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2 Choose the PPD for the final output device.
3 View or change existing print settings. InDesign uses the current page range when
creating the PostScript file.
4 Click Save.
5 Specify a name and location, and click Save.
Creating a device- and driver-dependent PostScript file
This type of PostScript file is created with a printer and supported driver selected, and has
the following characteristics:
It is driver-dependent. This means that the PostScript file will contain code generated
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by InDesign and by the driver. The InDesign code is primarily responsible for the page
content, including font downloading, and for setting basic device information, such as
media size, resolution, and screening. The driver is primarily responsible for setting
special driver features, such as watermarks, and for enabling or controlling special
device features it gets from the PPD. Since InDesign doesn't have complete control over
creating the PostScript file, the level of DSC compliance isn't quite as high as it is with
driver-independent PostScript files. The level of DSC compliance, and therefore the
PostScript file's suitability for prepress tasks, depends on the printer driver used. For
recommended printer drivers, see
file" on page 410.
It is device-dependent. This means that it contains code for enabling and controlling
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specific device features, making it less compatible with devices other than the
target device.
It can be composite or separated (all of the color output methods that InDesign
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supports are available).
It can be trapped by InDesign (either by using Application Built-In or Adobe In-RIP
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Trapping).
It can be printed directly to the device, or to file.
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This type of file is ideally suited for proofing (by the designer) to desktop PostScript
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printers. It can also be used by service providers who don't plan to do any prepress
tasks to the job outside of InDesign or the RIP system. In other words, if trapping is
done, it happens in InDesign or at the RIP.
For a list of supported printer drivers and related information, see
on page 385.
To save your document or book as a PostScript file using a PostScript printer driver
(Windows):
1 In the InDesign Print dialog box, click the Setup button at the bottom of the dialog box.
2 In the printer driver's dialog box, select Print to File.
3 If you're using the AdobePS printer driver for prepress purposes, do the following:
Click the Layout tab, and then click the Advanced button.
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Click Document Options, and then choose Optimize for Portability in the PostScript
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Options menu. Click OK.
4 Click OK or Print to return to the InDesign Print dialog box.
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