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robertop44610429
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February 3, 2020
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How to print PDF pages in InDesign

  • February 3, 2020
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Good morning,
with an indesign file with many pages I should print pdf files of two pages each. Is there a script or some option in indesign to say "print pages 2 to 2"?

 

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Correct answer Laubender

Hm. Did not see the reply saying the PDFs must be named after product code.

 

But even for this one could do bookmarks in InDesign and choose Acrobat's option with Split:

File Labeling > File name > Use bookmark names for file names

 

If every article contains the product code on the first page, one even could automate creating bookmarks by creating a table of contents using InDesign's TOC feature with the option enabled to export bookmarks to PDF.

 

From my German InDesign:

1. TOC settings where PDF-Bookmarks are enabled.

 

 

The updated TOC in InDesign together with the Bookmarks panel:

 

 

Pages exported as PDF where Bookmarks should be enabled.

( Unfortunately that means you cannot choose a PDF/X option )

 

Export: All

Bookmarks ( "Lesezeichen" ) checked:

 

 

Now on with the PDF opened with Acrobat Pro where we can see the TOC's bookmarks in the Bookmarks panel.

 

 

Switch workspace so that we can use Acrobat's Split feature with:
Split by "Top level bookmarks" and Output Options where "Use bookmark names for file names" could be accessed now:


 

The result in my file system:

 

 

Regards,
Uwe Laubender

( ACP )

 

EDITED: Changed and added screenshots and text to make the point more clear, that the top level bookmarks are the separators for splitting PDFs in Acrobat Pro.

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Community Expert
February 4, 2020

Hi Roberto,

export all pages to one single PDF. Split the PDF with Acrobat Pro's Split feature:
https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/how-to/split-pdf-file.html

 

Regards,
Uwe Laubender

( ACP )

LaubenderCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
Community Expert
February 4, 2020

Hm. Did not see the reply saying the PDFs must be named after product code.

 

But even for this one could do bookmarks in InDesign and choose Acrobat's option with Split:

File Labeling > File name > Use bookmark names for file names

 

If every article contains the product code on the first page, one even could automate creating bookmarks by creating a table of contents using InDesign's TOC feature with the option enabled to export bookmarks to PDF.

 

From my German InDesign:

1. TOC settings where PDF-Bookmarks are enabled.

 

 

The updated TOC in InDesign together with the Bookmarks panel:

 

 

Pages exported as PDF where Bookmarks should be enabled.

( Unfortunately that means you cannot choose a PDF/X option )

 

Export: All

Bookmarks ( "Lesezeichen" ) checked:

 

 

Now on with the PDF opened with Acrobat Pro where we can see the TOC's bookmarks in the Bookmarks panel.

 

 

Switch workspace so that we can use Acrobat's Split feature with:
Split by "Top level bookmarks" and Output Options where "Use bookmark names for file names" could be accessed now:


 

The result in my file system:

 

 

Regards,
Uwe Laubender

( ACP )

 

EDITED: Changed and added screenshots and text to make the point more clear, that the top level bookmarks are the separators for splitting PDFs in Acrobat Pro.

robertop44610429
Inspiring
February 4, 2020

yes, there are automatic bookmarks because they generate the automatic index.
but you cannot select Use bookmark names for file names

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Legend
February 4, 2020

I think my (not free) Extract Pages add-on (https://www.id-extras.com/products/extract-pages/) will do the job here.

With it, you can export 25 pdfs, and have each PDF file named according to the product code on the page -- all automatically with a few clicks.

Visit www.id-extras.com for powerful InDesign scripts that save hours of work — automation, batch tools, and workflow boosters for serious designers.
maxwithdax
Community Expert
Community Expert
February 3, 2020

It sounds like the OP has a 50 page document and wants to export it into Twenty-Five 2-page PDF documents. @robertop please confirm your intent.

robertop44610429
Inspiring
February 4, 2020

Yes, it is correct, or in any case the possibility to choose how many pages (therefore files) to print in pdf from the same indesign file.

robertop44610429
Inspiring
February 4, 2020

 

example, this indesign has 50 pages
contains 25 articles
each article has two pages (the left page and the right page)
in the end, the pdf files will be 25. two pages each

Alexandre Becquet
Community Expert
Community Expert
February 3, 2020

Hello, if i understand you want export 2 pages pdf from part of a design file ?

Go to file, adobe pdf presets, choose one, in the panel General, pages part choose the page you want export, coose the format page or artboard.

Let us know if it's what you looking for 😉 

Community Expert
February 3, 2020

File>export and choose PDF.

Use Acrobat to print 2 pages on the same page -