printing Booklet style

[wizard509]

That sounds like sterling advice SmartEd.

[Sadler]

Does anyone else see this?



It's there in X9 and X10 Pro but missing in the help in both.

I've tried it out and it seems to do some sort of imposing though I am confused thus far. I would appreciate some help in the help file.

[Rik]

Does anyone else see this?



It's there in X9 and X10 Pro but missing in the help in both.

I've tried it out and it seems to do some sort of imposing though I am confused thus far. I would appreciate some help in the help file.

I've never looked at that option.
I'm going to try it out, tomorrow, if I remember.

My assumption is that (for example) if you had 8 pages in Xara, then choosing the Bookfold option, would make a booklet for you.
Meaning that you would get two pages coming out of the printer, with pages 1,2,7,8 on one sheet, and 3,4,5,6 on the other sheet.
When these pages are folded in half, that makes a booklet.

Will let you know my findings.

However, an expert might come and tell us all what that actually does?!

[Rik]

I've attached an image to show, what I think, Bookfold and Bundle might do.

But, as I said, I might have a chance to check that tomorrow.

[mwenz]

Having just tried this "feature" in various configurations for a sample 16-page booklet, I find it (nearly) utterly worthless. It is still a better work-flow to create a PDF in reader-order and use Adobe Reader or another PDF viewer to print as a booklet.

[Albacore]

This question shows my stubbornness not to upgrade until Xara gives and sorts out a few things in the vector field. When did this booklet print option come in? what version, as I did not see it mentioned before in release notes.

[Sadler]

It is obviously meant to be a pro feature since "creep compensation" is only relevant when a perfect result is required on saddle stitch bound booklets. It seems that gutter can be controlled too which, IMHO is also a pro feature. The fact that there is no help for this is definitely amiss and by all accounts so far (in this thread) it is not a professional workflow or results. I'd love to be able to use this if it worked and was more predictable.

[mwenz]

This question shows my stubbornness not to upgrade until Xara gives and sorts out a few things in the vector field. When did this booklet print option come in? what version, as I did not see it mentioned before in release notes.

Version X9.