Distiller PPD default page size

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5 total messages Started by Lin M Sat, 11 May 2002 03:30

#1428

Author: Lin M
Date: Sat, 11 May 2002 03:30

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I do a lot of PDFs in A4 and other international page sizes, and am finding the default 'letter' size in the Distiller PPD very frustrating. It reverts to this default every time any other value is set in the printer options. 

Is there an international Distiller PPD or some way to set the default so it doesn't keep reverting to letter size? 

I know I can use printer styles, but I'm the sort of person who needs to check (and sometimes tweak) setting for important jobs. Just checking can sometimes cause the size to revert. 

Thank you for any help with this 

Lin M

Re: Distiller PPD default page size

#1432

Author: Aandi Inston
Date: Sat, 11 May 2002 17:02

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>I do a lot of PDFs in A4 and other international page sizes, and am finding the default 'letter' size in the Distiller PPD very frustrating. It reverts to this default every time any other value is set in the printer options. 

What driver, application, platform?  where are you setting it in
printer options?

Aandi Inston

Re: Distiller PPD default page size

#1434

Author: Lin M
Date: Sun, 12 May 2002 02:53

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Aandi

> What driver, application, platform?  where are you setting it in
> printer options?

Printing from InDesign 2 on W98SE. I'm using the Distiller printer, which
I've set to default to A4 in Windows settings. However, from within ID the
default is Letter, (even though the application itself has been set to
default to A4) and can be changed only temporarily. Which means that setting
'sticks' only until I go back into the printer properties from within
InDesign.

Incidentally, printing to Distiller from within ID grabs file info from my
system rather than my file, which has its own problems. But that's off
topic!

Thanks for responding

Lin M

Re: Distiller PPD default page size

#1435

Author: Aandi Inston
Date: Sun, 12 May 2002 09:01

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Oh, Ok, so it is working in other programs, but not InDesign?

I'd recommend posting this in the InDesign forum, since InDesign
largely ignores what the PSPrinter driver does, and does its own
thing.

Aandi Inston

Re: Distiller PPD default page size

#1436

Author: Lin M
Date: Sun, 12 May 2002 13:25

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Yes, it seems so. But the drivers for the physical printers I use (Epson Stylus and HP LaserJet) seem quite happy with the default at A4 from InDesign; it's only the Distiller driver that's so inflexible. Distiller shows that behaviour in other apps, not just ID, so I assumed it was a Distiller driver/ppd problem. 

Thanks anyway, Aandi 

Cheers 

Lin

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