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ot-agencelibre
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December 14, 2017
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Postscript trouble in InDesign

  • December 14, 2017
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Hi,

I have some troubles to print a PostScript file with InDesign CC 2017.
When I open the print menu, I choose "PostScript®" printer, the PPD is Device-independent

but I cannot change the Format…
So, when put my PS file in Distiller, my PDF file is completely cropped up…

What can I do?

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Correct answer Willi Adelberger

Don't use PostScript any more. No EPS, no PDF via print.

Use PDF/X-4 and use export to create PDFs. There is not even one reason to use PostScript to create a PDF.

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geekieish
New Participant
October 21, 2020

It's 2020 almost 2021 and that answer is still absolute b*ll*cks.  If you are an independent contractor/user/designer, don't have the ppd file/ endpoint printer profiles  in the print booklet  > set up screen and adobe STILL doesn't provide easy simple ways to find them, add them, adjust the settings and the settings won't adjust even when you change the page size to something like 11x17 for a 20 month calendar .... then you absolutely have no clue what designers and users are going through in the real world.

 

I totally hate absolutist, non-contextualized, rigid, black/white, either/or answers from know-it-all people who are not authoritatively informed and think they know everything. So fricking annoying. So UNHELPFUL.

    BobLevine
    BobLevine
    Brainiac
    October 21, 2020

    Feel better?

    Willi Adelberger
    Willi AdelbergerCorrect answer
    Inspiring
    December 14, 2017

    Don't use PostScript any more. No EPS, no PDF via print.

    Use PDF/X-4 and use export to create PDFs. There is not even one reason to use PostScript to create a PDF.

    Dov Isaacs
    Dov Isaacs
    Brainiac
    December 14, 2017

    Amen!

              - Dov

    - Dov Isaacs, former Adobe Principal Scientist (April 30, 1990 - May 30, 2021)
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    Laubender
    Brainiac
    December 15, 2017

    https://forums.adobe.com/people/Dov+Isaacs  wrote

    Amen!

              - Dov

    :-)

    But if you absolutely* have to print to PostScript you could get the PPD from my Dropbox account:

    Dropbox - ADPDF9.PPD.zip

    ADPDF9.PPD.zip

       ADPDF9.PPD

    Just create a folder exactly named PPDs in the Presets folder of your InDesign installation and copy the ADPDF9.PPD file to it.

    * there could be some cases where it's ok to have a fall-back to that old and depricated workflow distilling a PostScript file to PDF: Re: PDF über "exportieren" falsch // PDF über Postscript und Distiller richtig

    Regards,
    Uwe

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