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User Guide
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From the bottom menu, select a printer model.
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In the list that appears, select a PPD file, and then click Add.
About advanced print settings
If normal print settings don’t produce the results you expect, you may need to specify options in the Advanced Print
Setup dialog box. For example, if your printed output doesn’t match the document’s on-screen appearance, you may
need to try printing the document as an image. Or, if a PDF uses fonts that aren’t embedded, you must download the
fonts to the printer when you print the document.
Set advanced print options
The Advanced Print Setup dialog box is available for PostScript and non-PostScript printers.
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In the Print dialog box, click Advanced.
To learn more about an option, select it. A description appears at the bottom of the dialog box.
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Set options for PostScript printers, and then click OK.
Note:
Acrobat sets the PostScript level automatically, based on the selected printer.
See also
“PostScript options” on page 334
PostScript options
Use the PostScript Options panel of the Advanced Print Setup dialog box to set options for a particular PostScript
printer, such as how to handle nonresident printer fonts and whether to download Asian fonts. In addition, if a PDF
contains device-dependent settings, such as halftones and transfer functions, these settings can be sent in the
PostScript output to override the default settings in the printer. To use these options, you must be connected to a
PostScript printer or have a PostScript printer driver installed with a PPD file selected.
Print Method
Specifies the level of PostScript to generate for the pages. Choose the level of PostScript appropriate
for your printer.
Font And Resource Policy
Specifies how fonts and resources in the document are sent to a printer when those fonts
and resources aren’t present on the printer.
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Send At Start
Downloads all fonts and resources at the start of the print job. The fonts and resources remain on
the printer until the job has finished printing. This option is the fastest but uses the most printer memory.
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Send By Range
Downloads fonts and resources before printing the first page that uses them, and then discards
them when they are no longer needed. This option uses less printer memory. However, if a PostScript processor
reorders the pages later in the workflow, it might not reorder the font downloading correctly, resulting in missing
fonts. This option may not work with some printers.
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Send For Each Page
Downloads all fonts and resources for a given page before the page prints, and then discards
the fonts when the page has finished printing. This option uses the least printer memory.
Download Asian Fonts
Prints documents with Asian fonts that aren’t installed on the printer or embedded in the
PDF. The Asian fonts must be present on the system.