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Anonymous
April 14, 2010
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Booklet printing pages upside down

  • April 14, 2010
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Please help!!!

I have wasted alot of time and paper today trying to figure out why this is happening!

When I go to print a booklet, some of the inside pages are printed upside down.

I have gone through every single setting in both Indesign and my printer settings and cannot workout wots going on!

When I go to print the booklet, the preview panel shows everything correct, but wot prints out is all over the place.

Please someone help before I pull my hair out! lol x

    Correct answer selhart

    I found this article to be helpful in printing booklets from InDesign.

    Guide on using Print Booklet feature in InDesign - WSA

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    Peter Spier
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    Peter SpierCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    April 14, 2010

    I don't think I've ever seen a case where this wasn't due to using the wrong page flip direction in the duplexer settings, which are inthe print driver setup. Whatever you've fot selected now, choose the other one. DIfferent printers use differerent names for the settings, but they all do the same thing, either flip around the long edge of the paper or flip around the short edge. There just aren't any other possibilities.

      Mr. Met
      Mr. Met
      Inspiring
      April 14, 2010

      When you say some of the pages is it random pages or is it all the back are upside down (or the fronts, for that matter)? If all your back pages are upside down, it's clearly a setting. If you're printing head to head, try printing head to foot or vice versa.

      Also be sure your print drivers are current for your computer/printer.

        p_taz
        p_taz
        Inspiring
        April 14, 2010

        If it is only a few pages it can't really be settings... the duplex setting refers to the whole book.  Maybe you have used the wrong imposition and the number of pages in a flat is incorrect.  Does the book have placed EPS or PDF's?

        Also, an obvious question, did you start with a conventional file with one page flats and no 'manual' rotation of contents?

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        Eugene TysonCommunity Expert
        Community Expert
        April 14, 2010

        It's probably to do with your printer settings, you'll have to go through them and see what's going on.

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