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<blockquote data-quote="Fast Learner" data-source="post: 1151565" data-attributes="member: 649">InDesign PDFs can be troublesome for some (even many) professional RIPs (high-resolution output for print) and even some (though few) laser printers. InDesign's built-in PDF generation uses some Postscript commands that just aren't available in earlier RIPs, even RIPs that were released just a few years ago.The solution (and this is a hassle) is to use Acrobat to re-process the PDF that InDesign generates (if you want the cool auto bookmarks and such) or use Acrobat Distiller to create the PDF as a print job out of InDesign.Unfortunately that means you need both InDesign and Acrobat. I'm fortunate to have been able to purchase both but that's a pretty pricey solution. I suspect PDF995 or a similar product could be used in place of Distiller in one of the above solutions but you'd lose the cool bookmarking (because such products can't re-process PDFs the way Acrobat can).In my opinion (as a Quark fantatic for many years, including teaching it at a professional level), InDesign still kicks Quark's buttocks with aplomb, but the RIPping problem is something you unfortunately have to work around.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Fast Learner, post: 1151565, member: 649"] InDesign PDFs can be troublesome for some (even many) professional RIPs (high-resolution output for print) and even some (though few) laser printers. InDesign's built-in PDF generation uses some Postscript commands that just aren't available in earlier RIPs, even RIPs that were released just a few years ago. The solution (and this is a hassle) is to use Acrobat to re-process the PDF that InDesign generates (if you want the cool auto bookmarks and such) or use Acrobat Distiller to create the PDF as a print job out of InDesign. Unfortunately that means you need both InDesign and Acrobat. I'm fortunate to have been able to purchase both but that's a pretty pricey solution. I suspect PDF995 or a similar product could be used in place of Distiller in one of the above solutions but you'd lose the cool bookmarking (because such products can't re-process PDFs the way Acrobat can). In my opinion (as a Quark fantatic for many years, including teaching it at a professional level), InDesign still kicks Quark's buttocks with aplomb, but the RIPping problem is something you unfortunately have to work around. [/QUOTE]

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