InDesign Print Settings - how to

Why are Epson WF7520 printed documents all wrong - colors just don't match my InDesign layout.
The printer copied documents ok but did not print ok. So printing program which was InDesign must be at fault.
The InDesign print settings must be at fault. How to fix"

Well uuhhhmm...it's really not so simple as "so the application must be at fault." Color matching in print is an intricate science containing many variables. To really get troubleshooting help here, you'll have to provide just about all the details regarding the elements of your design, their composition, color models, color profiles, inks used, etc. Furthermore, the act of printing directly from InDesign may introduce some complications in itself. It's likely you'll get suggestions that exporting to PDF and printing that is one way to take more control over the process. And, no matter what, your printed output is never going to look exactly like what you see on your screen.

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your right.. i ment acrobat pro :-)
my problem is that i use the PDF printer to export CAD drawings as PDF´s.
As it is now, there are some pre-defined page sizes in the print settings, and i know i can add custom pages manually one at a time.
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Its like 70 different sizes, and i have them made manually on my current computer, but i hope its possible to copy the list to other computers.
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My problem is that I can no longer override the default printer settings from InDesign!
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Neither does it matter if I make all the necessary settings and save it inside InDesign in its own print dialog.
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Found a solution! HOWEVER, it's not what have been proposed.
Peter, I followed your instructions for trashing my prefs. I started up InDesign and it was like when I first started it with options at the beginning etc. - I knew the prefs were indeed cleared. So I opened up my document to try printing with the black toner only by selecting grayscale. I opened up the settings, chose grayscale in the color options and hit OK. I went back to the same options but still the settings have been reset to the default! I was disappointed since this meant I had to reinstall InD - something I really don't like to do.
I moved back the old prefs to the correct folder and started up InD - now with the old prefs again. I once again tried to print with grayscale, but nothing has changed.
So just for fun, I tried if there was the same problem when printing with "Adobe PDF" (print to a PDF file) instead of printing with the physical printer. So in the InDesign printer settings dialog, I chose "Adobe PDF" instead of "KONICA MINOLTA mc2450 PS". Then in Adobe PDF's own print dialog I chose "black and white" instead of "color" and hit OK. Then I went back there again to see if the changes stuck, or if they was reset like with the Konica Minolta printer.
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So I am wondering, does this have to do with the Konica Minolta printer??? It shouldn't since it works well in other programs, including other Adobe programs!
So for fun and out of frustration, I chose the default "KONICA MINOLTA mc2450 PS" instead of "Adobe PDF" in the InDesign printer dialog and then went to the printers own settings to set it to grayscale as usual. I hit OK whereupon I went back to the printers own settings to check if the changes had stuck.
What do I see? The settings HAD stuck! What on earth?!?!?!?!
After a couple of more tries, I now understood, that what needs to be done, is that one have to actively chose the printer before continuing to any settings.
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Somehow, even when the correct printer is selected, InDesign somehow doesn't recognize the pre-defined printer and can therefore not make the necessary settings to remain.
What needs to be done is to re-select the correct printer, by first selecting something else (another printer or "Microsoft Office Document Image Writer" or whatever) then again selecting the printer of your choice, and then InDesign will recognize the correct printer.
Personally, I think this problem comes up when one have re-installed the printer with the same name as before. And since the re-installed printer have the same name/title as the last installed one (since it IS the same printer, only re-installed for some reason), InDesign CAN HAVE that printer pre-selected in its own printer dialog. HOWEVER, something have probably changed since that re-install, like some hidden printer-ID numbers or some other random ID number that is always assigned to a printer when its installed, resulting in InDesign not recognizing the printer itself because of the new random printer ID number (or whatever it may be), even though the correct printer (by name) is selected.
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