why is indesign adding .indd to my .ps file name

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July 23, 2019
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Can anyone answer this?

Thanks in advance.

Christopher

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Srishti_Bali

Legend

Hi there,

Thanks for reaching out. We would need a few more details about this issue, for example:

Workflow and few screenshots of the issue.
OS and version of InDesign.

As Jane mentioned above, InDesign can not save or export PS. Please check out this help article for more details: Supported file formats for InDesign CS5.

Looking forward to your response!

Regards,

Srishti

K

Kathleen Kotomaimoce

Participating Frequently

At my work, we are still using postscript. We have a print preset that we use—maybe it comes directly from the overseas printer where are books are printed? From Indesign CC we run the preset, and then Adobe Distiller to make pdfs. From there printing every page on a fancy Epson for color matching to physically send to the printer, while pdfs are uploaded to there ftp site. Most books we publish have a page count of anywhere from 80 to 160. They are full color, full bleed, photos, raster illustrations, vector graphics and vector diagrams. Is postscript a good process for these circumstances—or is there a better process we should be using?

Bevi Chagnon - PubCom.com

Legend

Postscript-to-distiller is an antiquated method. Long out of date and doesn't give your print shop the flexibility and controls they need to give you a quality finished product, especially re: color management.

What's your company's reason for making PDFs this way?

Best way: File / Export / Adobe PDF (print) and select PDF/X-4 which is the industry's latest standard for prepress.

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