print booklet setup option grayed out when PPD is set to "device independent"

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Hey, y'all. This may be a couple of different problems, so please bear with me.

I'm working on a MacBook Pro with an M1 chip and Ventura. I'm trying to print booklet at 6x12, which I have done plenty of times before, but not with my current OS.

I have the printer set to PostScript file and when I choose Device Indepentent as the PPD, all of the page adjustment options are grayed out. When I set the PPD to any other printer, I can adjust the page size/layout to what I need, but the PostScript files and resulting PDFs have been coming out at 8.5x11 instead of 6x12.

I think I used to have the option to set the PPD as Adobe Acrobat, but I believe I read (in trying to trouble shoot this issue) that Mac has removed support for the Adobe PPD. If this is true, has anyone found a work around for this? Or some other PPD that allows for PostScript files to generate PDFs that actually stay the dimensions you set the page to?

mzulauf0 · Accepted Answer

So, if anyone is having the same issue I am, use this link: https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/kb/save-as-pdf-options-not.html

It provides you with not only the step-by-step to getting Adobe back as a PPD, but also, critically, provides you the PPD file.

Just downloaded it/went through the steps, and got my booklet PDFs formated accordingly.

mzulauf0 · Answer

https://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/kb/add-acrobat-ppd.html

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