Printing Booklet Ok, But how to print a book file in booklet form?

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- July 30, 2010 at 8:50 am #56529
  
  Picstudent
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  Is it possible?
  
  I need to print my book as legal half pages.
  
  I need to print them in a laster printer in legal pages, cut into two halves and spiral bind!- hope I am clear.(Just a manual for my product!)
  
  Printing a document in booklet form in CS4 is familier, but for the entire book How to do that?
  
  Thanks
  
  Roy
- July 30, 2010 at 8:59 am #56530
  
  David Blatner
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  This has long been a big problem in InDesign. I strongly suggest that you export the book to PDF and then use an Acrobat plug-in to do it.
- July 30, 2010 at 9:23 am #56531
  
  Picstudent
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  Thanks a lot. Understood that it is not possible.So far clear.
  
  But if I created the book as a spread for Legal and export to pdf, it will output continious half legal pages. right?
  
  Then how to do that page sequencing in Acrobat?
  
  btw: I learned (I mean learning!) Indesign through your Lynda tutorial, Very comprehensive and detailed. (No hurry towards end – still maintainig the same slow and patient explanations!). Very usefull.
  
  I am basically a Programmer and enterpreneur- But I cant live without learning layouting myself nowadays. So reached here and is having fun.
  
  Thanks again.
  
  Roy Thomas
- July 30, 2010 at 2:07 pm #56534
  
  Theunis De Jong
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  What computer system are you on? The computer at work (a Windows 7 setup) has a printer driver where I can select double-sided and 2-up, so for a job like yours I'd export it to a single regular (non-spread) PDF at the final page size, then have the printer driver do the rest.
- July 31, 2010 at 7:30 am #56539
  
  Picstudent
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  I am on wiinXp.
  
  Will look for that settings
  
  Thanks
  
  Roy
- August 1, 2010 at 8:03 pm #56544
  
  Picstudent
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  Thanks I got it.
  
  I can convert it to booklet priniting mode by PDF distiller also. But there is a problem I am facing.
  
  When I export a indesign document to pdf using export – the pdf generated is having good clarity in screen.(But there we cant introduce that booklet page sequence)
  
  But when I use PDF printer (Distiller) the pdf gnerated is having images slightly blurred while we zoom in compared to exported pdf.(here I can use distiller driver settings to produce booklet form from the exported pdf). Anything wrong I am doing?
  
  Any clue? I have tried by fidling with print quality settings, but cant find a way out.
  
  Thanks a lot
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