Printing in CS4 InDesign

I have CS4 Creative Suite Mac Indesign. My problem is that whenever I attempt to print a file, the computer takes about a minute and then crashes the program. I can export and print a pdf file, but can't print to any printer. I deleted the two files suggested by Adobe (pref and saved), but it had no effect on the problem. Any suggestions?

I know of users who never print directly from InDesign. In my experience, it's just not one of the things InDesign does well, and you may be better off avoiding it.
gsmharvey wrote:
I can export and print a pdf file...
That's the favorable workflow. Is there a reason you feel you must print directly from InDesign?

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On 2 Dec 2009, at 17:01, P Spier wrote:
Can you walk through trhe steps you are using, please?
You need to be sure the print dialog is set up to print the pages in landscape orientation.
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I'd be happy to try. Here are the steps I take, but you should realize that I've done this so many times over the past several days (up to a couple of weeks) that I try different things each time.
I've got a couple of book projects that use similar formats. One is a textbook and the second is a daily log I keep (not always "daily"). Both are printed and bound to become books that are on the order of 400 to 500 pages and are 8.5" by 5.5" in size. So, I have a file I want to print and I want it to come out with side-by-side 5.5 x 8.5" pages (two on each side of an 8 1/2 by 11 inch sheet of paper (i.e., two sided printing).
In InDesign, I click on File, Print Booklet..., and here is what the window looks like: [see attached file "Screen shot 2009-12-02 at 5.51.44 PM.pgn.]
To get it to show "Booklet Type: 2-up Saddle Stitch," I had to click on "Print Settings" at the bottom and select "Setup" and then "Orientation: landscape (2nd from the left on the choice of four orientations)." I also usually go to "Page Setup..." and make sure I chose "Orientation: landscape."
Then I go to the "Printer..." button at the bottom of the "Print" window and select things so it looks like this: [see attached file "Screen shot 2009-12-02 at 5.57.44 PM.pgn.]
To get this, I had to click on the "Layout" option and then "Booklet Printing." That automatically selected "Two-Sided" printing.
As far as choices go, I think that is it.
The page that printed most recently with those settings came out with four (not two) pages on each side of the page. Further, the four pages that printed on the back side of the sheet of paper were upside down relative to those on the front side. This may be the result of using "2-up Saddle Stitch" but I'm not sure of that.
But here is the problem that has really been bugging me: the pages on one side of the paper don't go as far toward the margin as they should. Here is one example of low-res pictures of the front of the page that printed.
The page shows two full "pages" along the left top and right top, but along the left and right bottom pages, only about half of the pages printed. The back side of the sheet of paper was similar, with only half of the "pages" showing for two of the four pages on this side.
So, I hope this is enough information for you. I'd be happy to provide more if needed. And thank you for even attempting to help. I've been struggling with this issue for a couple of weeks (I'm retired, so I sure don't spend full time on it, but I sure have spent hours at it, all to no avail).

Printing issues from InDesign CS4 pdf file

Good morning,
Could you help explain and possibly resolve an issue I'm having with an InDesign CS4 pdf file where the text and image drop shadows (40%) are printing as solid black blocked shapes from a large format printer. The file encompasses 1 overall image, 1 image with drop shadow, 3 text frames with drop shadow effect applied to the text and 1 group set of simple rectangular and ellipse objects with a glow.
My colleagues in graduate school experienced the same with their files and the output bureau's rasterized the pdf file in Photoshop where it printed out with good resolution. Shouldn't this be resolved first in InDesign rather than rasterizing the file?
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Printing/Font problem Indesign CS4

