Spreads -- best way to print

This question has come up because I received a phone call from my printer on Friday, during the middle of a print job on an iGen, saying he couldn't print my PDFs as spreads.
Now, before anyone says "Change printers", I'm not doing that. I'm going to train this one up. He and his dad have had thirty years experience in offset printing and about 5 years with an iGen. But I suspect their digital expertise is not really as good as it could be. So I'm going to help them out, with help from the experts here.
Previously, I have had no problems because I provided him with PDFs already in spread format. This time, the first file was a spread-format PDF, but the rest were single-page PDFs which I asked him to print as spreads. He printed the first file okay, but then I got a phone call.
He was adamant that his system (I think he mentioned a Creo RIP) couldn't print spreads. It could impose (32-1 etc), but couldn't print spreads.
So, to get the print job back on the road immediately, I imported the PDFs into InDesign and uploaded the InDesign files with links to the PDFs he already had. Then I suggested he print with Spreads selected, or use Print Booklet and choose 2-Up Consecutive. He choose the latter and called me a few minutes later to say it worked.
I'm not really happy with having to import the PDFs back into InDesign so that he can print them (it's an extra step for errors to creep in) and would like comments from readers re the three methods listed below. But first a question:
QUESTION
Is it possible that a printer could have a million dollar iGen, a Creo (?) RIP, and all the associated software that must come with the system, but not be able to print spreads from a single-page PDF? Maybe I've got the wrong terminology and I've sent him looking for the wrong thing. What name should I use: "facing pages", "spreads", "2-Up Consecutive"?
He has InDesign CS4 and Acrobat Professional. Assuming that he really can't print spreads using his normal method of printing PDFs, what are the pros and cons of:
Method 1
Print from Acrobat Professional, using the Multiple Pages Per Sheet option available in the Print dialog box. It works on my system.
Method 2
Import the PDFs back into InDesign and print as spreads.
Method 3
As per method 2, but use Print Booklet and 2-Up Consecutive.
Any comments most appreciated.

I'm a bit confused, bmcprint, by your explanation. What do you mean by "paginate single pages". I got the impression from the printer, but I didn't pursue the point as I wanted the printing to get underway, that he could impose 32-1, 2-31 etc but not 1-2, 3-4.
If I have to import the PDF into InDesign, and that allows him to get results, there's nothing much wrong with that I suppose.
I want to stick with this printer because he's trying to make a go of this new technology and he's got the personal touch. Whereas in the case of another printer I approached for a quote (a quote I would have had no difficulty in accepting because it was a cheaper), I feel two or three steps removed from the process. I get to talk to someone in the office, who may return my calls that day or may not -- meetings are regularly in progress -- and that person hasn't actually operated the iGen, though she will talk to the production manager for me. It's all a bit distant.
I'm paying extra, and spending more time sorting out the difficulties, but everytime I call the fellow I can hear the iGen in the background. I like that.
Anyway, that's not what this post is about. Is there any real difference between the three methods I listed, or will they all just as easily achieve the same result, once I have the PDFs back in InDesign?

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