Printing Problem in InDesign – Resolved in CS3/4 ?

With InDesign CS and CS2 it was not possible to print to a non-Postscript printer at a resolution greater than 300ppi – thus rendering text and graphics with less than smooth edges. This was a limit imposed by the way InDesign CS/CS2 sends the document to the printer. In order to retain a colour managed workflow the workaround is to export the document to a PDF, import into Photoshop, and print from there (with full colour management). Adobe have previously acknowledged this problem.
My question is this.
Has this issue been resolved in either IDCS3 or CS4 ?

You can choose Print as Bitmap and select 600dpi in IDCS3 & 4. In fact you will probably need to choose Print as Bitmap, printing to a RGB device if you do not want the monitor profile introduced into the print flow, unless you are printing with a Canon driver that you can choose Fast Graphic Process which bypass the Apple printing path where the monitor profile is introduced.
I do not know what dpi is actually being sent (by the drivers or Apples rendering) to the printing when Print as Bitmap is not selected but I have not seen any jagged edges but it does appear to be more than 300dpi.

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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
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510-655-4454
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From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
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Peter Truskier
Premedia Systems, Inc.
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>

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