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InDesignSecrets » Blog Archive » Print Booklet in InDesign CS3 http://indesignsecrets.com/print-booklet-in-indesign-cs3.php
Print Booklet in InDesign CS3

April 3rd, 2007
Written by Steve Werner
Many of you are familiar with the InBooklet SE plug-in which was included with InDesign CS2 for doing
simple impositions. (Impositions, sometimes called “printer spreads,” arrange the pages in the order
needed for printing.) In InDesign CS3, this has been replaced with Print Booklet, available from the File
menu.
Why was InBooklet SE replaced? It was created by ALAP, a very good plug-in developer. ALAP had a
more full-featured imposition package called Imposer Pro. Adobe paid ALAP to develop a simpler
version which was originally included with the Pagemaker Plug-in Pack for InDesign CS to replace a
simple imposition plug-in in Pagemaker. InBooklet SE was then rolled into InDesign CS2. The problem
was that Quark (the company—not the software) bought ALAP and dropped ALAP’s InDesign products.
That meant that Adobe had to develop imposition on its own.
When you open Print Booklet the interface looks similar to that of InBooklet, and the features are very
much the same. It opens to the Setup panel, where you set the basic parameters of the imposition. The
features are only designed for simple booklets—2-up Saddle Stitch, 2-up Perfect Bound, and 2-up, 3-up,
and 4-up Consecutive. But there are more sophisticated controls like “creep,” which compensates for the
effect of the innermost pages getting narrower in a thick booklet.
There are a couple essential differences from InBooklet SE, however. One of InBooklet’s features was the
ability to create a separate InDesign file of the imposed pages. While this was a nice feature, it sometimes
didn’t work correctly—especially when you had images crossing over the pages of the spread, or with
more complex formatting like anchored objects. I believe that when InBooklet created an imposition, it
had to build the pages itself, it couldn’t rely on InDesign’s own internal print mechanism. This process
probably broke down with more complex layouts.
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So that feature was dropped in Print Booklet. Print Booklet only produces impositions as part of the
printing process. Instead, there is a much closer relationship between the Print Booklet dialog box and the
Print dialog box. Notice that you can even choose a Print Preset (shown at the top of the Setup panel). To
switch to the Print dialog box, just click Print Settings at the bottom of the dialog box.
Imagine I want to create a 2-up Saddle Stitch imposition. I make the choices and click Preview to view a
preview of the page.
I’m warned the page doesn’t fit because I have the wrong printer selected. I can just click Print Settings,
which opens the Print dialog box. I choose the proper printer, choose the paper size I need, add printer’s
marks using the Print dialog box controls. When I click OK in the Print dialog box, I’m immediately
taken back to the Setup panel in Print Booklet. Now everything fits perfectly!
When I described Print Booklet on the InDesign Mac User Forum, a couple people were upset because
they needed to send the imposition to their printer. (One of them was a designer who had taken over the
in-house layout for a small printer, for example.) I said, “No problem!” Just choose the Adobe PDF
printer installed by Acrobat 7 or 8 in the Print dialog box. It will create a perfect PDF using Distiller in the
background. Below is a portion of my sample 16-page layout as a PDF imposition. I included images
which crossed over the spread to see how Print Booklet handled it, and it did just fine.
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64 Responses to “Print Booklet in InDesign CS3”
1. Al Ferrari said:
April 4th, 2007 at 12:19 am
Steve,
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The settings “space between pages” and “bleed between pages” grab my attention. What relation if
any do these settings have to the Document Setup “Inside Bleed” for facing pages documents?
2. Steve Werner said:

From the Help file:
“SPACE BETWEEN PAGES. Specifies the gap between pages (the right side of the left page and
the left side of the right page). You can specify a Space Between Pages value for all the booklet
types except Saddle Stitch.
“For Perfect Bound documents, if you are creeping in (with a negative value), the minimum Space
Between Pages value is the width of the Creep value. If you’re manually creating signatures (for
example, if there are different stocks in the same document), you can enter a Space Between Pages
value to specify a starting creep for spreads that belong to different signatures.
“BLEED BETWEEN PAGES. Specifies the amount of space used to allow page elements to
encroach the gap in Perfect Bound printer spread styles. This option is sometimes referred to as
crossover.) The field accepts values between 0 and half the Space Between Pages value. You can
specify this option only when 2-up Perfect Bound is selected.”
3. Phil Taz said:

Hi Steve, I contacted you on adobe forum, I have a sample file showing multiple problems in
InBooklet in CS2, I would like you to see it and maybe see if you have the same issues in CS3…. It
could be the way I laid out the file or booklet settings, but I have had frequent problems with this.
cheers
Phil

Phil,
Click on my name in the InDesign Mac User Forum, and you’ll see my email address. Email me the
file, and I’ll try it tomorrow.
5. Weller said:
–
… Just choose the Adobe PDF printer installed by Acrobat 7 or 8 in the Print dialog box. It will
create a perfect PDF using Distiller in the background…
–
But that will create a flattened PDF which is a bit of pity isn’t it?
I’m affraid this is a step back and there’s no point in closing our eyes instead of facing it.
6. Branislav Milic said:

April 4th, 2007 at 12:01 pm
Normal…
Distiller does not manage transparency but only distills PostScript files so it is flattened…
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I agree… It would certainly be better if Print Booklet were accessible from Export PDF dialog box!
We should request it for CS4.
8. Weller said:
Well, that’s what I mean. Imposition during print isn’t very flexible. It’s a matter of push-the-button
& pray. I hope they will add back the option of imposing into a native INDD file. (incuding
placeable indd file into solution would be even better). Direct print output can remain as an option,
I just don’t trust it. Office use only if you will.
Not that it matters much to me being still on version CS
9. Al Ferrari said:
Thanks for quoting from the Help file, but it does not address my question. Let me rephrase it: Does
a zero inside bleed in Document Setup interfere or conflict with creating a Bleed Between Pages in
Print Booklet?
Also, does Print Booklet work by generating imposed postscript page spreads directly from the
InDesign file, or does it work by generating single page postscript pages from the InDesign file, and
then imposing those?
10. Al Ferrari said:

The excellent sample illustrated is composite output. Does Print Booklet also do separations? Does
it handle trapping?

You’re asking a lot of questions I don’t have answer for, and this is a busy period so I don’t have a
lot of time for testing.
I’ll see what I can dig up from my Adobe sources, and report back.
12. Francisc0 Pereira said:

How the new imposition plugin handles footnotes? Specialy footnotes that span over two pages?

What I do know is that Print Booklet uses InDesign’s normal print stream. It should be able to
include anything that can be put on an InDesign page, just as the Print dialog can. It also should
handle separations and presumably trapping, for the same reason.
But I’ll get back to you for the more technical questions after I talk to my Adobe contacts.
14. Mike Klassen said:

6 of 16 7/16/2007 12:13 PM
Steve, thanks for being brave enough to open this can of worms.
I’m glad Adobe is including some sort of imposition option, even though it sounds like it’s not as
perfect as everyone would like.
Maybe another third party (that finds a way to be immune from being bought by Quark) will come
to the rescue.
I believe there’s already a third-party that has something for CS2 (not the Alap solution), so maybe
they’ll take a look at this issue and update their program for CS3 is necessary.
Obviously I have no inside info into what goes on at Adobe when it comes to features, but I’d like
to think that a public beta (like Photoshop) might have allowed feedback on this issue early enough
to have provided something that is more to everyone’s liking.

Remember, that the sale of ALAP to Quark happened mid-way through the CS3 development
process. I think it’s remarkable that Adobe did as good a job as it did considering the time they had
allocated. (Plus, there were many other outside developments impinging at the same time—support
for Windows Vista, support for Intel, merger with Macromedia products, etc.)

