Printing booklet

[John Steiger]

I am producing a 50 to 60 page booklet using Pubisher
2003. The page format will be using 8.5 x 11 paper
folded in half. I need to print both sides of the
paper. How do I print the booklet so that I print half
the project on one side of the paper and the other half
on the back. Will publisher keep track of the pages so
that for example; that page 2 and page 50 print on the
same side/sheet of paper so when all pages are printed,
folded and bound the book reads correctly.
Thanks
John
Houston, Tx

 

[John Steiger]

more info...I am using a single side printer so I have to
run the pages through twice to print both sides of the
paper. JS

 

[Ed Bennett]

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I am producing a 50 to 60 page booklet using Pubisher
2003. The page format will be using 8.5 x 11 paper
folded in half. I need to print both sides of the
paper. How do I print the booklet so that I print half
the project on one side of the paper and the other half
on the back.

You will either need to manually turn the paper over as it comes out of the
printer, or you will need to activate some kind of duplexing feature in your
printer driver.
If you have no manual duplex features in your printer driver, then you will
need to use an intermediary driver such as FinePrint from www.fineprint.com.
Failing that, you could create a PDF file and use the manual duplex features
in Adobe Reader.
A free PDF creator is available at www.pdf995.com

 

[John Steiger]

It is a project my wife is working on for a family reunion. We are going to print about 75 copies. I may end up taking the print job to the local kinkos to printed. I just wanted to make that it is possible to create the project and be able to tell the printer to print the pages in the proper sequence. I know that I will have to the run the paper throgh twice if I print it myself(I am not looking forward to printing it myself, but you know, anything for the spouse). I hoping to be able to have someone else print the project depending on the cost
John

 

[Ed Bennett]

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It is a project my wife is working on for a family reunion. We are
going to print about 75 copies. I may end up taking the print job to
the local kinkos to printed. I just wanted to make that it is
possible to create the project and be able to tell the printer to
print the pages in the proper sequence.

Yes, and I listed the options for you

If you give the document to Kinkos, they will use their automatic machinery
to do it for you.

Check out the links at http://office.microsoft.com/ for links to a place
where you can find internet-based and local printers who accept Microsoft
Publisher files.

 

[Ed Bennett]

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I can see if you only a few copies (definitely under 10 copies) but
anything more than that, get them printed. It's so much easier.

I wouldn't be so sure.
If you turned off copy collation, then you could just provide X sheets of
paper, select File > Print > X copies, and go off and do something while
printed page 1, then turn stack over, and add another X sheets underneath
the stack, tell printer to continue, repeat until done.
The only tedious bit is then collating all the copies, but it's not
difficult.
The only technically difficult bit is finding a long-armed stapler.

 

[John Steiger]

Thanks for all the help. I called Kinko's and they want 400 buck to print the booklet. I will have to talk to wife about re-thinking how we are preparing the project. Again, Thanks for the help. John

 

[Ed Bennett]

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MY HEAVENS!!! What are you getting done that they want $400 for 75
booklets? I get a newsletter printed for a little over half of that.
I get 255 copies, black and white, double-sided on 11x17,
saddle-stitched, folded and tabbed.

He probably wants colour

 

[John Steiger]

No color, that was for b&w. They said that it was 2000 copies and that was the price I was qouted. I just need to shop around a little and I bet I can find a better price. Kinko's was the first place I tried. John

 

[John Steiger]

no...my wife wants color!

 

[Mike Koewler]

Don,

The way I read it was, the booklet is 50 or 60 pages and he (his wife) needs
2000 booklets.

Could be, but he typed: "We are going to print about 75 copies."

That's 15 sheets of paper per booklet, times 2000 booklets for $400.

Or, if you believe him, 15 sheets of paper per booklet, times 75
booklets for $400. That's about 17.5¢ per click, assuming a click for
each side. Not a bad price for color, but given the volume, it doesn't
sound like a great deal.

