Grayscale pdf output possible?

How do you output a grayscale pdf from InDesign?
I know of outputting it from ID and bringing it into Acrobat and Converting to the Gray Gamma profile.
Or printing it from ID using the Composite Gray color setting as a Postscript file and then running it through Distiller.
I am looking for a one-step process to do it from InDesign. Do you know of another way?
Cheers,
Matt

Mr. Met wrote:
I thought that only applied to CS4 and/or snow leopard thing. I have CS3/OS 10.4.11 and have no problems printing to postscript.
Right, it's a problem in Snow Leopard. It looked to me as if you were answering the question of what method to use in Snow Leopard, and print to PS is problematic. For that matter, the result is the same if you print to PS and distill or do it in one step by printing to PDF if you use the same settings, so unless you use a watched folder for distiller, I can't see any reason to use two steps.

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