Comments on: Printing Documents 2-Up (or n-up) on a Page in InDesign

By: cate

cate — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 21:25:45 +0000

I REALLY wish Indesign would address this. I have about 30 files, 40 pages each (only 3×5″) that I need to print 2-up on a page. Its a 3-step process of exporting to PDF and then reimporting etc – if I have just one little change on one page its a whole lot of work to print.

I keep putting it out there in hopes that maybe someone at Indesign will pick up on it.

By: Dennis Head

Dennis Head — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 18:13:00 +0000

My problem is everytime I download a PDF file and try to print it it prints out 4 pages per sheet. I have tried everything I know to adjust the print set up with no avail. This does not happen on other word or email docs only on PDFS.

Can some one help me with this.

By: Noreen Bryant

Noreen Bryant — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 17:52:10 +0000

I just downloaded Impose. It’s only $39.99 and it’s THE BOMB! My troubles are over.

Note: there are still issues lining up the front and back of duplexed pages, but that’s a printer-specific issue and can be tweaked in the file.

By: bontracer

bontracer — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 16:18:04 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YD_O8751Cc8

This is the answer that you are looking for and will save your life!

By: JRTate

JRTate — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 18:17:16 +0000

Question about Data Merge in InDesign. I need to print postcards 4-up on 8.5×11 paper, but can’t seem to get the data merge to put a different record (company name, address, etc.) on each card when I create the document 4-up. 1-up works with data merge, but then I’m not able to print from InDesign or Acrobat 8 without the document being reduced in size. Any suggestions? Would LOVE to skip the mail merge and label printing/applying!

By: Mike McHolm

Mike McHolm — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:38:30 +0000

There is a very simple solution for this: Use CorelDraw! It has very powerful built in imposition software. You can print n up with crops and bleeds, gutters etc. with a few clicks of the mouse. You can import pdf files into CorelDraw for output. It baffles me as to why Adobe doesn’t get on this.

By: David Blatner

David Blatner — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 12:52:19 +0000

@Mike: The advantage of the free LayoutZone script is that it’s much faster and more precise, in particular when the objects don’t fill the whole page. For example, you might lay out a business card on an A4 sized page; placing that whole INDD file into another INDD file would be a hassle, so LayoutZone helps by cropping the document dimensions down to the size of the artwork.

By: Mike Meiners

Mike Meiners — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 16:51:49 +0000

Is there an advantage to using the LayoutZone script over just placing your InDesign file into another InDesign file directly (cS3+ only)?

By: Eugene

Eugene — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 08:30:59 +0000

I’d be inclined to make a new file to the size of the paper I’m outputting to.

Layout>Create Guides

and set up gutters, etc. if needed

Then place the .indd file

If I drag and copy (by holding alt) I snap the design into place.

The just Ctrl (cmd) alt shift D to step and repeat it across or down.

If I just need it 2 up, then I make a master page with the size I need, and place the design on the master page. Then I place 2 pages with the artwork and print spreads, you can use margins to set up gutters, etc.

If I need it 3 up, then obviously just 3 master pages.

Generally, the print booklet serves most of my needs.

But every now and then I need to do a proper imposition. I was looking for good imposition software that runs in tandem with Indesign before, and haven’t really found anything that is as powerful as 3rd party software.

So generally, I just make up my own imposition sheets in InDesign for anything that would be more complex.

By: Roland

Roland — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 07:35:29 +0000

What I tend to do for business card printing, is to export to PDF from Illustrator or InDesign, place the PDF in InDesign and step-and-repeat to fill the page. I can’t place the Illustrator file as that doesn’t have bleeds, and placing InDesign files is flakey at best.