I am hoping someone can help me figure out an issue I'm having with Adobe Indesign CS4 and printing.
A few weeks ago I upgraded from CS3 to CS4. I had just sent a CS3 document to my printer and it looks great. I decided to update all the files I was working to CS4 (Indesign) since I knew I'd be working on them within the next few months. I upgraded and printed out one of the files to my xerox 6200 phaser and now parts of the document (a 4 page document) prints out of my printer like it's missing the font. Not all of the fonts change to a strange courier slanted italic font, just some of them. I've tried just about everything and am driving myself crazy trying to get it fixed. I can't attach a sample because it only does it when printing. I have checked for errors in preflight and I have none. The fonts I'm using are cronos mm and cronos mm italics. My operating system is snow leopard 10.4.11.
These are what I've tried:
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2. Made a pdf of the indesign 4 file and no errors and looks great on screen and prints from the printer and looks great.
3. I've printed out individual pages, one at a time, and when printing individual pages no weird fonts, but when I send the job to printing the whole document is when I get the weird fonts.
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5. Exported the text and saved it as plain text from text edit and placed it in a fresh file and reapplied the fonts and it still prints weird. I only did 1 and a half pages of it to see if just bringing in clean text and redoing it but it didn't work.
6. I'm using Font Agent Pro 3.3.2 and I deleted the fonts from the system and reimported the fonts from a backup file. Verified the fonts and found that some of the cronos fonts (expert) couldn't be verified and deleted them, but those weren't the ones that I was using.
7. Cleaned the font cache using Tweak Freak.
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13. Printed from another person's computer who has everything that I have on my system and his system does the same thing.
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Rosie

Peter,
Thanks so much! It worked! I changed it to subset and it printed perfect. I had tried everything else in that box, such as binary instead of ascii, level 2 instead of 3, but never changed from complete to subset. I really appreciate your help! And I do still have some hair left. I didn't pull it all out
As a side though, it's weird that in CS 3 with the same settings - complete - it would print fine, but when upgrading it changed it. I also exported it as a pdf to make sure it looked good on screen and printed out great. Thanks again. I appreciate your help. You are brilliant!
Rosie

