Jeremy Bohn Posted September 10, 2018 Share Posted September 10, 2018 Publisher doesn't seem to have any professional printing options that I would expect for output to a printing press. As long as printing is tied into Apple's default printing dialog, it's going to be much too limited for this purpose. The built-in system overly relies on popup menus too which are quite annoying to work with. Among many other things, some of the basic professional print features missing are: Page size controls directly in the dialog (imagine printing a smaller document onto a larger plate for a printing press) Control page position (centre, centre vertically, horizontally etc) Enable/Disable Print blank pages Bleed - add in option to use document bleed or specify a custom bleed Separations control, ink aliases etc. Crop marks "edge only" option - I'm not sure why this is even an option as the definition of crop marks to me IS edge only, but regardless, when enabled or disabled the preview box doesn't update to show the difference. Better visual aides in the print preview - see InDesign, for example the bleed area is shown in pink and the document edge and direction is clearly defined Flip, Negative, Screening Controls - all of which are vital to press InDesign has it's own Print dialog, and I remember QuarkXpress did too before I switched many years ago. Nazario 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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