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iamdavelilly
iamdavelilly
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January 9, 2022
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Print Booklet not working ... at all

  • January 9, 2022
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I have a 20 page file that I want saddle sticked. But when I go to File > Pring Booklet... > 2-up Saddle Stitch > Print, it only print HALF the number of pages. 

I also tried to print a Perfect Bound by going to File > Pring Booklet... >2-up Perfect Bound > Print, it only print HALF the number of pages. 

Please help. Thanks in advance!

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Jumpenjax
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JumpenjaxCommunity Expert
Community Expert
January 10, 2022

Did you try print only and change the settings in your field of the printer? This works for me because I do not have a firey Print drive on my copier. But I do have an option to print booklet on the copier side.

Lee- Graphic Designer, Print Specialist, Photographer
Lukas Engqvist
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Lukas EngqvistCommunity Expert
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January 10, 2022

Are you designing the pages as single pages?
What PPD are you using for your generic postscript driver. If you install the Generic PS on the Mac you can define page size, you will need to redistill the file. On the PC you will need a Postscript driver that both allows defining the page size and allows redistilling in Distiller without error. This is not an optimal workflow. 

Note that you cannot print booklet to PDF, only to a printer (or PostScript file)

If you want/need more control you may need an imposition software or a plugin that does imposition.

Abambo
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AbamboCommunity Expert
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January 9, 2022

Check your page size. The size of the page you are printing needs to have the same height, but double width than your document page. As your page size is Letter (51p0x66p0) the paper size for the printer needs to be 102p0x66p0.

 

 

With the "standard" Letter size, the remaining of the page just gets cropped. As that is the second document page of your document, you have the impression that only half of the pages get printed.

 

ABAMBO | Hard- and Software Engineer | Photographer
    iamdavelilly
    iamdavelillyAuthor
    Participant
    January 10, 2022

    This might work great for Saddle Stich, but I can't change my page size since I only have the Postcript as an optoin and not Adobe PDF. Could you please point me to the Adobe PDF driver for Mac?

    M
    Mike Bro
    Legend
    January 10, 2022

    Hello @iamdavelilly,

     

    As @Abambo mentioned, double the width in the print settings setup you also need the ADPDF9.PPD driver that go's here...⁨Applications⁩ ▸ ⁨Adobe InDesign 2021⁩ ▸ ⁨Presets⁩ ▸ ⁨PPDs⁩ you may need to create the folder PPDs.

     

    you can download the ppd file from here...https://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/kb/add-acrobat-ppd.html

     

    Regards,

    Mike

     

     

    Dave Creamer of IDEAS
    Community Expert
    Dave Creamer of IDEASCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    January 9, 2022

    Does the document print normally, that is, not as a booklet?

    David Creamer: Community Expert (ACI and ACE 1995-2023)
    BobLevine
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    BobLevineCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    January 9, 2022

    Export a proper PDF and use Acrobat's booklet printing feature.

      iamdavelilly
      iamdavelillyAuthor
      Participant
      January 10, 2022

      Thank you, Bob! Looks cool (https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/kb/print-booklets-acrobat-reader.html), but I don't wan to print it out just yet. I'd like to save as a PDF (or an InDesign file). Either optoin would be great at thsi point. 🙂

      BobLevine
      Community Expert
      BobLevineCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      January 10, 2022

      Why do you need a PDF. If you give a rundown of the full workflow here, we'll be in a much better postition to help you. Print booklet, as its name suggests was never intended to be used with an advanced workflow; only to print directly to a printer.

      E
      Community Expert
      Eugene TysonCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      January 9, 2022

      You need to print pages 1,2,19, 20

      Then print pages 3 to 18.

       

      The first 4 wrap around the 16.

       

        iamdavelilly
        iamdavelillyAuthor
        Participant
        January 10, 2022

        I'm sorry, I don't know what any of this means

        M
        Mike Bro
        Legend
        January 9, 2022

        Hello @iamdavelilly,

         

        in the Print booklet window go to Print Settings at the bottom > Check on "Prrint Blank Pages"

         

        See the attached screen shots...

        The first is a pdf from your color book-SaddleStitch.indd.ps, the second is from printing a .ps file from your document with the print settings set to Prrint Blank Pages.

         

        Regards,

        Mike

        iamdavelilly
        iamdavelillyAuthor
        Participant
        January 10, 2022

        Thank you. I checked that and I get a slightly different outcome, but still only get 10 of the 20 pages.

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