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About printer drivers
InDesign supports printing to both PostScript
using most modern or current printer drivers. The InDesign CD includes the AdobePS
printer driver, which enables InDesign output to comply with Document Structuring
Conventions (DSC). When output is DSC-compliant, it can communicate its document
structure and printing requirements to prepress applications that do imposition, trapping,
and OPI image replacement, as well as to RIPs and printers. The result is smoother
processing by post-processing applications and OPI servers.
Note: Pscript 5 and LaserWriter printer drivers also produce DSC-compliant PostScript files
when used with InDesign 2.0.
InDesign supports the following printer drivers for Windows and Mac OS systems.
Operating system
Windows 98
Windows NT 4.0
Windows 2000 and Windows XP
Windows 98, Windows Me, and
Windows NT 4.0
Mac OS 9.2
Mac OS 10.1
Mac OS 9
For more information on supported PostScript printer drivers, including installation
instructions, see the Adobe Printer Drivers section on the Adobe Web site.
For information on creating PostScript files using supported printer drivers, see
the right method for creating a PostScript file" on page
Resolving overlapping InDesign printer driver features
Some InDesign printing features appear in both the printer driver dialog boxes and the
InDesign Print dialog box. If settings overlap, InDesign tries to synchronize the settings,
or to ignore the driver's settings. Some printer driver features (for example, N-up printing,
which prints the same artwork multiple times on the same page) won't work with
InDesign features such as separations, and will produce adverse printing results. For best
results when print settings overlap, specify the settings only in the InDesign Print dialog
box. For more information, see
Specifying printer driver features
If you want to specify settings to a specific printer, InDesign provides access to driver
dialog boxes through these buttons in the InDesign Print dialog box:
Setup In Windows, this button opens the Properties dialog box for the currently
selected printer.
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Driver
AdobePS 4.5
AdobePS 5.2
Pscript 5
Pscript 4
AdobePS 8.7.2 and later
LaserWriter
LaserWriter 8.7 and later
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