Problem exporting paginated spreads in InDesign

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August 18, 2017
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Hi,

Since switching to CC, I've had problems exporting properly paginated spreads (a letter sized saddle stitched booklet on tabloid) to a post-script file, to PDF.
I've been doing this for years and uploading layouts to our print vendor.

I can print properly laid out spreads on our office Canon printers all day long, but for some reason, when exporting to ps, it only exports one side of the spread, the odd pages, if memory serves.

As a result, I am sending the files to the printers as a normal exported PDF, with the pages in normal sequential order, and they paginate it. I'd like to save them the trouble and us the expense.

Like I said, I can print booklets in both InDesign and Acrobat Pro with no problem, but I'd like to regain the ability to generate proper post-script spreads.

Any advice, tips, etc..? It's driving me nuts.

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Willi Adelberger

Community Expert

Why are you using Postscript at all? Don't use it. No EPS, no PS printing, no Distiller.

Export as PDF. The printer has to impose it and if you print it locally use the booklet printing in Acrobat.

richxxiiiAuthor

Known Participant

>Why are you using Postscript at all?

One of our print vendors asks for it.

>Export as PDF. The printer has to impose it and if you print it locally use the booklet printing in Acrobat.

This is also what I do. I cannot generate a proper spread using this method either. The only way I can print a spread is directly to the printer using 'print booklet'. I can also export a normal single page layout as PDF and use Acrobat Pro's 'print booklet' output option, but I cannot print to pdf (as my printer) in this manner.