Fix CS3's Print Booklet !!

Peter,
I know how to do all that you've suggested, because I export to PDF's on a daily basis. But when I print to PDF thru Print Booklet, I don't get the Save As box. It just sends it directly to my print que, and puts it on hold. I only get the Save As box if I export it as a PDF, but then I don't have the option to imposition it to printer spreads.
Mark

mwc97,

Printing to PDF requires the PDF virtual printer that is installed as part of Acrobat, and which should show up in the list of installed printers.

When you use it you select it, like any other printer, but instead of sending the file to output on paper media you should be presented with a Save As dialog asking where you want to save the file and what you want to name it. You should also see a settings dialog where you can make adjustments to things like compression and color output.

Once the file is saved Acrobat normally opens on its own with the file ready for viewing.

Peter

Peter,
I have the same problem as John. I'm okay with Print Booklet until I get to the point where I don't have the option to print odd or even pages. So when you say print first to PDF, do you mean print to PDF thru Print Booklet, or do you mean export to PDF? I printed to PDF with Print Booklet, but when it's complete, it just puts it on hold in my print que. How do I get it into Acrobat? Walk me thru this if you don't mind.
Mark

Many thanks to both Peter and Stephen. I see that Stephen's solution works and will look into printing PDFs as well (I had gathered there might be some issues with quality with that route). Yes, I print two sides manually for students and to test the market for my readers.

John

John,

Try running Booklet CE 3.5 from the Scripts Panel instead of the File menu.

Let me know if you have problems,

stephen@carlsenenterprises.com

John,

The odd/even functionality is gone because you are not working with a new document whose new pages are the old spreads. I'm presuming you used this to print two sides manually on a non-duplex printer.

Work around this by printing to PDF first, then print odd/even from Acrobat.

Peter

I just started using CS 3 on Windows after using CS 2 on my Mac. My problem is I can't see how to print odd and even pages only, the way I printed from InBooklet. The option is not available using the spreads option but I don't see how I can create and print a booklet (so that there are essentially four pages on one A4 paper, two in front and two in back) without spreads. I just tried installing Booklet CE 3.5 from the link above but when I choose it on the File menu it says it does not exist (even tho I followed the directions on the ReadMe file). Sorry for betraying my rookie status. I just can't figure out how to solve these issues... Thanks.

Nor was InBooklet available for books in earlier versions.

Anything big or complex enough to require being handled as a book probably needs professional imposition, anyway.

If necessary, you can work around it by printing the book to PDF, then making a new document and placing the PDF before imposing using Print Booklet.

Peter

Print Booklet isn't available from an InDesign book file.

If I'm the Dave, none of my scripts place PDFs. The MakeBooklet script places InDesign pages.

Dave