No matter which printer I choose, InDesign CS4 rejects it.

I downloaded the trial version of InDesign CS4 for my Vista machine. Every time I try to change the printer to anything but PostScript file, it tells me "Printer selection failed. Restoring the previous selection" ... is this a limitation of the trial version or what? CS3 prints fine to all my printers. .... if it matters, both my printers are HP. My main one is HP Business Inkjet 2800.
Any help would be appreciated!!
-Jennifer

One other thing. It matters, on Vista 64-bit versions, where the programs are installed. InDesign is a 32-bit program so you need to be sure it goes into the 32-bit program files directory.
Did you try installing a copy of the printer, or deleting the instance you have and reinstalling that? It shouldn't matter if InDesign is installed before or after the printer.
Oh man, Peter. I had no idea about the 32-bit, 64-bit thing. Where the heck is the 32-bit program files directory? This is a 64-bit operating system I have now and although I did delete the printer from the printer list and then added it again, since the drivers are included with the system, there is no reinstalling anything, it just adds the printer again. And since there are no drivers available for me to download and install, I don't get to do it manually, because all-knowing windows knows exactly what I need and tells me what I have to do (cough, cough).
I can print from Acrobat -- and Illustrator CS4, but not InDesign. Are those 32-bit application also, or just InDesign?
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