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MidgeMidge
MidgeMidge
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September 28, 2019
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Signatures for booklet

  • September 28, 2019
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I've tried and tried and can't get a 32 page book to print to a pdf in the correct order. Choosing Print Booklet and selecting postscript and Preview shows everything is perfect. Cover and last page are together. But then when I select Print Booklet, the postcript document has the last page  first as a single page and of course, the rest of the book is not in order.

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BobLevine
BobLevine
Community Expert
September 29, 2019

Nobody else asked so I will...why are you doing this? It's the printer's job, not yours.

 

Use print booklet for this is nothing but kludge and any printer requiring it should be avoided. If it's for your own use, export a PDF properly and use Acrobat's booklet feature to print it.

MidgeMidge
MidgeMidgeAuthor
Participating Frequently
September 29, 2019
This is a fair question! I want to do this so I can have a physical copy to show someone. I could lay out the pages like a book, 1/32, 2/31, etc. but I remember when I used Pagemaker a long time ago, ( the '80s or '90s?) and I could do this. Or am I imagining things?! So a printer won't require it be in a signature?
BobLevine
BobLevine
Community Expert
September 29, 2019

Then I'll stick to my last response. Print a proper PDF, open it in Acrobat and use the booklet feature there to print it.

 

And no, no printer worth dealing with would want this. In fact, they'd probably charge you to fix it.

rob day
rob day
Community Expert
September 28, 2019

the postcript document has the last page first as a single page and of course, the rest of the book is not in order.

 

Print Booklet outputs printer spreads not pages, so you shouldn't be seeing a single page in the PDF. Should look like this:

 

 

 

When saving postscript make sure you are using the Adobe PDF 9.0 PPD, and have Print Blank Pages checked:

 

MidgeMidge
MidgeMidgeAuthor
Participating Frequently
September 28, 2019
Yes this makes sense, but it's not what I see on my computer. I don't have the Adobe PDF 9.0 as an option. Is another thing I will have to pay for?
rob day
rob day
Community Expert
September 29, 2019
Try here: https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/kb/save-as-pdf-options-not.html. See the link in number 4. Follow the instructions carefully.
Scott Citron
Scott Citron
Brainiac
September 28, 2019

Midge, what order are you expecting the book to print? Choosing Print Booklet reorders the pages into what are called Printer Spreads. Printer Spreads reorders (or "imposes") the document pages differently than Reader Spreads. Let me know if you need more info about these two options.

MidgeMidge
MidgeMidgeAuthor
Participating Frequently
September 28, 2019
Right! I expect page 32 to be opposite page 1, page 29 opposite page 2, etc. And when I look at PREVIEW it does indeed look that way. But saving the postscript it's all messed up. Last page is all alone, then the pages are in almost a random order. I want printer spreads but that's not what I'm seeing.
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