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Myetel
Myetel
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May 6, 2024
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Indesign file Exported to PDF printing incorrectly

  • May 6, 2024
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Hello all!

Using the Adobe preset for Letter sized paper, I have created a 189 page book that, when exported to PDF, looks great on screen. The pages face each other; everything looks great. However, when I go to print it (as a test before I send this document to a professional printer), no matter what settings I use on the printer itself, the document prints out as a landscape snapshot of the two page spread, rather than as each page in turn.

 

I have turned off the printer's "Auto" select feature and selected "portrait," and all I get is this landscape nonsense. Thoughts?

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leo.r
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leo.rCommunity Expert
Community Expert
May 6, 2024

 

Do you have Export as Spreads selected in your export settings by a chance:

 

 

Myetel
MyetelAuthor
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May 6, 2024

There are no settings under Export. I click it, and it exports automatically. Where would I find the export settings?

 

I found "spreads" only under the Print function in Indesign itself?

 



leo.r
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leo.rCommunity Expert
Community Expert
May 6, 2024

Oops sorry, you're printing not exporting.

 So yes that would be Spreads setting in the Print dialog - which is not selected, so there must be something else.

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