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Adobe Indesign - Can you print two half pages per 1 page of paper?


I would like to print out a document that I have created and would like the final printed document to be two halves (with appropriate margins) and be printed on a single 8.5 x 11 sheet of paper.

8.5 x 5.5 is the ideal paper size for me economically and I will be staying within that constraint.

I have tried booklet but I continue to get an error about paper sizes that the Adobe community says is a known bug.

Thank you.


Solution

  • I have had this problem with the booklet printing. The best solution is the following JS:

    var doc = app.documents.length && app.activeDocument,
    dpf = doc && doc.documentPreferences;
    if( doc )
    {
    app.scriptPreferences.measurementUnit = MeasurementUnits.POINTS;
    doc.pages.everyItem().reframe(
    CoordinateSpaces.INNER_COORDINATES,
    [[0,0],[dpf.pageWidth,dpf.pageHeight]]
    );
    dpf.facingPages &&
    doc.pages.everyItem().move(
    LocationOptions.UNKNOWN,
    undefined,
    BindingOptions.DEFAULT_VALUE
    );
    }
    

    All credit to Marc Autret

    Once you have the pages all the same size you can use the booklet printing again.

    How to use a JS script in InDesign.