This topic was closed, so couldn't answer there:
When i follow instructions to print my pdf file as a booklet (8.5 x 11 folded) in Acrobat, the margins are not as printed as they are in the file - they are much fatter. I've checked every possible way to fix this and am coming up blank. What can I do? My printer is an HP Officejet Pro 8600 that has not had this problem before using other programs. Thank you for your input.
Jan
Answer:
Unfortunately, there is no good solution to this problem at this point. The existing booklet printing feature in Acrobat takes into account “non-printing” margins of the page (i.e., the sections of the page that your printer cannot print on – most printers cannot print totally edge-to-edge) and adds that to the margin of the booklet.
A bug report / feature request has been filed to provide a way of Acrobat / Reader to ignore the non-printable area in booklet printing.
A workaround I found helped a bit:
First, print your booklet to pdf - I chose a name "Temp.pdf"
In the Temp.pdf file, CROP the pages as tightly as you can, then print on your regular printer in duplex format, fiddling with sizing settings for the best results you can find.
This will eliminate SOME but not ALL of the excessive border created by Acrobat booklet mode.
Hope that is helpful for someone.
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