Umm..that was two years ago., long since understood with many many videos under my belt later. Why the shaming and condescending attitude?  Does this make you feel better as a person?  ... View more

I had this same issue a while back. I found the various instructions kind of confusing so what I ended up doing was taking a picture of a piece of lined paper and inserting it into my document, adjusting the color and opacity as desired. That's what worked for me.  ... View more

Update, January 2024. So it was almost a year ago that I had this strange issue.  I spent hours with tech support, many more hours and wasted paper and ink trying different things, finally decided to print the first few pages manually, which worked but it was a pain. Last week I tried creating a similar project in InDesign, brand new powerful computer, most recent InDesign update, and it happened again. I could not get InDesign to print all of the even pages. I would set it up to print all even pages and it would begin on page 8, and sometimes tell me that pages were blank when they were not (I thought blank pages may have been the issue previously so deliberately did not create any). So - I was discouraged all over again, thinking, obviously it must be my Pro1000 - BUT accidentally I fixed it!  I created presets for 5.5x5.5 pages - odd and even. Somehow my preset inadvertently got bumped to "Custom" - and voila, everything works perfectly. I have no idea why this is and it is probably of no consequence to anyone but myself as I have never heard of anyone else having this issue.  So now I set up the page size, create a preset, and switch to "Custom" and it works fine, and I have no idea why. Maybe "Custom" plugs more directly into the printer's settings, where the presets in InDesign are somehow glitchy and buggy. No idea.  ... View more

I tried that and it didn't work. Trust me, I tried everything known to mankind and it didn't work. None of it worked. And my work around is not complicated.  ... View more

Update: Still no worky. I've had a few phone sessions with Adobe, also with Canon. I reset my defaults, tried various other things, no deal. However, I have settled into a smooth work flow by printing the first few pages individually, then beginning the job (for even sides) on P8. I created another project, another spiral-bound photo book, with no blank pages and it's working perfectly. So I'll just bide my time and eventually some update or other might fix it. Meantime, no blank pages at beginning of books. Thanks, everybody. ... View more

Okay, well that worked exactly ONCE. So I'm back to printing the first few pages manually and then starting the whole job on P 8. I'll be happy if it's that easy. The hours I spent testing and futzing around...what a nightmare. Sorry to disappoint... ... View more

PS I marked your post as correct answer, but is it the correct answer or the correct workaround 🙂 ... View more

Yes! That totally worked. Genius. I previously did not have a problem printing to PDF - all the pages went through, (but when I printed from Acrobat, it exhibited the same weird behavior).  Great solution, on one hand, but there's a part of me that still wants to know why.  Thank you for your time and trouble!  ... View more

I added white text. Didn't work. Sara Piazza PO Box 560 Edgartown, MA 617-872-6110<> www.edgartownnews.blogspot.com<> (photos and commentary pertaining to Edgartown and the Vineyard) www.traddiary.blogspot.com<> (my Irish traditional music wanderings) https://youtube.com/user/sara505sings (my music and vlogs) The Alison Boylston Piazza House & Gallery, featuring: Vineyard and Ireland photography Prints Cards Books Calendars Wampum Stories Songs...and the occasional fiddle tune. Open by chance or appointment. ... View more

I spoke with Canon, there is no option for fprinting blank pages in my pro 1000. We uninstalled, reinstalled. No fix.  Adobe is following up again with me today via phone. They are still insisting it's the printer, Canon says no, the printer does what the program tells it to do. I've run a few more tests, created a test file, still having the same problem. Odd pages and even pages. InDesign is not recognizing P2 (blank) and starts printing on P4. It does recognize other blank pages further into the document, for example, p 6.  I thought this was a problem only with that one file, but now I see it's everything.  So I either continue with my work-around of printing the first few pages individually, or never have blank pages at the beginning of any of my docs. (Until/unless this is fixed)   ... View more

Peter, no problem. Happy to report I was able to print two more books using the work around of printing pages 1-7 individually, then printing the even pages beginning on P8. I wouldn't want to do this on a regular basis, however. Luckily, so far it only affects this one file. Anyway, I have delved and dived into my printer's settings from every direction, clicked on every possibility, including all you mentioned, but can't find that menu. We'll see what happens on Monday when the Adobe tech calls me back. Will also call Canon if necessary. For now, I'm okay 🙂   ... View more

I can't find any kind of menu that looks like that anywhere in my Canon folder.  ... View more

The tech and I agreed that the "skip blank pages" function is the issue. I will look for this.  ... View more

I spent a while speaking with an agent on the phone while he was also on my computer. we tried lots of things. I now know that the files that printed correctly to PDF exhibit the same behavior - even pages begin printing on page 4. I tried an earlier version of InD, same issue. I tried an earlier file of same doc, same issue (but don't forget - a recent file of this doc printed just fine).  Older books print fine. Completely new doc (that does not contain files from this book) prints fine. We even removed a couple of pages from the doc and it still began on the new p4. The printer I use with InDesign is Canon Pro1000. When I printed the file in question on my HP office printer it printed all the pages from InDesign. So, if the problem is with the Canon, why does it print  every other project just fine? The tech is going to do a little more research and get back to me on Monday. Seems I'm the only person in the universe with this issue. Meantime, I've got a work-around (print the first few pages idividually, then run the print job. beginning with P4), which I should not have to do. Oh well. ... View more

Peter, I was able to do the same, worked fine as PDF. When you say double check printer settings, can you be more specific? I have looked at setting in InD, also in my printer, and I have not been able to find anything strange,  and I don't remember changing anything. Where do you suggest I look?  Also, I deleted printer presets in InD and in printer, created all new ones, closed InD, rebooted computer, problem persists when printing to paper.  ... View more

Attack away! ... View more

I have not ruled out printing the PDF in Acrobat. I think there's something wrong in that individual file because printing from InDesign works with everything else.  ... View more

Thanks, I did try that export, rename thing, didn't work. I don't mind sharing my file. How do I do that? ... View more

and when I say we created a brand new file that worked, alas, it didn't contain my book, it was totally new. In summary: odd pages print fine, older books print fine, a new unrelated file prints fine, but any variation of my book will simply not print the even pages correctly. Starts on p4, then p8, then p10, every single time. someone shoot me. ... View more

I did export to .idml but I did not save as new .indd, will try that, immediately before I jump out my window. ... View more

I just spent a couple hours on chat support. ugh. we created test files galore. copied, pasted, same problem. we created a brand new file that worked. my older books print just fine. I've been working on this for at least 6 hours. The agent suddenly abandoned me with no explanation, so I go back and the new person wants to hear the story all over again...I'm going to kill myself.  Now I'm told someone will call me. ... View more

Yes, sorry, I was confused. I missed the part about "pages panel" ... View more

Not sure what you mean by dummy text. I can send the entire pdf file, is that what you mean? ... View more

how can I take a screen shot of all those pages? ... View more

Not that I know of but anything is possible. Where do I find logical/absolute setting. No new section that I know of.  ... View more

I tried "facing pages" but it still starts at p 4.  Will now try white text.   ... View more

Yes, except it worked perfectly yesterday (as it should have) while set up as I described above. When I select facing pages the numbering doesn't make sense at all.  P1 - single page P3 - double page etc.  ... View more

Good to know. Sara Piazza ... View more