CS4 Indesign Printing issues

Hi, We have a new Mac Pro Tower we just purchased with Snow Leopard 10.6.7. We are using Adobe Indesign CS4 Version 6.0.6. I have an Indesign project that I need to print to our Canon ImagePress C1 with a fiery. I go to File>Print, then it shows it's kind of preparing it to be sent to our printer. After about 30 seconds the printer window pops up and it says: spooling for about another 30 seconds and then the printer puts this job on pause. Below is the console logs from this users machine: Where you see "username" I removed the person's name for security.
06/May/2011:08:32:19 -0700] [Job 66] Wrote 4816 bytes of print data...
D [06/May/2011:08:32:19 -0700] [Job 66] STATE: +connecting-to-device
D [06/May/2011:08:32:19 -0700] [Job 66] Looking up "192.168.64.17"...
D [06/May/2011:08:32:19 -0700] [Job 66] Connecting to 192.168.64.17:515 for printer print
D [06/May/2011:08:32:19 -0700] [Job 66] Connecting to printer...
D [06/May/2011:08:32:19 -0700] [Job 66] STATE: -connecting-to-device
D [06/May/2011:08:32:19 -0700] [Job 66] Connected to printer...
D [06/May/2011:08:32:19 -0700] [Job 66] Connected to 192.168.64.17:515 (IPv4) (local port 1022)...
D [06/May/2011:08:32:19 -0700] [Job 66] prtMarkerSuppliesLevel.1.1 = 4050
D [06/May/2011:08:32:19 -0700] [Job 66] prtMarkerSuppliesLevel.1.2 = 1275
D [06/May/2011:08:32:19 -0700] [Job 66] prtMarkerSuppliesLevel.1.3 = 1700
D [06/May/2011:08:32:19 -0700] [Job 66] prtMarkerSuppliesLevel.1.4 = 1275
D [06/May/2011:08:32:19 -0700] [Job 66] prtMarkerSuppliesLevel.1.5 = -2
D [06/May/2011:08:32:19 -0700] [Job 66] ATTR: marker-levels=75,75,100,75,-1
D [06/May/2011:08:32:19 -0700] [Job 66] lpd_command 02 print
D [06/May/2011:08:32:19 -0700] [Job 66] Sending command string (7 bytes)...
D [06/May/2011:08:32:19 -0700] [Job 66] Reading command status...
D [06/May/2011:08:32:19 -0700] [Job 66] lpd_command returning 0
D [06/May/2011:08:32:19 -0700] [Job 66] Control file is:
D [06/May/2011:08:32:19 -0700] [Job 66] H"Username"
D [06/May/2011:08:32:19 -0700] [Job 66] P"Username"
D [06/May/2011:08:32:19 -0700] [Job 66] J2011_Holiday_Layout.indd
D [06/May/2011:08:32:19 -0700] [Job 66] ldfA517username.cor
D [06/May/2011:08:32:19 -0700] [Job 66] UdfA517username.cor
D [06/May/2011:08:32:19 -0700] [Job 66] N2011_Holiday_Layout.indd
D [06/May/2011:08:32:19 -0700] [Job 66] lpd_command 02 139 cfA517username.cor
D [06/May/2011:08:32:19 -0700] [Job 66] Sending command string (27 bytes)...
D [06/May/2011:08:32:19 -0700] [Job 66] Reading command status...
D [06/May/2011:08:32:19 -0700] [Job 66] lpd_command returning 0
D [06/May/2011:08:32:19 -0700] [Job 66] Sending control file (139 bytes)
D [06/May/2011:08:32:19 -0700] [Job 66] Control file sent successfully
D [06/May/2011:08:32:19 -0700] [Job 66] lpd_command 03 4583404072 dfA517username.cor
D [06/May/2011:08:32:19 -0700] [Job 66] Sending command string (34 bytes)...
D [06/May/2011:08:32:19 -0700] [Job 66] Reading command status...
D [06/May/2011:08:32:19 -0700] [Job 66] lpd_command returning -1
D [06/May/2011:08:32:19 -0700] [Job 66] Backend returned status 1 (failed)
D [06/May/2011:08:32:19 -0700] [Job 66] Printer stopped due to backend errors; please consult the error_log file for details.
D [06/May/2011:08:32:19 -0700] [Job 66] End of messages
D [06/May/2011:08:32:19 -0700] [Job 66] printer-state=5(stopped)
D [06/May/2011:08:32:19 -0700] [Job 66] printer-state-message="/usr/libexec/cups/backend/lpd failed"
D [06/May/2011:08:32:19 -0700] [Job 66] printer-state-reasons=paused
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I never had this problem on my old computer. I'm wondering if this is one of the "unsupported" bugs of running CS3 on Snow Leopard. I want to make sure that this is a problem unique to running CS3 with Snow Leopard before I go ahead and upgrade to CS4 or CS5.
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Hi again Peter
It is version 5.0.4. I updated it when I newly installed it a week ago in my new computer, and then again updated it just yesterday.
I might mention that before I got my new computer, I was running Mac OS 4.11, and was using InDesign 3.0. I had bought InDesign CS3 about a year ago, but hadn't gotten around to using it since version 3.0 had been working fine, and I was used to it. Then, when I got my new computer, I decided it was time to use the newer version. However, while using InDesign 3.0 with the old Mac OS 4.11, a printing problem popped up there, too, a few months ago... and it also involved printing problems with Adobe Reader. I contacted Adobe, and they sent me a patch which fixed it. I will contact Adobe again if need be, although I thought I'd start here first to see if it was a common enough problem that someone might be able to provide a free and routine answer.
Richard
Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2010 20:10:13 -0600
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: Printing problems with InDesign CS3 with Mac OS 10.6.3
I neglected to ask what version of indesign CS3 you are using. I also
notice that Mac OSX 10.6.4 has just been released. It actually
addresses some CS3-specific issues, though they seem to be related to
launching the apps, not printing. It may be worth trying to update,
nonetheless.
Peter Truskier
Premedia Systems, Inc.
510-655-4454
>

Print Preview in InDesign?