Mike,
The only detracting comment has been Weller’s. But he needs to explain why he wants the imposed
pdf, which is on it’s way to output, to have live transparency.
I agree with Steve that the development team appears so far, to have done a good job with Print
Booklet. The questions I raised do not indicate my dislike of it. Phil Taz also has only had
questions.
17. Mike Klassen said:

Al,
I think you wrote far more into my comments than were actually there.
Sorry if any one took things personally or felt I was putting more meaning into anyone’s comments
than was intended.
Lesson learned.
18. Weller said:

Don’t get me wrong. I’m not whining. Quite contrary. I’m grateful they knocked something decent
up in spite of closed door at ALAP.
I don’t have to muck with imposition at all, I was just playing the devil’s advocate. So I don’t need
imposed PDF with live transparency. But some printer doing his PitStop based magic would
probably appreciate to have his transparent objects in one piece.
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So here are some answers (from a CS product manager) to Al’s questions about Print Booklet:
(1) He doesn’t think a zero inside bleed (meaning “no bleed,” right?) should interfere or conflict
with creating a Bleed Between Pages. That setting is used for perfect binding, not saddle-stitch.
(2) How is the code generated? Each individual InDesign page is converted to PostScript. The
PostScript is imposed and put back into the print stream.
(3) Print Booklet definitely can do separations, but he didn’t think it supported trapping.
20. Bob Levine said:

Weller,
IME, any printer that can handle live transparency is NOT going to want you to impose the
document. They have their own hight end tools for this.
In fact, many printers will charge you extra if you do impose it since they’ll have to break the file
up for their own equipment.
21. Garrett Connelly said:

I’m sold! Sounds perfect. When can I get it?
Garrett

Thanks for the answers Steve. But:
(1) Zero inside bleed (no inside bleed) becomes available in the Document Setup dialog when
facing pages is checked, no binding style is required, so there may be some unwarranted
assumptions here.
(2) Very interesting, so this is not exactly the same postscript that the normal print to file produces,
which is for a whole range of pages in one shot. Does it do it all in RAM, or does it use scratch disk
space?
(3) Separations without trapping in 2007?

Sorry, Al, now you’re getting into engineering-level questions. I may or may not be able to find
answers to those. You may just have to wait until you have your hot hands on CS3!
The Help file says that the two specific features you asked about aren’t available for saddle-stitch
binding. Look at message #2.
Also, remember that this feature had to be put together quickly. Adding trapping just might not
have been possible with the time constraints.
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I just ran a test using Print Booklet for Phil Taz who was having problems with InBooklet SE.
Here’s how he described his imposition problem:
“I am using ID2 4.04 and frequently have had text frames in threaded story change their dimension
by a tiny amount and sometimes cause a reflow. But the main issue is with images that span the
spine, if you make a booklet from spreads where pictures span, they will often be cut off or
reappear on the wrong page. I have an example here from yesterday, it is quite scary….”
I could replicate his problems when I ran his file through InBooklet. However, when I imported it
into InDesign CS3 and used Print Booklet, the cross-overs were handled perfectly!
25. Bob Levine said:

Steve, Just to clarify were the problems with creating a new file or printing?

Al’s problems were both with creating a new file and with printing. He had many images crossing
over pages. His 16-page spread had six errors with image crossovers! Of course, they looked fine in
InBooklet SE’s preview.

Perhaps in #26 you meant to reffer to Phil’s problems, as I submited no sample.

Sorry, yes, I did mean Phil’s problems. I’m trying to do too many things this morning.
29. majena said:

help,… I have indesign cs and access to cs2 i need to have imposition facilities…does cs2 have this
option, is so where…do i need to download something else for cs2 to do it?

In InDesign CS2, you’ll find it in File > InBooklet SE (at the bottom). More information in
InDesign Help.
31. majena said:

Thanks Steve, can i make the document up in cs and then transfer it to cs2 to ‘imposition it’…

Sure, because CS2 can open up CS files.
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33. Cheril said:

April 20th, 2007 at 12:42 am
As I replied under another section, I will repeat problems with CS2 and InBooklet here.
I have CS 2 version 4.0.5, and InBooklete 3.0.5 (their last update). InBooklet does not work with
this version of CS2 (their latest), so check it out before you do anything.
You can download ALAP InBooklet from the Web if you want to use it with your CS. This is
probably your safest option.
34. Alex said:

I found that if you dont have any objects on a page Print booklet doesn’t recognize it as an actual
page. For example, I just tried to impose a 16 page doc and page two didn’t have anything on it.
Print booklet read my doc as only having 15 pages. I even tried putting some white text on the page
and it still didn’t recognize it. Only after I put coloured text on the page did it finally work properly.
Can anybody give me an answer other than Print Booklet is handi-capped?

