InDesign booklet: Export as PDF instead of printing

[mttplbkp]

Instead of printing an InDesign booklet (with correct imposition) is it possible to instead export it as a PDF?

[BobLevine]

No, and I'll add my usual soapbox statement:

There should be no reason at all to provide anyone with an imposed document. If you're using this for inhouse printing, export a proper PDF and use Acrobat's booklet printing feature.

[mttplbkp]

Thanks, but is it possible to do this whilst including bleed + crop marks?

If I export a PDF as individual pages (with bleed / crop marks) then I end up with a gap in the middle of the spread when I go to print as a booklet from Acrobat

[BobLevine]

Inside bleed should be set to zero. 

[mttplbkp]

Thanks, I've removed the inside bleed but the crop marks still cause a gap in the middle.

Is it possible to add the crop marks in through Acrobat to trim off the bleed that is already on the PDF?

[rob day · Accepted solution]

Hi @mttplbkp , InDesign’s Print Booklet has more imposition features than Acrobat’s Booklet—you can impose for perfect binding, set signature sizes, add a creep amount, apply printer marks.

In order to Print a postcript file you need to install the Adobe PDF 9.0 PPD, which can be downloaded from this page:

https://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/kb/add-acrobat-ppd.html