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Am I just not getting how to do this? I see the Preview Window under print, but it isn't showing me the exact placement of the elements on the page, so I can see what's getting cut off and where, just the overall size of the enlarged area.
Thanks -- Nancy

I'm sorry, I think I have not been very clear. This document has two purposes. I have a page setup to be printed on a press. It's not 8-1/2 x 11, because it has to be setup smaller for the press. It is perfect for that purpose. To get a file I can feed to my fax broadcast system, I just need a postscript print file, the same file, that is now printed to a media size of 8-1/2 x 11, as large as possible to fill the space, with slightly different settings as to position on page, grayscale instead of color, etc. I am trying to avoid creating a separate document, or making changes to this document, because it isn't really necessary. This document is perfect for its purpose of creating the printed page; I just need a print file of it that's scaled a little larger to fit an 8-1/2 x 11 page so I can now run it through my fax system.
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Cannot print A3 from InDesign to Canon clc 4040 printer

Hi I have a problem that may or may not have anything to do with InDesign...
Office with 5 Mac Pros, PowerPC models, all running identical OSX 10.5.latest, Adobe CS4 everything.
All software up to date. Basically all machines identical.
All users are storing their files on the same network volume.
3 Macs can print A3 to the Canon clc 4040 but 2 cannot. This is Mac20 used by Kirsti and Mac07 used by Kevin.
If Kirsti sits at Mac20 she cannot print A3 from InDesign. It prints an A4 page, being part of the whole A3 document (its not the A3 doc shrunk to fit A4) The same goes for all other apps including MS Word. Page setup =A3, printer setup = A3, result... printer prints A4. BUT she can print A3 from Quark XPress 8.0.
If Kirsti logs in to another Mac she still cannot print A3 BUT the usual user of that Mac CAN print A3. But if they try to print Kirsti's files A3 they cannot.
All Macs have exactly the same driver from Canon. Latest version 2.0 from their website.
Deleting the InDesign preferences from the Mac makes no difference.
All Macs on same network.
All connecting to Canon clc 4040 via network using IP or using Bonjour. Same result with either protocol.
I have deleted and re-installed the printer countless times.
The only "work around" is to remove the A4 tray and "force" the printer to use A3.
The above scenario is the same for Kevin on Mac07
The Canon CLC 4040 has a "Fiery RIP" whatever that is...
Can anyone point me at where the problem lies? I have had a Canon tech on site but he could do nothing.
Message was edited by: Triumph5ta, corrected a typo.

My experience is with CS2 on OS 10.3.9 and 10.4.11, so this may have changed in CS3, or 10.5....
Setup a custom paper size for your printer.
This can be accessed from within the InDesign Print window.
File > Print
Select your printer from the
Printer: pulldown menu (if not already selected)
Click
Page Setup... at the bottom left
Click
Settings and then select
Custom Paper Size from the list of options
Click
New, name the style, define the paper size and printable margins, and save it.
Click OK to exit the page setup.
In the InDesign Print Window, Click on
Page Setup... again
Select
Your New Paper Size in the Page Setup
Paper Size: pulldown, then click OK.
InDesign Print window
Setup should reflect the new page size and list the paper size as "Defined by Driver"
If your document page size is the same as your paper size, then the preview in the lower left should reflect that.
HTH
-mt

After Upgrade to os 10.6.8 Prints from CS4 Photoshop show blue tint outside the printing area

After Upgrade to os 10.6.8 from 10.5.8 Prints from CS4 and 5.5 Photoshop show blue tint outside the printing area, not so when printing from CS2. I could not beleive this was still an issue. Is there any known solution to this long ongoing and well known dispute between apple and adobe?

