It took me awhile (several unrelated attempts) to get this to work right, so I'm adding these details "to the record" in case anyone else needs them. I'm using Acrobat 8.0/ OSX 10.4.11; on other setups you might need to do some things differently.
1. Problem: No Adobe PDF Printer (from File > Print > "Printer" dropdown menu)
I (finally) figured out my PDF printer just wasn't installed. Go to Help > Repair Acrobat Installation. Make sure Adobe PDF Printer is checked. Run the repair.
Add the printer and you're set. (Print > Printer > Add Printer > Default Browser > select the PDF printer and install it.)
2. The there is too much whitespace/pages are "too big" for the contents
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i.e., odd pages have a large right margin, even pages a large left margin, and the page contents shift from side to side as a result.)
You could crop the alternative margins, but I found it much easier to play with these settings:
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Originally Posted by jimteacher
2. Set Page Scaling to "Tile Large Pages", set Tile Scale to 100% and overlap to 0
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Increasing the Tile Scale makes the contents fill the page a little better, so with a little trial-and-error you can get everything just about centered. Adjusting overlap a little an get everything lined up perfectly. The preview thumbnail is not helpful, though; you'll have to check the new PDF after printing to see whether the scale was too large/still too small. (A too-large scale will cause some or all pages to be split in half horizontally.)
3. All OCR-ed text is gone
Still have not figured out how to preserve OCR-ed text for files passed through the PDF Printer. (Can this be done?) Re-OCR-ing the file recompresses the image (especially if some pages need to be de-skewed properly), so there are some more compression artifacts. Just split the pages before running OCR, if you can.