Actually, installing Acrobat has NO EFFECT on what InDesign export is capable of or how it works. It has the same options before and after, and does the same job. Acrobat is simply not involved with InDesign PDF Export before or after. (It might add named presets, but not capabilities).

Export is strongly recommended over printing to PDF for InDesign, as has been noted.

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khalid_chouiekh

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before, download one driver ppd from sceen or agfa (www.screen.co.jp - www.agfagraphics.com ) postscript after you must plce this driver into folder ppd of system.

when you need to print specify the folder that it contain the PPD.

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pete006

Participant

OK, but what if I create a Poster at A4 (for file size) and I want to create a PDF that is A1 (so increase it by 200%). How do I do that now?

Indesign CS6

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Test Screen Name

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Scale in InDesign. Don't try to do it later, it's something to do at the design stage. Don't abandon PDF export just because you want to do something differently.

(Prepress pros might have plug-ins that can scale PDFs, but designers don't need to go there)

CtDave

Participating Frequently

A little tongue in cheek; nevertheless -

Install Adobe Acrobat.

Be well...

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mpkoenig3

Participant

I'm looking for an answer to installing a PDF printer in Mac OS X 10.7.3. I've installed Adobe Acrobat. That doesn't help me when I want to print from Quark or InDesign, or any other application, to a postscript file. How do install in Mac OS X 10.7.3 what used to be known in previous Mac OS's as a printer description file, or printer driver, for printing to .ps files?

Dov Isaacs

Legend

You cannot install such a PostScript printer driver instance under MacOS anymore. It is an operating system restriction.

For Adobe applications, you really should never be producing PDF via distillation of PostScript anyway. Simply export PDF from InDesign or save PDF from Illustrator or Photoshop. This yields much higher quality PDF than you would ever achieve via the distillation of PostScript route.

For other applications assuming you have Acrobat Pro installed, you can get Adobe quality PDF by simply going to the print dialog and from the lower left corner dropdown box, choose Save as Adobe PDF.

- Dov

- Dov Isaacs, former Adobe Principal Scientist (April 30, 1990 - May 30, 2021)