Booklet spreads to pdf

On my old MacG3 I am using Pagemaker 6. With this I can use a Pagemaker
plug-in to make a booklet. The pages are re-imposed as spreads on A4 or A3 paper and saved as files which I can print or not as I choose.
On my Intel imac running MacOSX Leopard I am using InDesign v5.0.3. The only way I can see to make a booklet is to select Print and Make Booklet. The pages are then re-imposed onto spreads that I seem to be committed to print. However I do not want to print the booklet. I want to send it in its repaginated spreads form as a pdf to a remote printer in the town. But How?
I have been doing it the rather clumsy way of originating the booklet in Pagemaker 6, using its plug-in to build the booklet, transferring this to the imac for conversion into an indesign document then saving this as a pdf file. It works but there has to be a better way! I have probably
missed something but what? Thanks in advance.
Robin

Silly me. I forgot to mention that. :)
I actually use the script all the time, but it does have limitations. Objects crossing the spine will give unexpected results except on the center spread. And you'll need to export your PDF as spreads after running the script.
Peter

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Thank you for the suggestions, adding pages for even multiples of 16 didn't work unfortunately, I actually did try that prior to posting.
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Why not reconstruct the pages in InDesign they way you want the double pages to appear. There may even be an imposition script available that will do the trick. You could then output to pdf all the pages you want the full spread on. Leave the original to create the pages you wanted left as is.
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Why not reconstruct the pages in InDesign they way you want the double pages to appear. There may even be an imposition script available that will do the trick. You could then output to pdf all the pages you want the full spread on. Leave the original to create the pages you wanted left as is.
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See InDesignSecrets » Blog Archive » Acrobat’s Adobe PDF Printer Replaced in Snow Leopard for more information about printing to PDF in Snow Leopard.
If you need to take the file to print on a PC anyway, IF that macine also has ID it will be much easier to do the imposition on that using Print Booklet and just direct, or print to PDF (that still works on PC) and you'll have a booklet file you can print from anywhere.

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Hey,
Is there is a way to have a four page booklet on Acrobat.com
where the middle spread appears the same size as pages 1 and 4 by
the "show pages side by side" layout is selected? Currently
this
is what we have - but I'd love pages 2 and 3 to appear
side-by-side and in proportion just as they would in print and the
regular offline acrobat reader.
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Eric Thribb wrote:
That's annoying, just searched here again and found
http://forums.adobe.com/message/2664838#2664838
Not the most obvious of workflows, but it does the job!
Not sure waht you took away from that other thread...
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The manual methos of shuffling works great for 4 pages. For more than that youj might want to look at a script. My favorite is from Dave Saunders and is quite old, so you might need to run it in a "Version 4.0 Scripts" (without the quotes) subfolder of your scripts panel folder. You'll find that one at http://pdsassoc.com/downloads/Buildbooklet.zip
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Not with Reader.
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hi I have a pdf file with around 200 pages ...I am trying to print a book let out of it but the sequence of pages I need it only available if I select 4pages at a time other setting is duplex printing double sided....the sequence I need it on front page I need 1 and 4 and back 2 and 3..... but if select 8 pages then I get 1 and 8, 2 and 7 and so on ... I need like this
1st page front 1&4
1st page back 2&3
2nd page front 5&8
2nd page back 6&7
please help me out ...I have tried many option but fail.....binding is from left

Hi wasif005,
Rather than printing a booklet, which is going to print the pages in such a way that they're in the correct order when folded/bound, what happens when you choose the "Multiple" option in the Print dialog box? You can determine how many pages are printed per sheet of paper, and then print duplex to print front/back. I think that may work for you...
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Sara

Print Booklet Spread

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Thank you.
Cheers! Phil

Didn't work. I tried 2, 7, Spread saddle stitched and got 2 on one page and 7 on another page.
That does not seem like a good thing. If you have a 16 page booklet and change one page you have to print the entire booklet again.
Thanks for you responses.
Cheers! Phil

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I can't help with your color proplem -- don't know the printer -- but you can use a script to impose your booklet in a new file, then export that to PDF.
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There are also imposing plugins for Acrobat...

