Can Acrobat DC Imposition pages to printer spreads?

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October 6, 2016
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Does Acrobat DC have the ability to Imposition pages into printer spreads?

I'm creating a 4-page brochure in InDesign. Each page has a full bleed (.125"). Using InDesign's Export to PDF function, I can have it print Spreads, which marries p2 to p3 (removing the bleeds between them), but it leaves p1 and p4 isolated.

Can I use Acrobat DC to marry p1 to p4 and remove the bleeds between their common edge?

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Correct answer Dov Isaacs

Currently, no! But we might consider such a functionality request!

- Dov

interrobang letterpress

Participating Frequently

It's now August 2021 and one imagines this functionality ought to have been added to the Print Production tools by now.

And if not, why?

Adobe products are now subscription-based, and users are locked in to paying monthly for the priviledge of licensing the software. With that fee is the expectation of a rolling advancement in features. It's difficult to believe that it would be necessary to purchase 3rd party software to do something that Acrobat DC should do “out of the box.”

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Milkrow

Known Participant

Here-here interrobang letterpress! It's June 2023...a user should at least be able to set a custom page size, use a multiple-up layout, say 9-up, print a postscript file, and distill it into a producion PDF. Alas and alack, one cannot do this as it is prohibited. Why? Why even require the print-to-postscript rigamarole? Why not just bake that right into Acrobat?

Acrobat, indeed...a high-flying trapese artist you are not.

Bernd Alheit

Community Expert

It is not prohibited.

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Clayton6th

Inspiring

Try IDImposer

https://indesigntools.com/idimposer/

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Clayton6th

Inspiring

Abambo, I realize Acrobat can’t “do it on it’s own”. I’m trying to determine whether Adobe has added the capability to InDesign and/or Acrobat so we can export a PDFX file in printer spreads.

Dov Isaacs

Legend

The answer is still “no” - Acrobat doesn't have an imposition feature natively (yes, there are extra cost plug-ins that do the job beautifully) nor does InDesign support any imposition via direct PDF export.

- Dov

- Dov Isaacs, former Adobe Principal Scientist (April 30, 1990 - May 30, 2021)