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I'm trying to print a booklet. I've tried to print both directly to the printer and by saving as a PostScript File and opening in Acrobat and printing as a PDF. Even though I select centered in the print settings and appears to be centered in the preview once it prints or is viewed as a PDF it appears skewed to the left, so the pages do not line up when the booklet is folded. Here's my print summary, am I doing something wrong? Thanks for any help!
I've changed paper source to plain paper as other threads have recommended but that didn't make a difference.
Print Preset: [Custom]
Printer: HP Officejet 4630 series
PPD: N/A
PPD File: N/A
General
Copies: 1
Collate: N/A
Reverse Order: Off
Pages: All
Sequence: N/A
Spreads: N/A
Print Master Pages: N/A
Print Layers: Visible & Printable Layers
Print Non-printing Objects: Off
Print Blank Pages: Off
Print Visible Guides and Baseline Grids: Off
Setup
Paper Size: US Letter
Paper Width: 8.5 in
Paper Height: 11 in
Page Orientation: Landscape
Paper Offset: N/A
Paper Gap: N/A
Transverse: N/A
Scaling: 100%
Constrain Proportions: On
Page Position: Centered
Thumbnails: N/A
Tiling: N/A
Marks and Bleed
Crop Marks: On
Bleed Marks: On
Registration Marks: Off
Color Bars: Off
Page Information: Off
Printer Mark Type: Default
Crop Mark Weight: 0.25 pt
Mark Offset from Page: 0.0833 in
Use Document Bleed Settings: On
Bleed Top: 0 in
Bleed Bottom: 0 in
Bleed Inside: 0 in
Bleed Outside: 0 in
Include Slug Area: N/A
Output
Color: Composite RGB
Text As Black: Off
Trapping: N/A
Flip: N/A
Negative: N/A
Screening: N/A
Simulate Overprint: Off
Graphics
Send Data: All
Download: N/A
Download PPD Fonts: N/A
PostScript®: N/A
Data Format: N/A
Color Management
Document Profile: sRGB IEC61966-2.1
Color Handling: Let InDesign Determine Colors
Printer Profile: Document RGB - sRGB IEC61966-2.1
Preserve RGB Numbers: Off
Proof Profile: N/A
Simulate Paper Color: N/A
Advanced
Print &as Bitmap: On
Bitmap Resolution: 300
OPI Image Replacement: N/A
EPS: N/A
PDF: N/A
Bitmap Images: N/A
Transparency Flattener Preset: N/A
Ignore Spread Overrides: N/A
I've tried to print both directly to the printer and by saving as a PostScript File and opening in Acrobat and printing as a PDF.
Printing a postscript file will work but you need to install the Adobe PDF 9.0 PPD. Instructions and download URL are here:
Re: Print booklet to post script does not work
Your document has to be setup as facing pages and the total page count has to be a multiple of 4. Also make sure you check Print Blank Pages.
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Export a PDF and use the booklet feature in Acrobat.
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I just tried your recommendation by saving directly as a PDF and using Acrobat to print as a booklet. It prints out of order and still skewed to the left. It's not the printer that is causing the problem either as the preview actually shows it skewing left and not centered.
Thanks anyway!
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I've tried to print both directly to the printer and by saving as a PostScript File and opening in Acrobat and printing as a PDF.
Printing a postscript file will work but you need to install the Adobe PDF 9.0 PPD. Instructions and download URL are here:
Re: Print booklet to post script does not work
Your document has to be setup as facing pages and the total page count has to be a multiple of 4. Also make sure you check Print Blank Pages.
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That worked! I downloaded the PDF file and saved it in my InDesign Presets. Thanks so much!
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That solution does not work in Indesign 2021 anymore :(. Why didn't they make this work directly from Indesign to begin with? Why have to go to Acrobat to collate when it's supposed to be part of the Print Booklet option? So frustrating, no wonder many printers do not take Indesign files for printing booklets anymore, they want you to do the manual collation in Illustrator/Indesign so they don't have to spend hours doing the extra work.