How Print Booklet

I'm finally ready to print my booklet in ID CS3. My printer does not have a duplexer. How do I print the second side so it comes out right? When I just turned the stack over and printed, it didn't come right. I tried 'reverse' order, but that didn't work either. What's left? Do I have to hand-reverse the first printing? I'm using up a lot of paper here.
How Print Booklet
Depends on your printer.



On my printer, the paper travels in a ''lazy U'' shape. That is, it gets

picked up from the tray underneath, runs toward the back of the printer,

then turns 180 degrees up and forward. It ends up with last page printed

on the top of the stack. So to make it print duplex, I have to print

every other page (odds first) from beginning to end, turn the stack

around (rotate it 180 degrees, but not turn it over), and then put it

back in the tray and print even pages from the end to the beginning.



I figured this out by printing a 6-page publication so I wouldn't waste

a ton of paper doing it.



--

Kenneth Benson

Pegasus Type, Inc.

www.pegtype.com
How Print Booklet
Mine winds up with the last page on top with the stack face down. I can't find a choice where I can print just odd or even pages in ID. The printer set-up doesn't give that choice either. Seems like I' stuck, huh?

Take another look in the ''General'' pane of the print dialog (I don't use Print Booklet often, but if memory serves you get there by clicking print setup inside Print Booklet). Below the page range selection you should see a field labeled ''Sequence.'' That's where odd/even only is hidden.



Peter

I find duplexing (on a non-duplex printer) easier from Acrobat. So I

export to PDF and then print from there. Either way, it's one of those

things you want to test on a few pages, and then write it down once you

figure it out.



--

Kenneth Benson

Pegasus Type, Inc.

www.pegtype.com

Peter--I checked in the ''General'' pane. Yes, there's a sequence option there, but I can't access it. It seems to be set to print all.



It seems that using a PDF is the only way to go with this. Its disappointing as I didn't have this issue with Pagemaker.

I haven't tried to print manual duplexing from Print Booklet directly. I always print to PDF first for that (for one thing, PDF prints faster than ID when you send it to the printer) and do the odd/even choice there.

I finally got my booklet printed using the PDF. It worked beautifully.

And it was faster, like you said.



Thanks for your suggestions. Sometimes these 'work arounds' are better.