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Print book file with signatures

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April 11, 2022
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I have to print a book of 368 pages, the author gave me a InDesign book file, with 6 documents. How do I export it all divided into signatures ready to be bound, from the book panel? In the book panel I can only print it as pages or spreads, but not into signatures as in the "print booklet" dialog (which would be the most obvious solution for this kind of job –We made this book function to allow users to work on a book that is hundred of pages long BUT we won't let them export it into signatures). I then export it as single pages to Acrobat, but Acrobat's booklet function does not let me print the book into signatures either. Is my only option to manually select page 1 to 32 and print a booklet, then select page 33 to 64 and do the same, and so on and so forth?

Correct answer rob day

Is my only option to manually select page 1 to 32 and print a booklet, then select page 33 to 64 and do the same, and so on and so forth?

Hi @Oreri , another option would be to Export the entire 368 Book as a PDF, and then place the PDF back into a new InDesign document using the PlaceMultipagePDF.jsx Javascript, which you will find in the Scripts panel Samples folder. Then you could print signatures from a single document using Print Booklet.

If there is any complex color in the Book documents, Export the book as PDF/X-4 and make sure the color settings for the scripted full document match the Book chapters’ color settings.

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Carl25468863b3ms

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Thank you for sharing your free book collection.

rob day

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I just tested a Book to PDF, back to Indesign via PlaceMultipagePDF.jsx, Print Booklet workflow and it seems to work fine:

OreriAuthor

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Nice, thank you very much Rob!

rob dayCorrect answer

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Is my only option to manually select page 1 to 32 and print a booklet, then select page 33 to 64 and do the same, and so on and so forth?

Hi @Oreri , another option would be to Export the entire 368 Book as a PDF, and then place the PDF back into a new InDesign document using the PlaceMultipagePDF.jsx Javascript, which you will find in the Scripts panel Samples folder. Then you could print signatures from a single document using Print Booklet.

If there is any complex color in the Book documents, Export the book as PDF/X-4 and make sure the color settings for the scripted full document match the Book chapters’ color settings.

Scott Falkner

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Why export to PDF? InDesign can plce InDesign files.

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SJRiegel

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This is a job best left to the printer. Now, if you are the printer, you should have an impositon plug-in to handle this task.

OreriAuthor

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Did you answer without having anything to contribute to solve my problem because you get points for each answer, and so you thought "let's get a few extre point by having this guy wasting a few more minutes"?

Derek Cross

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That's very rude and unnecessary – we are volunteers on this forum.

It's normal for the designer to supply the printer with a PDF (perhaps a PDF/X-4), as separate pages (not spreads), tick Crop Marks and Use Document Bleed Settings. The printer will advise on the type of PDF and other specs and will undertake the imposition.

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