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If you're making color separations, you can print a color or grayscale composite proof to
check your work. A composite image can help you design and proof your layout before
you print final (and costly) separations.
When InDesign prints a composite, it prints all of the colors used in the file on one plate,
regardless of whether any individual colors are selected.
Consider the following issues when printing composites:
Any overprinting options that you've selected in the document will print correctly on a
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printer that supports overprinting. Since most desktop printers don't support
overprinting, you can simulate the effects of overprinting by selecting Simulate
Overprint in the Output panel of the Print dialog box.
Important: Selecting Simulate Overprint will convert spot colors to process colors for
printing. If you intend to use a file for separations on a RIP, or for final output, do not select
this option.
When you print to a black-and-white printer, InDesign produces a grayscale composite
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version of the pages. If the document contains color, InDesign prints visually correct
grays to simulate that color. For example, the gray that simulates a 20% tint of yellow is
lighter than a 20% tint of black, since yellow is visually lighter than black.
When you print a book with chapters containing conflicting spot inks or trap styles, you
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can instruct InDesign to synchronize settings with the master document. (See
"Synchronizing documents in a book file" on page
If you're using color management with the Book feature, make sure that each
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document in the book uses the same color management settings in the Color Settings
dialog box.
Note: Remember that, like monitors, color printers vary greatly in color reproduction
quality; thus, proofs from your service provider are the best way to verify how the finished
piece will look.
Printing a document or book
The InDesign Print dialog box groups printing options in several panels. To print a book or
selected documents in a book, open the Print dialog box from the Book palette; the only
way to print a book is by using the Book palette.
To open the Print dialog box and view different groups of printing options:
1 Do one of the following to open the Print dialog box:
If you have individual documents open, choose File > Print. This opens the Print dialog
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box for the frontmost open document.
If you have either no documents or all documents selected in the Book palette, choose
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Print Book in the Book palette menu. This will print all documents in a book.
If you have some documents selected in the Book palette, choose Print Selected
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Documents in the Book palette menu.
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