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Thanks in advance for any help you can lend.
I have a 16 page .indd document that I'm trying to export via "print booklet", using Adobe PDF 9.0 as my printer. Every time I try to print as a PDF, it goes through the process of compiling the images, loading fonts, etc., but then my printer utility opens (obviously giving an error) instead of Acrobat. When I just choose export as PDF I have no issues whatsoever; Acrobat opens and it saves properly. I need the document, though, in a saddle stitch imposed format for the printer.
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Acrobat X version 10.1.3
Adobe InDesign CS5.5
The setting summary of the print dialogue is as follows:
Print Preset: [Custom]
Printer: Adobe PDF 9.0
PPD: Adobe PDF 9.0
PPD File: /var/folders/74/_l7wb86j7plcvb5kz2hwgmh00000gn/T//4f9757064d509
Print Booklet
    Booklet Type: 2-up Saddle Stitch
    Auto Adjust Margins: On
    Top Margin: 0.2917 in
    Bottom Margin: 0.2917 in
    Left Margin: 0.2917 in
    Right Margin: 0.2917 in
    Space Between Pages: N/A
    Creep: 0 in
    Bleed Between Pages: N/A
    Signature Size: N/A
    Print Blank Printer Spreads: On
General
    Copies: 1
    Collate: Off
    Reverse Order: Off
    Pages: All
    Sequence: All Pages
    Spreads: Off
    Print Master Pages: Off
    Print Layers: Visible & Printable Layers
    Print Non-printing Objects: Off
    Print Blank Pages: Off
    Print Visible Guides and Baseline Grids: Off
Setup
    Paper Size: Tabloid Oversize
    Paper Width: 12 in
    Paper Height: 18 in
    Page Orientation: Landscape
    Paper Offset: 0 in
    Paper Gap: 0 in
    Transverse: Off
    Scaling: 100%
    Constrain Proportions: On
    Page Position: Centered
    Thumbnails: Off
    Tiling: Off
Marks and Bleed
    Crop Marks: On
    Bleed Marks: Off
    Registration Marks: Off
    Color Bars: Off
    Page Information: Off
    Printer Mark Type: Default
    Crop Mark Weight: 0.25 pt
    Mark Offset from Page: 0.0833 in
    Use Document Bleed Settings: On
    Bleed Top: 0 in
    Bleed Bottom: 0 in
    Bleed Inside: 0 in
    Bleed Outside: 0 in
    Include Slug Area: Off
Output
    Color: Composite CMYK
    Text As Black: Off
    Trapping: Off
    Flip: None
    Negative: Off
    Screening: Default
    Simulate Overprint: Off
    Frequency: 60
    Angle: 45
Graphics
    Send Data: Optimized Subsampling
    Download: Complete
    Download PPD Fonts: On
    PostScript®: Level 2
    Data Format: ASCII
Color Management
    Document Profile: U.S. Web Coated (SWOP) v2
    Color Handling: Let InDesign Determine Colors
    Printer Profile: Document CMYK - U.S. Web Coated (SWOP) v2
    Preserve CMYK Numbers: On
    Proof Profile: Document CMYK
    Simulate Paper Color: On
Advanced
    Print &as Bitmap: On
    Bitmap Resolution: 300
    OPI Image Replacement: Off
    EPS: Off
    PDF: Off
    Bitmap Images: Off
    Transparency Flattener Preset: [Medium Resolution]
    Ignore Spread Overrides: Off
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Acrobat X version 10.1.3

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Hi,
I'm preparing something for print, and I've run into a couple of questions I'd love some advice on.
The printshop wants the A5 booklet as a A4+bleed PDF, so I'm producing 'Print Booklet' to a Postscript with the PDF PPD and using Apple's Preview to convert to PDF. Is Preview's conversion going to cause me any problems, for example any unwanted compression/other unpleasant surprises?
Upon conversion Preview is showing a hairline white gap between the now combined first and last page (see image below). In the original document the purple-ness extends beyond the 3mm bleed on the respective edge of both pages. I was wondering if anyone might have an idea why this would be the case?
Thanks in advance,
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Hi, Your problem may be the creep setting. Set it to 0. Also, I often encounter white hairlines (object boxes) that come & go depending on the zoom setting. I've learned to trust they do not print at the print shop.
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I just upgraded from SC2 to SC6 and swtiched from PC to Mac OS Lion (10.7). I'm having trouble with print booklet settings - I'd like to set to device independent, but it won't seem to output on anything other than letter size; the settings to change paper size on device independent is greyed out). It will only print on letter size, meaning I only get the even pages of the booklet spreads. I too am a control freak and like to make sure everything is lined up perfectly before sending off to printer. I can get it to work if I use my home printer ppd (whimpy inkjet), but feel uncomfortable having it be dependent on that ppd as opposed to the professional printer ppd.
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