Alex,
I think there may be a “Print Blank Pages” check box in the print dialog, and perhaps also in the
Print Booklet dialog. Does that help?
36. Suzanne Newman said:

Can Adobe InDesign CS open Adobe InDesign CS3 files without any problems? If there are
problems does anyone know what they are?
Is it still possible to purchase the ALAP InBooklet for InDesign CS? Does it work okay with CS?
37. Heidi said:

May 8th, 2007 at 12:56 am
Please help…I’m extremely frustrated. I’ve had ID 2.0 and needed to create a booklet. I couldn’t
find any existing plug-ins or scripts for 2.0 (especially due to the loss of the ALAP plug-in). SO,
after buying CS3 (and then Tiger) and waiting and a ton of hassle installing it—way behind
schedule, this Print Booklet feature is not working for me. I have 5.5 x 8.5 pages so that it will print
(on a laser printer) 2-up…36 pages total, 2-up saddle stitching (they’ll be low-budget, printed on a
laser printer and staped in the middle). But it imposes them incorrectly, adding another 3 blank
pages (I’ve already added needed blank pages). ALSO, assuming I can get it to impose the pages
correctly, how do I print double sided (odd pages only) or do I need to use a copy machine to get it
how I want it?! Any help or suggestions will be appreciated…

May 8th, 2007 at 1:21 am
Heidi,
I just did a test, creating a 36-page 5.5 x 8.5 inch layout, 2-up Saddle Stitch, and using the Print
Booklet feature. It definitely DIDN’T add extra pages. It imposes it correctly for me.
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As to printing double-sided, that is a feature of your printer. It’s not something that InDesign or any
piece of software I know of does for you. If your printer had duplexing (the formal terms for this), it
would be available by clicking the Printer button in that particular printer’s settings.
I’d recommend creating a PDF file (using the Adobe PDF printer is the easiest way, if you have
Acrobat), and take the PDF to a copy shop to back it up.
39. Heidi said:

May 8th, 2007 at 3:01 am
Okay, I figured out a fix for this stupid bug in Print Booklet (not recognizing blank pages as pages
unless they have text on them)…print to PDF, then use the Touchup Text Tool to delete the word
you had to add to the blank pages. I can’t believe Adobe couldn’t come up with something better
than this extremely limiting way of creating booklets.
40. Anne-Marie said:

May 8th, 2007 at 3:27 am
Print Booklet in CS3 can recognize blank pages.
In the main Print Booklet window, click the Print Settings button at the bottom. This opens up the
regular multi-panelled Print dialog box.
At the bottom of that dialog box, in the General Options area at the bottom, turn on Print Blank
Pages.
You could also create a Print Preset that includes that setting (as well as the other ones you might
need, such as specifying the Adobe 7 or 8 printer, choosing a Job Options setting, and so on).
I just created a 16-page completely blank PDF via Print Booklet.
41. Anne-Marie said:

May 8th, 2007 at 3:37 am
For double-sided printing without a duplexing printer, use the Print Odd Pages/Print Even Pages
options in Acrobat or ID. After one set is printed, you flip over the output, load it in the printer, and
print the “other” pages.
Thinking of which pages are odd or even with an already imposed 2-up layout makes my head hurt,
though. Put together a printer’s dummy and figure out which spreads should print on the back of
which other spreads. Number the spreads manually on the dummy (outside covers are spread 1,
inside covers are spread 2, the spread with pg 32 on the left and pg 1 on the right is spread three, the
spread with pg 2 on the left and pg 31 on the right is spread 4, and so on). If the PDF of the
imposed booklet doesn’t match your dummy, then drag spreads around in Acrobat’s Pages panel in
order to get them to match — so they’re in the right odd/even order.
I’ve printed thousands of double-sided (unimposed) multipage files on my non-duplexing printer,

and it can be a nightmare if one little thing goes wrong… ugh. Best investment I’ve made this year
is to get the same model printer with automatic duplexing. Now I just choose “double-sided” as a
printing option and it takes care of it for me.
42. Heidi said:

