory. If you are using ATM LE, which was included with Adobe Acrobat 2.0, you should use the ATM LE Updater application.

Download via ftp

Adobe Type 1 Enabler 2.2

The Adobe Type 1 Enabler will convert PostScript Type 1 fonts to the QuickDraw GX font format. You should only use this application if you intend to use QuickDraw GX. When you installed QuickDraw GX for the first time, all installed fonts were converted for you. If you install additional PostScript Type 1 fonts, you need this utility to convert them to the new format.

Please consult the README that is part of this self-extracting archive.

Download via http
or Download via ftp

Updater for Adobe Type Reunion

This package includes an application to update Adobe Type Reunion to version 1.2. It will update versions 1.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.0.3, and 1.1.

Please consult the README that is part of this self-extracting archive.

Download via http
or Download via ftp

Memory update for Windows Photoshop 3.01

The PSUT16.DLL and PSUT32.DLL files included with Adobe Photoshop 3.0 have been updated to minimize the amount of low DOS memory required to load the Adobe Photoshop program. The use of these new DLLs should allow for more DOS memory to better run APSI scanning devices. See the README and the zip file.

Download via ftp

Updater for Windows ATM 3.0 or 3.01 to 3.02

(added 9/28/95) DOWNLOAD Windows ATM 3.02 updater (.zip file is exactly 161605 bytes) -- Here is the latest version of ATM 3.02 updater. To update the ATM program files to version 3.02 you MUST have version 3.0 or 3.01 already installed. For additional information refer to the README file.
This patch is also available on our ftp site

Updater for Windows ATM 3.0 to 3.01

DOWNLOAD Windows ATM 3.01 updater (exactly 117297 bytes) -- Here is the latest version of ATM 3.01 updater. To update the ATM program files to version 3.01 you MUST have version 3.0 already installed. This update utility will not work with earlier versions of ATM. You must exit out of Windows before running this update utility. Copy the file 301.EXE to your WINDOWS directory and type 301 at the DOS prompt. For additional information refer to the README file.

Patch for Photoshop 3.0 (Macintosh)

DOWNLOAD Photoshop 3.0.1 updater (binhex'd stuffit archive, exactly 42002 bytes) -- Adobe Photoshop 3.0 for Macintosh was inadvertently shipped with a security code time constraint. Therefore, a customer using Adobe Photoshop 3.0 with their system clock date set prior to January 1, 1994 or after December 31, 1994 will receive a message saying their application has expired. The security constraint does not damage the program or hard drive nor does it destroy any files. This Adobe Photoshop 3.0.1 Update application will fix the problem. The archive contains the updater application and a ReadMe file. The MD5 checksum of the binhex'd archive is 2546bb9f1f2f53a95cc551bfb87f9a14.

Patch for Japanese Photoshop 3.0 (Macintosh)

Access the patch on our ftp server Adobe Systems has announced that versions of Adobe Photoshop 3.0 for Macintosh shipped in Japan inadvertently containa date-driven piece of code that may cause a user's system to crash. Adobe believes this will only impact some customers running Japanese, Korean, or Chinese version sof Macintosh Systems 7.1 or higher when launching Adobe Photoshop for the Macintosh after February 1, 1995.


Plug-Ins, Extensions, Additions, & Filters

Free Acrobat Plug-Ins (and more)

Adobe Photoshop Windows GIF89a Export Plug-in, Version 1.5

posted 07 February 1996
The Adobe Photoshop GIF89a Export plug-in allows you to make use of either Alpha Channel support or the transparency capability in version 3.0.x of Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Photoshop LE Windows to create, edit and export GIF files. These files can then be added to HyperText Markup Language (HTML) documents so that the graphics blend seamlessly into World Wide Web pages, even those with customized background colors or patterns.

The enclosed plug-in for version 3.0.x of Adobe Photoshop or Adobe Photoshop LE was finalized along with the release of the new version 3.0.5 of Adobe Photoshop Windows and is provided to enable GIF89a export without requiring you to upgrade to 3.0.5 if you choose not to do so.

