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md94950580
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June 24, 2025
Question

No vector print possible on macOS 15.5 (AirPrint only) — workaround for InDesign?

  • June 24, 2025
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Since using my Brother DCP-L2627DWE printer on macOS 15.5 Sequoia, I can no longer print vectors correctly from Adobe apps (Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop).
The “Print as Bitmap” option is always forced, both with my Brother printer (AirPrint) and my Canon printer (AirPrint as well).
Result: text and vector lines are rasterized and print jagged.
Unchecking “Print as Bitmap” has no effect — it resets or is ignored.

Background:
Brother confirmed that on macOS 15+, Apple no longer allows Brother-specific drivers, only AirPrint is supported.
AirPrint does not support PostScript or PPD, so Adobe apps cannot send correct vector print jobs.

Tried:

  • Reinstalling Adobe apps

  • Reinstalling printer drivers (AirPrint)

  • Resetting settings and preferences

  • PPD is not selectable

  • Saving PDF → printing from Preview works, but is cumbersome

 

Question for Adobe community:

  • Is this a known limitation when using AirPrint on macOS 15+?

  • Are there any recommended workarounds to print vector output directly from Adobe apps with AirPrint printers?

  • Does CUPS-PDF or Ghostscript reliably solve this?

  • Is Adobe planning better support to bypass bitmap printing for AirPrint devices?

System info:

  • macOS 15.5 Sequoia

  • Brother DCP-L2627DWE (AirPrint-only)

  • Canon iX6800 (AirPrint)

  • Adobe Creative Cloud (latest Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop)

3 replies

Abhishek Rao
Community Manager
Community Manager
June 25, 2025

Hi @md94950580,

 

Thanks for sharing all the details and your thorough testing across different setups.

I'm currently checking this behavior with the product team to understand whether it's a known limitation with AirPrint on macOS 15.5 or if further investigation is needed. I'll keep you posted here as soon as I have an update.

 

Thanks again for your patience and for helping us look into this.

Abhishek

md94950580
Participating Frequently
June 25, 2025

Dear @Abhishek Rao

 

Thank you so much for giving this your prompt attention. I also tested with my studio colleque this morning; she experiences the same issues. We do use the same printer.

Looking forward to getting an update from you.
Kind Regards, Marjolein

 

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Willi Adelberger
Community Expert
Community Expert
June 24, 2025
  1. Export as PDF.
  2. Print the PDF from Acrobat.
md94950580
Participating Frequently
June 24, 2025

Thanks @Willi Adelberger it is between the options I tried, Definately an option, it is just not 100% good if you want special settings (colour separations, PPD, imposition etcetra). Of course that also goes for the above solution, with the Generic Postscript Driver you might also loose Brother-specific settings.

But thanks!, much appreciated!

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md94950580
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June 24, 2025

*definitely 

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Brad @ Roaring Mouse
Community Expert
Community Expert
June 24, 2025

If the AirPrint driver has no options to access the PS abiliies of your printer, you are out of luck. Adobe can't change that, that's an OS thing with the AirPrint Driver, and Brother has no interest in making drivers that work.

You could try add anoher instance of you printer and assign the Generic Postscript Driver to it. You will lose device specific device settings, of course.

md94950580
Participating Frequently
June 24, 2025

Hi Brad, 

Thank you so much for your reply, that actually is a very smart alternative. 
I will definately give it a try tomorrow. 
Much appreciated!
Marjolein

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