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Select a PPD file, Printing stories, Print the Galley or Story view

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USING INCOPY CS4 250 Printing Some InCopy printing features appear in both the Print dialog box of InCopy and the printer driver dialog boxes. In general, you should set options for such overlapping features only in the InCopy Print dialog box; InCopy ignores duplicate settings specified in the printer driver dialog box. The instructions in this section can help you work with the overlapping options. Printer drivers may support features that are not included in InCopy, such as duplex printing. Support for these features varies depending on the printer driver you have. Check with your printer manufacturer for details. If you want to specify settings for a specific printer, InCopy provides access to the printer driver through the Setup button in the InCopy Print dialog box. In Windows, this button opens the Properties dialog box for the currently selected printer. In Mac OS, this button displays the standard Mac OS Print dialog box. Select a PPD file A PPD file (PostScript Printer Description file) customizes the behavior of the driver for your specific PostScript printer. It contains information about the output device, including printer-resident fonts, available media sizes and orientation, optimized screen frequencies, screen angles, resolution, and color output capabilities. It's important to set up the correct PPD before you print. Selecting the PPD that corresponds to your PostScript printer or imagesetter populates the Print dialog box with the available settings for the output device. You can switch to a different one to suit your needs. Applications use the information in the PPD file to determine which PostScript information to send to the printer when printing a document. For best printing results, Adobe recommends that you obtain the latest version of the PPD file for your output device from the manufacturer. Many print service providers and commercial printers have PPDs for the imagesetters they use. Be sure to store PPDs in the location specified by the operating system. For details, consult the documentation for your operating system. ❖ In Windows and in Mac OS, you select a PPD file in the same way you add a printer. The steps for selecting a PPD file are different for each platform. See your operating system documentation for details. Printing stories Print the Galley or Story view When you print the Galley or Story view, InCopy prints unformatted text in a continuous column (or columns), without layout and formatting features. Printing in Galley or Story view gives you a hard copy that resembles galleys in traditional publishing. The galley format makes it easy to concentrate on the textual content of a story, and to see the changes made by you and other contributors. 1 Choose File > Print. 2 Choose Galley & Story from the View option in the Print dialog box. 3 In the Print dialog box, specify the following options: • Type the number of copies to print. • Select the paper size from the list. • Choose the paper orientation. • Choose whether to print All stories, Current Story, or All Expanded. Note: The All Expanded option is active only when you are working with linked InCopy files. Updated 29 April 2009

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250
USING INCOPY CS4
Printing
Some InCopy printing features appear in both the Print dialog box of InCopy and the printer driver dialog boxes. In
general, you should set options for such overlapping features only in the InCopy Print dialog box; InCopy ignores
duplicate settings specified in the printer driver dialog box. The instructions in this section can help you work with the
overlapping options.
Printer drivers may support features that are not included in InCopy, such as duplex printing. Support for these
features varies depending on the printer driver you have. Check with your printer manufacturer for details.
If you want to specify settings for a specific printer, InCopy provides access to the printer driver through the Setup
button in the InCopy Print dialog box. In Windows, this button opens the Properties dialog box for the currently
selected printer. In Mac
OS, this button displays the standard Mac
OS Print dialog box.
Select a PPD file
A
PPD file
(PostScript Printer Description file) customizes the behavior of the driver for your specific PostScript
printer. It contains information about the output device, including printer-resident fonts, available media sizes and
orientation, optimized screen frequencies, screen angles, resolution, and color output capabilities. It’s important to set
up the correct PPD before you print. Selecting the PPD that corresponds to your PostScript printer or imagesetter
populates the Print dialog box with the available settings for the output device. You can switch to a different one to suit
your needs. Applications use the information in the PPD file to determine which PostScript information to send to the
printer when printing a document.
For best printing results, Adobe recommends that you obtain the latest version of the PPD file for your output device
from the manufacturer. Many print service providers and commercial printers have PPDs for the imagesetters they
use. Be sure to store PPDs in the location specified by the operating system. For details, consult the documentation for
your operating system.
In Windows and in Mac
OS, you select a PPD file in the same way you add a printer. The steps for selecting a PPD
file are different for each platform. See your operating system documentation for details.
Printing stories
Print the Galley or Story view
When you print the Galley or Story view, InCopy prints unformatted text in a continuous column (or columns),
without layout and formatting features. Printing in Galley or Story view gives you a hard copy that resembles galleys
in traditional publishing. The galley format makes it easy to concentrate on the textual content of a story, and to see
the changes made by you and other contributors.
1
Choose File
> Print.
2
Choose Galley & Story from the View option in the Print dialog box.
3
In the Print dialog box, specify the following options:
Type the number of copies to print.
Select the paper size from the list.
Choose the paper orientation.
Choose whether to print All stories, Current Story, or All Expanded.
Note:
The All Expanded option is active only when you are working with linked InCopy files.
Updated 29 April 2009