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Snow Leopard 10.6.2 CS4 InDesign can't open files with a "#" in file path

Snow Leopard 10.6.2 CS4 InDesign can't open files with a "#" in file path using any of these perfectly normal methods:
1. double-click file in the Finder (e.g in a Folder on your Mac or on your Mac desktop etc.)
2. select file and choose "File... Open" command-o in the Finder
3. drag file to the application icon in the Finder.
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This happens to any InDesign file that has a "#" (pound sign, number sign, or hash) in the filename or in the file path (any parent folder).
To reproduce
Name an InDesign file Test#.idd Try to open it in the Finder or Bridge (as opposed to the "Open" dilaog of InDeisng itself).
"Solution"
The file WILL open using File... Open... command-o while in InDesign application.
Rename the file or folders that have a "#" (shift-3) in the filename.
Report to Adobe if it bugs you.
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Untested in Panther or before and
Untested with CS3 and earlier in Snow Leaopard.
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http://www.rorohiko.com/soxy
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In the three orange ellipses in this photo, you can see some of the vertical lines that have been driving me crazy. Any idea what causes them?
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Thanks so much for helping me. I'm at my wits' end, because if I print directly from InDesign I sometimes have glitch lines here and there throughout our manuals, but if I try saving any composites from PhotoShop; it blurs the type and lines.
--Stan B.

HURRAY! Cheers, confetti, balloons, and a free party to all of you (I wish) !
I took the "looks good" page in my InDesign Document, and:
1. opened a new document in PS with a white background,
2. copied the photo there, as the background layer,
3. grouped and copied all the text and callout lines, on another layer, and
4. copied the big company logo at the bottom, as another layer. (Each became a Vector Smart Object as I copied it in.)
I then saved it as a PSD file, then as a TIF file, and finally as a PDF file.
When I printed out the page directly from my InDesign document-- linked first to the PSD, then relinked to the TIF, then relinked to the PDF-- all three pages printed out perfectly.

Is there any way to print directly from InDesign CS3 to Mavericks 10.9.4?

Are there any fixes or workarounds that allow me to print directly from InDesign CS3 to Mavericks 10.9.4. Everything I try now causes InDesign to freeze if I attempt to print. The only way is to export the file as a PDF. Thank you.

You shouldn’t be having a problem like that. I’m going to move this to the InDesign forum but it would help if you posted more details on the issues you’re having.
Another thing to try is exporting to INX from CS3 and opening the INX in CS5.5

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I had to print a collage of 28 images on one page. In the InDesign print dialogue where you choose the colour management in the options field in colour handling it says let InDesign determine Colours which is unachangeable, certainly on my machine. Under that it suggests you pick the printer profile that you wish to use. When I do this the print is all washed out and pink. I'm aware of the conflict warnings if you try and set stuff in the Mac print dialogue. However trying this I get this error message once I come out of the Mac dialogue and press print in the InDesign dialogue: "Printing error: The Adobe Print Engine has failed to uotput your data due to an unknown problem." Two things: my friend doesn't get this error message and can print away. I finally solved my print problem by choosing Adobe 1998 as my printer profile in InDesigns colour management dialogue!.
My Mac is on 10.5.8 and my friends is on 10.6.8 so there is that. I'm also aware that its possible to get lucky with some files using Adobe 98 as a print space because I used to do it all the time years ago before I ever knew about colour management so I'm not convinced I have nailed this and using Adobe 98 as the printer profile in InDesign just seems stupid. I printed a single image through Photoshop that forms part of the collage and it perfectly matched my colour managed workflow.
If anybody has any ideas i would be very grateful To hear them.
Regards. Patrick.

I wish I could help, but I just upgraded to CS5.5, and I'm also on Mac OS5.8. I've gone back to CS2 to print because, out of CS5.5 I get a poor b+w print. Adobe tech says my printer is old and suggested updating my printer driver, but I'm using a driver appropriate to my old HP OfficejetPro. My printer's been a workhorse, but they're so cheap, I may buy another printer. It makes no sense that CS5.5 should be so picky about printers.

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