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michaeld98422447
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August 21, 2019
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Printing 4-pg InDesign newsletter at quick printer (Staples)

  • August 21, 2019
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I have a simple, 4-page newsletter for a non-profit. It is four 8.5" x 11 pages, laid out on two sides* of an 17 x 11 sheet, both sides, folded. Basic, right? But when I take the file to Staples (where they are printing on some gigantic copier, basically), not only does it impose pages wrongly, but it prints the inside UPSIDE DOWN, relative to the outside.  I can think of work-arounds, but why should I have to? What can I say to the printer to get the proper results? 

Thanks in advance!  Michael D.

* The ID doc setup is four 8.5" x 11" pages, facing. So you see P1 alone on top, scroll down to see the center layout, and scroll down further for P4.

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    Migintosh
    Legend
    August 21, 2019

    Another thing that I've found people forget is that there is a checkbox in the print window to "Shrink Oversize Pages" or "Fit to Page" or something similar that may reduce your PDF to 97% or something, which can screw up things like where things are positioned in relation to the fold. If they are using a digital printer (essentially a fancy copy machine), have them print one copy and look at it before they let the rest of them rip.

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      michaeld98422447Autor
      Participant
      August 21, 2019

      Thanks, Mig. I always run a couple of tests before running the quantity. In

      this case (short of time, naturally), I have prepared two 11x17s, with the

      outside (pages 4 and 1) and the inside spread as separate documents. So,

      push come to shove, they can run one side, flip, and then the other from

      the second doc. This isn't a massive quantity. But it's still irritating

      because I know the proper info is in the file; I've printed longer, more

      complex two-sided jobs before (albeit with more dedicated commercial

      printers). Cheers!

      Daniel Flavin
      Daniel Flavin
      Inspiring
      August 21, 2019

      Look them straight in the eye and say "you're f#%cking kidding right?"

      Walk in the back to their work station and change the duplex from top-top to top-bottom.

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        michaeld98422447Autor
        Participant
        August 21, 2019

        LOL, thanks. That was my instinct, but I thought I must have something wrong.  Cheers!

        Derek Cross
        Community Expert
        Derek CrossCommunity Expert
        Community Expert
        August 21, 2019

        It’s often helpful to mock up a dummy for your printers, by printing out the pages on your desk top printer, sticking them together in the correct order and (direction!), numbering the pages with a large felt pen (indicating the cover page) and supplying that with your order to your commercial printer.

        Also, on your purchase order/letter, particularly if it’s hand written, write out the printing quantity in words as well as figures e.g. 10,000 (Ten thousand copies). And detail how you want the parcels packed and delivered e.g. Packed in boxes not weighing more than 10 kilos, clearly labelled, with the quantity in each box e.g,  “2000 Widget Brochures, Ref: AB1234“ Please deliver, with a delivery note to: Jo Smith, Widget Corp, High Street etc).

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