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How do I set up pages to print a 5x7 catalog using doubled sided printing. When I try this layout the inside pages are upside down?

I am trying to print a 5 x7 catalog. When I print it out using doubled sided the inside pages are upside down. Is there a way to setup and print using a 5x7 format?

Posted on Jul 2, 2011 3:39 PM

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Posted on Jul 2, 2011 6:16 PM

If all else is working well, the simplest solution might be to place your 'inside' pages into text boxes and rotate these (and any graphics objects) 180°.


Or you could do what I've been doing with eight page booklets on two sheets of US Letter size paper:

  • Set up each pair of pages (8 - 1, 2 - 7, 6 - 3, and 4 - 5) as a separate document.
  • Print a single copy of each pair onto a separate sheet of paper, and a second copy of each pair to a PDF file.
  • Construct a dummy of the booklet using the printed pages. Staple (on the fold if you have a long stapler, at the top left corner of page 4 if you don't.
  • Take the dummy and a flash drive with the four PDF files to your local copy shop/digital printer and have the booklets run off, folded and stapled.

Regards,

Barry

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Jul 2, 2011 6:16 PM in response to Fred Weiss1

If all else is working well, the simplest solution might be to place your 'inside' pages into text boxes and rotate these (and any graphics objects) 180°.


Or you could do what I've been doing with eight page booklets on two sheets of US Letter size paper:

  • Set up each pair of pages (8 - 1, 2 - 7, 6 - 3, and 4 - 5) as a separate document.
  • Print a single copy of each pair onto a separate sheet of paper, and a second copy of each pair to a PDF file.
  • Construct a dummy of the booklet using the printed pages. Staple (on the fold if you have a long stapler, at the top left corner of page 4 if you don't.
  • Take the dummy and a flash drive with the four PDF files to your local copy shop/digital printer and have the booklets run off, folded and stapled.

Regards,

Barry

Jul 2, 2011 9:21 PM in response to Fred Weiss1

If your printer does duplex printing (i.e. you're not re-feeding the pages manually), there may be a setting in the print dialog. My Brother color laser has these option when I check the two-sided box. If you see something similar, test the various options & make a note of what works. It took me so many tries to figure out what they meant by long- or short-edge binding!


If you're using something like CocoaBooklet or another program to create a booklet, see if it has an option to turn the second side upside down.

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