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InDesign Print Booklet PostScript cutting off top bleed only

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June 24, 2024
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Every time I go to File > Print Booklet, the end result cuts off the top 3mm of bleed, despite me setting the bleed for all pages the same.

For example, a 99mm x 210mm booklet with 3mm bleed will have a sheet size of 204mm x 216mm and even though the bleed is set to 3mm all around, I get a white gap at the top of every page each time like the attached.

I've installed the Adobe 9.0 to fix on the recent update so I'm confident it isn't this.

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Correct answer maxp37663908

Alright, I feel very silly. Seems like I simply had the bleed set at 0mm on the indd files in question. So, completely my own fault!

maxp37663908

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Greetings everyone!

I'm trying to include the bleed margins of an indd document I'm placing in another Indesign file. However, no matter what I select in "crop to", it keeps cropping to the page bpunding box, cutting of the bleed.

Any idea what is causing this? Is this a known bug?

I'm on version 19.4.

Peter Spier

Adobe Expert

This does seem to be a new bug in the latest version. There's a sort of similar discussion at https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign-discussions/indesign-print-booklet-postscript-cutting-off-top-bleed-only/td-p/14699506 that has some possible workarounds.

Peter Spier

Adobe Expert

OOPS, I put this in the wrong thread...

Mike Witherell

Adobe Expert

One more thing to check: does your Document Setup page size agree with your page sizes at the Parent Pages?

Mike Witherell

Brad @ Roaring Mouse

Adobe Expert

I was able to reproduce this (CC2024 v19.4 Mac).

But it also happened if I exported that file to IDML and used an older version (I tried CC2023 v18) but ONLY if I made the booklet before saving the file. If I did Save As the file as a CC2023 doc, it worked fine.

Even weirder, if I open that CC2023 doc in CC2024, it works fine. So it does seem there's a bug with a bounding box being written incorrectly in v19.4.

Brad @ Roaring Mouse

Adobe Expert

I Also opened the PS from both v19.4 a v18.5 and there is definitely an incorrect clipping path (left) that is cropping off the top 3mm of image on each page:

rob day

Adobe Expert

Hi @op-lh-2024 , Can you show your Print Booklet>Print Settings...>Setup dialog:

op-lh-2024Author

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Hi Rob,

This is what we're working with - I managed to get it working this afternoon by going to Marks and Bleeds, unticking the "Use Document Bleed Settings" box and putting 3mm back in myself. Document is set to 3mm already but unticking this box is the only way I can get it working correctly, seems like a potential bug?

Mike Witherell

Adobe Expert

Forgive me for asking, but...

Why not just export to a PDF? Why are you using Print Booklet and a PDF printer driver? Especially on macOS?

Mike Witherell

op-lh-2024Author

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Been doing it for years but a new supplier insists on receiving stapled booklets a certain way now.

It's much easier this way rather than setting up a new file altogether and work out which page goes where.

Bit of a step back set-up wise but trying to find the most efficient way of doing it that doesn't involve doing it manually.

rob day

Adobe Expert

but a new supplier insists on receiving stapled booklets...find the most efficient way of doing it that doesn't involve doing it manually.

If the output is to some kind of short run composite printer/copier, you can try this script, which does simple 2-up impositions:

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/2wjwe13fsrw9iszebo15e/h?rlkey=nwt5o3uex31fgra7oj15qvs7z&dl=0

Any decent offset printer should be handling the imposition at output when the press setup and binding specs are known—Print Booklet is really intended for in-house dummies and proofing.

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