Seperating 2-page spreads for printing?

I recently have had trouble with printing my booklets.
I am using 11x17 documents and wish to seperate 2 page spreads for printing?
When i currently print it prints the cover page, page 1, seperate but combines the other spreads, with 2 pages per actual printed page.
I seperate the files one by one for printing currently but i want t0 know if i have to do that, because it wastes valuable time.
Is it a problem with the way i am exporting the file?
Please give me your advice as I am open to other ideas to reaching my main goal.

When you see two pages side-by-side in an InDesign file which is set up with facing pages, that's just how it looks on the screen. If none of the items on your pages span across both pages of a spread, you can output a multi-page PDF, and each page will be independent. In fact, you could have something that crosses the spine on a spread and still output to single pages, but that's not really the point. The double-page part they are talking about is the ability for you to output (for example) pages 2 and 3, which are side-by-side, as a single page that is twice as wide as a normal single page. They also don't want 32 different one-page PDFs for a 32-page book. Neither of these will be a problem if you export your PDF normally. If you see facing pages in the actual PDF, that may be (probably is) just a viewing option. All of the pages will be singles.
The point I want to make is that you don't have to override the facing pages to make a multi-page PDF.

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