To install the update, first Unzip the GIFUPDAT.ZIP file onto your hard drive. Then, following the installation instructions contained in the Readme.txt file. These update files do not completely update your version 3.0.x of Photoshop to version 3.0.5. More Information On Adobe Photoshop 3.0.5 Features And Ordering

DOWNLOAD gifupdat.zip

Adobe Photoshop for Sun and SGI GIF89a Export Plug-In

posted 07 February 1996
Documentation for the GIF89a Export Plug-in for Sun and Silicon Graphics will be downloaded with this file. Documentation is in PDF format. In order to read this PDF document, you will need to have Acrobat Reader installed on your system. If you have not already installed Acrobat Reader, it is available on your Photoshop CD, or you can get it here.

DOWNLOAD Sun gif89sparc.tar.gz file 414496 bytes
DOWNLOAD SGI gif89sgi.tar.gz file 403839 bytes

VISCharged Photoshop Plug-in for Sun UltraSPARC

posted 07 February 1996
The VISCharged Plug-in has been designed specifically for users of Sun's UltraSPARCs(TM) with the Visual Information Set (VIS) technology.

DOWNLOAD vischarged.tar.gz file 152557 bytes

To install -- download the file above and gunzip and untar it. Then install by copying two files into your install directory, %VISCharged and VISCharged:

1.  Become root
2.  cp %VISCharged <installdir>/Photoshop_3.0.1/plugins/extensions
3.  cp VISCharged < installdir>/Photoshop_3.0.1/plugins/extensions
4.  Quit Photoshop
5.  Remove file in your working directory called .photoshop_version by
typing into a Unix shell:
        cd < working directory>
        rm .photoshop_version
6.  Launch photoshop

PDF Plug-In Filter for Adobe Fetch

This filter allows users to catalog pdf files in Adobe Fetch. It now works with Adobe Acrobat 2.1.
Download via HTTP (BinHex file is 59138 bytes) or download from our FTP site

Adobe Photoshop LE 2.5 (Mac & Windows) GIF Plug-In

The plug-in allows you to open or save images in the CompuServe Graphics Interchange Format (GIF). This format is commonly used to upload documents to the CompuServe Information Service (and other online services) and to pass documents between other types of computers. GIF is a compressed format that is designed to minimize file transfer time over phone lines. The CompuServe GIF format is used for grayscale and indexed color files. download from our FTP server

Adobe Illustrator 5.5 Filter Updates (Macintosh)

(updated 24 January 1996)
We have some updated filters (Acrobat PDF File Format & Find (Select) filters) for Adobe Illustrator 5.5 for Macintosh. You can view a plain-text version of the README.
DOWNLOAD Acrobat PDF and Find Filters for Macintosh Adobe Illustrator 5.5 (binhex'd self-extracting archive, exactly 127689 bytes)

Enhancement Pack II filters for PageMaker

Our ftp server now has some filters for PageMaker. For Macintosh PageMaker 5.0 there are filters for Microsoft Word 6.0 and Word 6.0 with OLE files. For Windows PageMaker 5.0x there are filters for Excel 5 and Lotus 4 (with OLE), Word 6 (with OLE), and WordPerfect 6.1. Also available is a Scripting guide for PageMaker 5.0x


Drivers & Printer Software

Windows 95 Printer Driver INF

(posted 30 November 95) - Adobe is pleased to provide users of Windows(R) 95 with an extensive collection of PostScript printer description (PPD) files for Adobe(TM) PostScript(TM) printers. If your specific printer cannot be found using "Add Printer", you may download the necessary files from here and install them.

Macintosh FAX Printer Driver Software Version 8.2.1F

(updated 10/31/95) - Adobe Fax Printer version 8.2.1 provides all the PostScript(TM) Printer functionality of PSPrinter 8.2.1 plus the ability to send and receive faxes if your printer has the PostScript Fax option installed.

See the README file.
DOWNLOAD via ftp

Updater for Adobe PostScript Printer Driver version 2.1.2 for Windows

DOWNLOAD Adobe PostScript Printer Driver Updater version 2.1.2 for Windows (a self-extracting archive, exactly 335028 bytes) This driver Updater corrects problems affecting Adobe Acrobat 2.0 when using the Adobe PostScript printer driver. Once you have installed this Updater, Acrobat 2.0 and the Adobe PostScript printer driver will be fully compatible, and the Adobe driver will be updated to version 2.1.2.

Before installing this software, you must have already installed version 2.1 or 2.1.1 of the Adobe PostScript printer driver (adobeps.drv) for Windows 3.1. Note that the installation procedure may be performed from within Windows or DOS and will retain any existing printer settings. This Updater does not affect the Microsoft PostScript printer driver (pscript.drv). For installation information refer to the README file.


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