Mike

 

[John Steiger]

It is 75 copies. After getting home and thinking about it, it only about 15 to 20 sheets of paper per booklet. That would still total about 1500 sheets...still alot of printing. I printed a 8 page sample when I got home using the manual duplex mode and it worked...I would still hate to print 1200 sheets of paper. John

 

[Ed Bennett]

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Or, if you believe him, 15 sheets of paper per booklet, times 75
booklets for $400. That's about 17.5¢ per click, assuming a click for
each side. Not a bad price for color, but given the volume, it doesn't
sound like a great deal.

75 copies of a 15 - 20 sheet booklet in colour for $400 is a damn good deal
compared to the printing prices over here.
Like everything else, colour printing in the UK is twice/three times as much
as it is in the US (Maybe it's the addition of the U in colour)

 

[Budget Print Center]

....plus stitching, folding, and a pretty trim on the face edge so the sheets
dont stick out. seems like alot but it isnt far out of line with what I
would charge. there are alot of hidden steps there and even if it was all
automated, the equipment to do all that is very expensive

--
"Display tolerance & kindness to those with less
knowledge than you because there is ALWAYS
someone with more"

It is 75 copies. After getting home and thinking about it, it only about

15 to 20 sheets of paper per booklet. That would still total about 1500
sheets...still alot of printing. I printed a 8 page sample when I got home
using the manual duplex mode and it worked...I would still hate to print
1200 sheets of paper. John

 

[Tickled]

Has anyone tried sewing the pages together? My friend did that and it
worked out well.

Betty

It is a project my wife is working on for a family reunion. We are going

to print about 75 copies. I may end up taking the print job to the local
kinkos to printed. I just wanted to make that it is possible to create the
project and be able to tell the printer to print the pages in the proper
sequence. I know that I will have to the run the paper throgh twice if I
print it myself(I am not looking forward to printing it myself, but you
know, anything for the spouse). I hoping to be able to have someone else
print the project depending on the cost.

 

[Brian Kvalheim - [MSFT MVP]]

Hi John Steiger ([email protected]),
in the newsgroups
you posted:

|| It is 75 copies. After getting home and thinking about it, it only
|| about 15 to 20 sheets of paper per booklet. That would still total
|| about 1500 sheets...still alot of printing. I printed a 8 page
|| sample when I got home using the manual duplex mode and it
|| worked...I would still hate to print 1200 sheets of paper. John

John, check with your local "The UPS Store" if you have one, and see if they
offer a competitive printing price as well.
--
Brian Kvalheim
Microsoft Publisher MVP
http://www.mvps.org/publisher
~pay it foward~

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
confers no rights.

 

[Ned]

I have a similar problem. I do not want it printed
on both sides of the 8 1 1/2 X 11 paper - only on one
side. But, I'd like it to print out in such a way that the
printer can go from one sided to two sided. In other
words, I will print two pages. On one page I will have the
front and back covers. On the other page I will have the
1st and 2nd pages.

Now, take that to 100 pages.... 1st page = front & back
covers. 2nd = 1st and 100th, 3rd = 3rd and 99th, 4th = 4th
and 98 pages.

Is this making sense? The publisher has asked me to
convert my pages to pdf and they'll take it from there.
Does this make sense?

 

[Ed Bennett]

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I have a similar problem. I do not want it printed
on both sides of the 8 1 1/2 X 11 paper - only on one
side. But, I'd like it to print out in such a way that the
printer can go from one sided to two sided.

You can't print a two-sided PDF

Just set up your publication as a booklet, and print to PDF. It will print
single-sided, and the printer will be able to duplex it for you. As simple
as it could be

 

[Mike Koewler]

Ned,

I would ask the printer what he wants - multi-page pdf, single page pdf,
printer spread pdf. It's possible he could want single pages that he
will impose, or the first and last pages as one pdf, second and
penultimate pages, etc.

I'm not a printer but I know as a designer nothing is more important
than knowing what your printer wants BEFORE you start on a project. I
can and usually does save you a bunch of time, grief and money.

Mike

 

[John]

ClickBook does this - and dozens of other tasks -
it may be worth getting the trial copy.
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