May 8th, 2007 at 5:08 am
Thank you Anne-Marie and Steve! I just saw that this “Print Blank Pages” was mentioned earlier on
and I could have saved myself an extra step. As for printing, my mock-up did help with keeping
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track of even and odd pages/front-to-back pages. Steve, I was referring to the fact that the usual
option of page sequencing (selecting printing even pages only or odd only) is grayed out when I go
into Print Settings through Print Booklet. But I was able to do this with the PDF. Thanks again…
43. Stephen said:

May 13th, 2007 at 12:31 am
After the demise of InBooklet SE, I decided to write Booklet CE. It creates a new, imposed
InDesign 2-up printer spread document from a reader spread document. There are versions for
InDesign CS1, CS2, and CS3. It handles things like crossing images correctly, and can add printer
marks. I like it better than Print Booklet; but then again I’m biased.
44. David Blatner said:

May 15th, 2007 at 4:50 pm
Stephen, this looks very interesting! I haven’t used Booklet CE yet, but if anyone cares to try, you
can check out here. It’s shareware, so if you like it, send him a bit of lucre.
45. Steven Fry said:

May 15th, 2007 at 9:32 pm
We just made the switch to Indesign CS2 (CS3 came out a few weeks later) from PageMaker 6.5
and I am wanting to make printer spreads of multiple documents (booked pub in PageMaker). This
can’t be done with InBoolket SE. I’m wondering do we buy Imposer Pro for CS2 or just upgrade to
CS3? Does CS3 handle books (multiple files)? I think we are leaning toward the upgrade (which is
a hard sell since we just purchased “new” software. Plus I don’t think Imposer Pro ($400.00) will
work in CS3 when we do upgrade. What are your thoughts? We waited until we knew Indesign
could handle converting PageMaker documents without a lot of hassle because we have thousands
of PageMaker files we didn’t want to recreate from scratch. So far I like CS2 a lot. My only
complaint so far is that I have a glitch with my shortcuts not working at times. I have to shut down
Indesign and reopen it to reset them when it happens. Any ideas on this one? We use Windows XP.
Thanks.
46. J Sharp said:

May 16th, 2007 at 1:57 pm
I have been having problems with the In Booklet SE in InDesign CS2. I gave up on the create new
file option and am trying to print to PDF. My goal is to take a 44 page document 5.5×8.5″ and make
a PDF in a booklet-spread layout with a creep margin set. I cannot figure out how to get this to
work. The closest thing i get leaves off the back page. (the back page has an image and black text
on it.) I tried it on a coworker’s computer and got the same result. I called adobe.com and they told
me they couldn’t help me unless my agency paid them a minimum of 39 dollars for a support
package, and that is not even promising they can help at all. i’m kind of stuck here… any help is
appreciated!!!

May 16th, 2007 at 2:58 pm
J, are you sure it’s 44 pages total? No more, no less?

May 16th, 2007 at 3:09 pm
Steve, I don’t have a good answer for the shortcuts-not-working problem, except for this post.
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As for imposition: No, I don’t think CS3’s booklet feature helps any. The only good solution is to
make a PDF of the whole book (from the Book palette) and then use an imposition program for
Acrobat. One of the best out there is called Print Collection, from a little company called… Quark!
Bizarre, but true. Not sure if it’s updated for Acrobat 8 yet.
49. Stephen said:

May 16th, 2007 at 3:15 pm
J,
If InBooklet SE isn’t working for you — and it does have its problems — try
ImpositionCompanion, at rorohiko.com (free), or, better yet, Booklet CE, at
products.carlsenenterprises.com (shareware).
50. J Sharp said:

