Printing Facing Pages

I can create pdfs with facing pages and local printer can print them out fine. What i want to be able to do is have my facing page exported in indiesign
pages look like this on screen with spreads which is what I want.
1
2-3
4-5
6
But i would also like to print this out on my office printers so that it looks correct and I can fold it. So when printing it would look ike this on each printed page
6-1
2-3
4-5
Does this make sense? this this possible printing through adobe pdf or indesign without re-laying the page out in landscape format? I know my local printer somehow does it from the pdf.
Thanks for your help.

You don't mention version, and it is slightly different between versions, but staring in CS you might have the InBooklet SE plugin, definitely have it in CS2, or have Print Booklet in CS3 or CS4, all of which will be under the File menu. THese are imposition tools for printing directly from ID, but if you need PDF, for example to print two sides on a non-duplexing printer, you can print to the Adobe PDF virtual printer that is installed with Acrobat (full versions, not reader).
Peter

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The way you have it setup is the correct way for Perfect Binding.
The image that appears on the right hand page in the picture posted, that area actually goes into the spine area - look at any book that has a spine and see how deep the pages go into the spine.
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When you make a PDF for printing make sure you offset your Crop Marks further than your bleed
Bellow I've used points and pica (but you can use 5mm bleed and offset by 6mm)
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are needed to trim the page to size when printed. As printers can't
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