Printing with trial Indesign

My document created with Indesign will not print. Help!

Are you saying ID will not export a PDF?
Perhaps you are not giving it sufficient time. Export to PDF is a Background Task which means that it happens inthe background while you continue to work. If you try to view the PDF before the export is complete it will fail. There is a somewhat hard to see indicator in the menu bar of scrolling horizontal lines that is active during the export process, but the easy way to tell the PDF is ready is to check the box to View PDF After Exporting inthe export dialog.
And yes, there are printers that work fine in most programs but don't get along well with ID. These tend to be printers that use proprietary Postscript emulations rather than Genuine Adobe Postscript.

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