InDesign Print 2-up??

Here's how I got "print booklet" to work for 2-up imposition in CS6: Specify page range 1,1; booklet type "2-up consecutive" and uncheck "print blank printer spreads." The 1,1 is the key: it tells the driver to double up page one without actually adding a duplicate page to the document.

For more complex imposition tasks, I export to PDF then use the Acrobat plugin "PDF Snake." This handy plugin can manipulate PDFs in several useful ways.

As it was already mentioned, InDesign is simply not geared for desktop printing. In fact, I never print directly from InDesign to an office printer of any kind. In my workflow, InDesign is an editing environment. Native files are saved, of course, but the primary output format is PDF. Every form of deployment is handled only after exporting my InDesign file to PDF.

vkeeneylnf wrote: ...almost everything I do is 2 or 10 up to a page and I need to design the file to the final size - in other words I am not open to copying and pasting so there are actually 2 on the page - I make many adjustments to the file throughout the designing process and multiple copies would lead to errors.

You may need to adjust your thinking a bit here. Did you know that in Indesign, you can Place (link) an Indesign file? So, design your half-page postcard at real size. Make a 2 up layout, not via copy-paste, but by Placing two copies of the native design on a sheet. They link just like any file you Place. Save as 'postcard_2-up.indd'. If you make future edits to the original design, the linked copies in the 2-up file will update when that file is reopened.

File>Print Booklet

Choose 2 up Consecutive

Or you could set up a new file and place them on the page.

You can place indesign files inside indesign files.