Trouble printing booklets with Indesign from CS4

Hello. I am trying to print a booklet from indesign. It is 12 pages and I
wish to print it on 8.5 by 5.5 booklet. The file was produced on 8.5 x 11 pages and I want to print 1 spread to each landscaped 8.5 x 11 sheet. When I try to do this using 2 page saddle stitch setting, it prints each spread in a portrait orientation on one page. Also, when I do manage to get it to print a spread to each page, it doesn't print all the pages. My printer is a Xerox workcentre 7428. I downloaded a global driver to Windows parallel in order to access the fold and staple mode of the printer, as my regular printer driver doesn't allow these settings to show up. Can anyone help me?

What's really strange is it used to work. I can't recall what my settings were to make it work. Anyhow, the document was created as pages in consecutive order as I would want them to appear in the book when a person is reading. Pg 1, pg 2, pg 3, and so on. The problem is that each individual page is portrait oriented 8.5x11 pages. The spreads used to print out properly until I changed my printer drivers to take advantage of the fold and staple function in the printer I am using. The old driver didn't see these parts of the printer. When I try to print booklet it messes up the printing so that it either prints the booklet as pieces of each page per page in a portrait orientation, or it doesn't print out all the pages! *sigh* Sending it to a professional printer is not an option, as the printer was purchased to provide us with a professional type print job. I'm going to try messing around with it a bit more and see if I can figure it out.
I'm not sure I understand the answers I was given. How does the print booklet setting differ from print.

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Hi again Peter
It is version 5.0.4. I updated it when I newly installed it a week ago in my new computer, and then again updated it just yesterday.
I might mention that before I got my new computer, I was running Mac OS 4.11, and was using InDesign 3.0. I had bought InDesign CS3 about a year ago, but hadn't gotten around to using it since version 3.0 had been working fine, and I was used to it. Then, when I got my new computer, I decided it was time to use the newer version. However, while using InDesign 3.0 with the old Mac OS 4.11, a printing problem popped up there, too, a few months ago... and it also involved printing problems with Adobe Reader. I contacted Adobe, and they sent me a patch which fixed it. I will contact Adobe again if need be, although I thought I'd start here first to see if it was a common enough problem that someone might be able to provide a free and routine answer.
Richard
Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2010 20:10:13 -0600
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: Printing problems with InDesign CS3 with Mac OS 10.6.3
I neglected to ask what version of indesign CS3 you are using. I also
notice that Mac OSX 10.6.4 has just been released. It actually
addresses some CS3-specific issues, though they seem to be related to
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Premedia Systems, Inc.
510-655-4454
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http://www.seenbest-web-design.com/techclub/?p=1282
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A projection screen? I make do with a single sheet. Draw these numbers on the front, four columns and two rows -- the top row should be drawn upside down:
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Richard
Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2010 20:10:13 -0600
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: Printing problems with InDesign CS3 with Mac OS 10.6.3
I neglected to ask what version of indesign CS3 you are using. I also
notice that Mac OSX 10.6.4 has just been released. It actually
addresses some CS3-specific issues, though they seem to be related to
launching the apps, not printing. It may be worth trying to update,
nonetheless.
Peter Truskier
Premedia Systems, Inc.
510-655-4454
>

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