May 16th, 2007 at 4:16 pm
Stephen, I cannot thank you enough for getting me through this day!!! I tried the shareware and
didn’t understand that, so i tried the InpositionCompanion and it worked perfectly!!! I still don’t
understand why it works, or what happens when i use it, but i am saving as separate files, and
getting the PDF results that i needed. Maybe when i have time, i can learn a little more. Thanks so
much for your help!!!!!!!
51. DrKoob said:

May 16th, 2007 at 8:48 pm
If I print to PDF 8, where does it save that PDF? I printed to it but have no clue where the file is to
give to my printer (human not computer printer). All that happened is that a distiller named Adobe
PDF8 opened (icon looks like a printer) and I still can’ t find the file.

May 16th, 2007 at 9:19 pm
Here’s what happens with me in InDesign CS3. I choose Adobe PDF 8.0. Then I click the Printer…
button at the bottom of the dialog box. Click through the warning. In the menu that says Copies &
Pages, select PDF Options. Select the PDF preset there (e.g., PDF/X-1a:2001). Click Print. You’ll
be prompted for a file name and location to save the file. Click Save. Then click the Print button.
This will create the file and save it where you designate.

May 17th, 2007 at 3:51 pm
David,
Thanks! I think we are going to go with Print Collection by Quark. Seems that Quark needs Adobe
for pdf files and Adobe needs Quark for printer spreads, they are stuck with each other for the
moment.

May 17th, 2007 at 3:55 pm
As for the shortcuts-not-working, I read the posts and I believe it is not an operating system
problem on both Mac and Windows, but a Adobe software glitch. I have used numberous programs
over the past 20 years and none of them had problems with shortcuts not working. I believe Adobe
needs to work on a patch for this problem.
Thanks again for the help. I appreciate it!
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55. J Wages said:

May 25th, 2007 at 7:16 am
I was about ready to yank all my hair completely out when I upgraded to CS3 due to Booklet
problems. The new Print Booklet feature was adding blank pages (as mentioned in the “Messages”
section of the Print Booklet dialog) for no apparent reason. I Googled everywhere which brought
me to this web page. But alas, still no help. There was no reason blank pages should have been
added to my eyes.
But after spending countless hours on this, I clicked the “Print Settings…” button for the umpteenth
time and I realized the “Print Blank Pages” checkbox was not checked! Ticking that box and
clicking OK fixed the problem.
If only Print Booklet could be smarter to report common mistakes like this to the user, we’d all
have more hair!
56. bill l. said:

May 28th, 2007 at 4:15 pm
Have InDesign CS3 on a Mac. Was used to Pagemaker on PC… how do I build a booklet and save
it as a booklet in pdf? I can’t get page 1 on the same sheet as page 8. Thanks.
57. Dave Saunders said:

May 29th, 2007 at 7:23 pm
Bill,
Check out the script I just uploaded to:
http://pdsassoc.com/downloads/MakeBooklet.zip
This is a very preliminary version of a script that could grow in a number of directions, including
support of bleed at the binding, creep, even signatures.
But right now, it is little more than a proof of concept. It produces a document that looks a lot like
PageMaker’s booklets except that the pages are imported from your original document — this
means you can use Edit Original to update the original and your booklet will automatically take on
the edits.
The script is CS3 only. After unzipping, put it in the Scripts Panel folder in the Scripts folder in the
Version 5.0 folder in the Adobe InDesign folder in your Preferences (man is that deep!). Just open
your original document and run the script. Provided your document length is a multiple of four, the
script will make the booklet and save it in the same folder as your original with a unique name that
includes “bklt” — this way people are less likely to save over the original document, thereby losing
everything.
Dave
58. Don Cunningham said:

June 7th, 2007 at 2:09 pm
Does anyone know how to impose a booklet (.Indb) that contains 3 separate files? The print booklet
option under the ‘file’ menu is greyed out. I am probably missing something simple.
59. Marcy S said:

