Indesign CS To PDF Problem!

[robertw477]

I have a large document using INDESIGN CS that was originally designed 8.5 x 11 with bleed. I need to go to Adobe PDF at 8.38 x 10 7/8 total page size that includes the bleed. I printed to a postcript file and distilled with a page setting in distiller of 8.88 x 10.88 but it doesnt seem to resize the project to the correct size.

Am I doing something wrong. Coming up on a tight deadline and I need to get this corrected!

Robert

It is going to a printer as high res output.

 

[MarcusStringer]

You could change you percentage size when you make you postscript file.
Divide what you want by what you've got.
so 8.38 divided by 8.5 then times by 100, is will give you you percentage.

Or you could simply use the crop tool in Acrobat.

Changing the distiller size won't work.

Marcus

http://www.midlandtypesetters.com.au

 

[jmgalvin]

Go to print the PS file, using Adobe PS as printer and PDF as PPD.

In Setup tab Set the paper size. Custom is at the top of the drop down menu. In Options, select Scale to Fit and Page Positon to Centered.

On Marks and Bleeds tab, select Use Document Bleed Settings, and include all printer's marks, especially bleed.

There is one thing that if VERY important. Page size should be set to the Actual size of the paper that the doc will be printed on - not including bleeds. When you print the PS file, with Use Document bleed settings, or it you add bleed/slug setting in the print window, the bleed area will be added to the page size automatically. If you had an 8.5 X11 page with a bleed area of .125 all around, the resulting page size in the PS file would be 9 X 11.5. That's what will come out when you pdf the thing and the printer marks will tell the printer the bleed.

Print the PS file and distill.

By the way, if you're just making a pdf, without resizing, the ID pdf export will also add the dimensions of the bleed/slug to the pdf. Always make sure you include the marks.