I'm sure some of the Typophile people wouldn't mind helping you out, even though the main focus of the forum is typography.
You could also try YayHooray.

Nice link. Thanks.

I also found that there's a decent design newgroup:

alt.design.graphics

A lof junk on there also though :-\

Changing from Web to Print. Yippie, the tide is turning. I always found webcoding boring as hell and am SO happy to have a partner who is ace at doing Flash/ActionScript stuff, so I can concentrate on working on PAPER. I'm getting old, must be why I LOVE the web but dislike progging. Maybe I'm just too intuitive and impulsive for that, all my codes were always buggy as hell :-).
If you have any questions, I'm sure folks here can help you out. As typography is still more a print thingie, many here will know how to get a decent PDF done and grid and layout IS typography, so... it is even ontopic :-)

Very cute forum. Good booktips, right up my alley :-D.

I too am in the process of doing the web-to-print transition. It's been good so far, reading up a lot.
YayHooray is a nice resource if you can filter out the pointless bickering and trolling.

Do you know, how to get points there? I cannot post. The violent-book-thread is wonderful. Absolutely down my alley... :-D

Done

Currently, I find myself printing out a bunch of drafts on my inkjet just to check type sizing, etc. Type looks so different when printed vs when it's one screen. The size and weight always throw me.

I need to get confident about selection there.

HD, you mentioned PDF. Is that the prefered way to hand off to a printer. Not sure about Quark, but InDesign has a nice packaging feaure that lets you export all the images, settings, fonts, etc. Very handy.

Also, my existing issue has to do with margins. I'm doing a brochure piece that has a contemporary design style (you know, a 1/4" white margin that frames moody background photos). Anyway, it appears fine in InDesign, but when I print, my margins seem off? Looks like I have everything set correctly. Can I post the file here for someone to take a look?

If so, what format? PDF or the actual InDesign file?

"if you can filter out the pointless bickering and trolling."

My thoughts exactly. Way too many little kids.

Hildebrant.