June 18th, 2007 at 3:47 am
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When I choose print book, the pages print out in the reassembled correct order for binding, but
since I need to copy the back side onto the front side on my copier, I have a problem. The pages
aren’t mirrors, even if I choose “center page” on the print dialoge. Please help.
60. Jack said:

June 25th, 2007 at 5:48 pm
I never had a problem “creating a new document” when using InBooklet in IDCS2 - so I am very
disappointed to read that IDCS3 does not support this option. Does Stephen’s “Booklet CE” have
this option or plan to incorporate this option? Also, does anyone know if ID3 imports and
automatically places a mutliple page PDF in an ID3 document? I had a great script for CS1 & 2, but
I don’t think it’s going to be compatible for CS3.
61. Sushil said:

June 26th, 2007 at 9:35 am
I Just have a question abut How to create Booklet Style. Means How we can add 8up, 12 Up Style
in InBooklet.

June 26th, 2007 at 1:10 pm
Don: The best way to impose a booklet is to export to PDF and then use an Acrobat plug-in such as
Quark’s Print Collection (yes, Quark!).
Jack: Yes, the PlaceMultiPagePDF script comes with InDesign CS3 (and it’s installed
automatically).
Sushil: The InBooklet and PrintBooklet free plug-ins (which come with the program) are only for
small booklets. They are not designed for large-scale imposition. Printers need a more powerful
program, such as Kodak Preps. Quark Imposer (part of the Print Collection) is also a good midrange
solution for 8up.
63. Lana said:

June 26th, 2007 at 7:52 pm
Not sure if this is the right place for this question…but any suggestions for getting multiple-ups?
For example, putting multiples of a business card on an 11×17 sheet. Usually the printer sets this up
for me but I’ve come across a need to do this myself.

June 27th, 2007 at 3:13 pm
Lana, often the best way to do this is to export one from the original document as a PDF, then
import it into a new 11 x 17 document and use Step and Repeat. (If you’re using CS3, you can skip
the export-as-PDF step and just import the original ID file.)
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Print Booklet in InDesign CS3

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64 Responses to “Print Booklet in InDesign CS3”

2. Steve Werner said:

From the Help file:

3. Phil Taz said:

4. Steve Werner said:

6. Branislav Milic said:

7. Steve Werner said:

10. Al Ferrari said:

11. Steve Werner said:

12. Francisc0 Pereira said:

13. Steve Werner said:

14. Mike Klassen said:

15. Steve Werner said:

16. Al Ferrari said:

17. Mike Klassen said:

18. Weller said:

19. Steve Werner said:

April 4th, 2007 at 9:11 pm

20. Bob Levine said:

21. Garrett Connelly said:

I’m sold! Sounds perfect. When can I get it?

22. Al Ferrari said:

Thanks for the answers Steve. But:

(3) Separations without trapping in 2007?

23. Steve Werner said:

24. Steve Werner said:

25. Bob Levine said:

26. Steve Werner said:

27. Al Ferrari said:

Perhaps in #26 you meant to reffer to Phil’s problems, as I submited no sample.

28. Steve Werner said:

29. majena said:

30. Steve Werner said:

31. majena said:

32. Steve Werner said:

Sure, because CS2 can open up CS files.

33. Cheril said:

34. Alex said:

Can anybody give me an answer other than Print Booklet is handi-capped?

35. Al Ferrari said:

36. Suzanne Newman said:

37. Heidi said:

38. Steve Werner said:

39. Heidi said:

40. Anne-Marie said:

Print Booklet in CS3 can recognize blank pages.

I just created a 16-page completely blank PDF via Print Booklet.

41. Anne-Marie said:

I’ve printed thousands of double-sided (unimposed) multipage files on my non-duplexing printer,

42. Heidi said:

43. Stephen said:

44. David Blatner said:

45. Steven Fry said:

46. J Sharp said:

47. David Blatner said:

J, are you sure it’s 44 pages total? No more, no less?

48. David Blatner said:

49. Stephen said:

50. J Sharp said: