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Print Visible Guides and Baseline Grids Prints visible margin guides, ruler guides,
column guides, and baseline grids in the same color as shown in the document. You can
control which guides and grids are visible in the View menu.
Setting output size and handling options
When you first created your document, you chose a page size and determined whether
the document would have a portrait (tall) or landscape (wide) orientation. When you print,
you need to make similar decisions to determine how your document appears on the
printed page or on film.
About paper size
It's important to distinguish between page size (as defined in the Document Setup dialog
box for your document) and paper size (the sheet of paper, piece of film, or area of the
printing plate you'll print on). Your page size might be US Letter (8.5-by-11 inches), but you
might need to print on a larger piece of paper or film to accommodate any printer's marks
or the bleed area.
The list of paper sizes available to InDesign comes from the PPD (PostScript printers) or
from the printer driver (non-PostScript printers). If the printer and PPD you've chosen for
PostScript printing support custom paper sizes, you'll see a Custom option in the Paper
Size menu.
Most imagesetters can accommodate regular paper sizes, such as letter and tabloid, as
well as transverse orientation, where the regular page size is rotated 90 degrees when
printed. The transverse orientation is often a more efficient use of imagesetter media.
A B
A. Letter (tall orientation) B. Custom C. Transverse
Specifying the paper size
For PostScript printing, InDesign normally uses the paper size default in the PPD file
(PostScript printers) or the printer driver (non-PostScript printers). However, you can
change the paper size to any of the sizes listed in the PPD file, and specify orientation in
90-degree increments as well. Paper sizes are listed by familiar names (such as Letter). The
dimensions define the limits of the imageable area—the total paper size, less any
unprintable border used by the printer or imagesetter. Most laser printers cannot print to
the exact edge of a page.
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