Let the printer determine colors in Acrobat 8

Hi,
I am trying to figure out how to let the printer (post script) determine the colors when printing in Acrobat 8. I have read in the user guide that I can configure Acrobat to allow the printer to determine the colors, I just haven't figured out how. Below is a clip from the user guide.
"Letting the printer determine colors when printing
In this workflow, the application does no color conversion, but sends all necessary conversion information to the
output device. This method is especially convenient when printing to inkjet photo printers, because each combi
nation of paper type, printing resolution, and additional printing parameters (such as high-speed printing) requires
a different profile. Most new inkjet photo printers come with fairly accurate profiles built into the driver, so letting
the printer select the right profile saves time and alleviates mistakes. This method is also recommended if you are
not familiar with color management.
If you choose this method, it is very important that you set up printing options and turn on color management in
your printer driver. Search Help for additional instructions."
I have changed the color output in the print driver and I would like those settings to be applied when printing from Acrobat.
Thanks!

For PostScript printers (as opposed to PCL printers or raster printers with proprietary formats), Acrobat always generates the output (i.e., the PostScript) and passes that through the driver. The PostScript driver in fact doesn't generate or affect the generated PostScript except for certain device options such as tray and paper size selection, duplexing, etc. The color options of the PostScript driver are effectively ignored.
Also, in general, Adobe strongly recommends against the let printer determine color option. Beginning with Acrobat 9, the default is the Acrobat Color Management option. (Due to transparency flattening and other considerations, all color management and conversion to device colors, CMYK, should be done within Acrobat by the print process and not at the PostScript printer!)
- Dov

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