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User Guide
See also
“Printing with InCopy” on page 256
To create a standard PostScript file
As an alternative to printing a document to a printer, you can save a PostScript language description of the document
as a file for printing on remote printers. A standard PostScript (.ps) file contains a description of everything in your
document,includinginformation aboutlinkedfiles andinstructionstailoredtothe currentlyselectedoutputdevice.
A PostScript file is usually larger than the original InCopy document. Once you create the PostScript file, you can
copy it to a disk or other removable storage unit (such as a Zip disk), or send it to another computer for printing.
Note: Be sure to save the PostScript file to your hard drive before transferring the file to a network drive or removable
media. The slower access time between the hard drive and other drives can cause file corruption or loss of data, and might
damage your document.
1 Choose File > Print.
2 Click Setup.
3 Depending on your operating system, do one of the following:
• (Windows) Select Print to file. Click Print.
• (Mac OS) Select Output Options from the pop-up menu. Select Save as File, choose PostScript for Format, and
click Save. Enter a name and location for the file when prompted, and click Save.
4 Change the existing settings in the InCopy Print dialog box, if necessary. InCopy uses the current page range when
creating the PostScript file.
5 Click Print.
6 (Windows) Enter a name and location for the file, and click Save.
See also
“To export an InCopy document to Adobe PDF” on page 262
To change the default print setting
You can save print settings with the application, so that new InCopy documents use the same print settings. In
Mac OS, these print settings also become the default for the printer. You can override individual print settings.
1 Choose File > Print, and adjust the default print settings as desired.
2 Click Save Settings.
Any subsequent overrides to these saved settings are discarded at the completion of the print job.
Scaling
When youprint from Layout view,you cancontrol howyourdocumentpages fitonthe chosen papersizebyscaling.
The maximum page size you can print from a Windows system is 129 by 129 inches. To fit an oversized document
on a smaller piece of paper, you can scale the document width and height either symmetrically or asymmetrically.
Youcan also automaticallyscale thepages to fitthe imageableareaofthe currentpaper size.Scalingdoesnot affect
the size of the pages in the document.