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    Default Printing two pages side-by-side

    Does anyone know a way to print two pages side by side?

    I'm working on a paperback book 5.25 x 8 and it would be so much more efficient to print two facing pages at a time in "reader spreads" at 100% size as they will appear in the book.

    Any suggestions?

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    Default Re: Printing two pages side-by-side

    Doesn't Adobe Reader or Acrobat fill the need? Either can print a pdf made from single pages as a booklet. Need to proper amount of pages for the booklet order to work out properly.

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    Default Re: Printing two pages side-by-side

    I think print from Adobe reader as booklet will print the pages for stitching

    I sugesst you try the multiple setting instead, eg:

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    which will follow through as it prints with this:

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    etc

    so you get your pages side by side as you would read

    if you have a front page then that would be page 'two' in this example, so page 'one' would be blank - if you are omitting a front page then it is a straight run...

    EDIT - btw there is a multiple fit print option in xara but as I recall, that is for printing multiple instances of the same page layout per page of print, which is not the same thing....
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    Default Re: Printing two pages side-by-side

    What I am trying to do is to print reader spreads for proofreading the material before publishing. So booklet just print side-by-side but not in readable form. Booklet is intended for folding, cuttings and binding. It's imposition. Something more like the attached.

    I came close yesterday printing from Xara but the side-by-side pages are about 80% actual size and make it harder to proofread.

    I'm going to play around with the settings some more today as soon as my brain is in gear.

    Mike, long time no see.
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    Default Re: Printing two pages side-by-side

    ah sorry, misunderstood - I am pretty sure acrobat will do that if not reader as mike said; but not something I have experience of directly
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    Default Re: Printing two pages side-by-side

    OK Acrobat it is. [ X ] Multiple [ X ] 2 by 1

    prints two pages on one sheet, side-by-side at almost 100%. Close enough.
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    Default Re: Printing two pages side-by-side

    Gary,

    What I do is in Xara under the print window I select options and under the layout tab I select Multiple fit and rows=1 Columns=2

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    select ok

    Under the print window select printer and change to landscape then print your document.

    Ray

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    Default Re: Printing two pages side-by-side

    Thanks Ray, I'll give that a try.

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    Default Re: Printing two pages side-by-side

    Ray, when I try these settings it prints the same page twice on the sheet. What am I missing here?

    Acrobat did the job but even with the Save Ink/Toner option it was very very slow.

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    Default Re: Printing two pages side-by-side

    Gary,

    I forgot that Xara does not treat this as two separate pages.

    I retested and under the options I used automatic fit. The way I got this to work was from the print widow I selected printer and under the printer properties I can select multi page and then I selected 2-UP. You would have to check if your printer has this as one of its properties.

    Ray

 

 

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