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James

Bob is correct, you will probably get a more thorough answer in the InDesign
forum.

But this is how I do my PDFs out of InDesign:

It has this great option to generate the PDF within called "PDF Export
Presets" under the File Menu.
 
Choose "Print" (this should be set up just like the "Print" presets in
Distiller) as this should give you hi-res for printing press specs.

You do have the option to change these specs when the dialog box comes up
when saving the file. Ask your printer/vendor what specs they require and
change/set it accordingly.

Bring it up in Reader and check to see if all is there and well.

Mine have worked fine.

If this doesn't work for some reason create a postscript file:

When you tell the document to print, instead of printing, save the file as a
postscript. Again, check to see if the specs match what your vendor needs.
You can save these presets as a set within Distiller so that you will have a
set to match your printers specs. It will come up in the menu of presets for
you to choose from.

Bring it into Distiller and distill it to the specs of "Print" (you may want
to double check these specs but they work fine for me just as they are).

Read your dialog box within Distiller to make sure the PDF was created
properly and then bring it into Reader to check it.

Hope this helps,
k