FHMXa an a Mac - AWOL postscript print menu

Version 10 of Freehand (or any other version) gives me a nice
selection of additional print options under the print menu
Print>Freehand>Setup (for instance selection of a PPD, access
to different page sizes for the selected PPD, crop marks,
registration marks etc).
However, in version MXa this seems to have disappeared (it's
a bit flaky in version 10 but I've just about figured out how to
get to it reliably)
Does anyone know if it's still possible to access this as
it's invaluable when creating PDF's for print.
Any help most appreciated.

FreeHand must have access to a PPD to produce advanced
printing features.
In Mac OS X, the PPD is chosen with the printer setup. Make
sure that your
printer is set up correctly and that you have a Postscript
printer or
virtual printer chosen in the Print dialog. If you have
Acrobat Pro, then
Adobe PDF can be the virtual printer.
This Apple technote might help.
"Mac OS X: How to Add a Postscript Formatting Printer"
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=34886
Judy Arndt

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theosib wrote:
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