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Introduction
Welcome to the
Adobe® InDesign® CS Printing Guide for Print Service Providers
. You’ll find
this document useful as both a detailed technical reference for handling InDesign CS jobs
from your customers, and as a training tool for your staff. This document is organized so
that you can quickly find information about specific customer situations. You may also want
to read the entire document to gain a comprehensive understanding of service-provider-
related features in InDesign CS.
Each generation of Adobe InDesign has incorporated feedback from print professionals
worldwide. This close collaboration with the print publishing community brought forth
great advances in output efficiency and quality in Adobe InDesign 1.5.2 and Adobe InDesign
2, such as support for a wide variety of Adobe PostScript® workflows, advanced built-in
trapping, and the Ink Manager. The number of service providers embracing Adobe InDesign
continues to accelerate as production-tested experience confirms the reliability and consis-
tency of Adobe InDesign output. Adobe continues to be committed to working closely with
print professionals, to build upon the experience gained from releasing three major versions
of Adobe InDesign since 1999.