Booklet printing as PDF in InDesign Ep13/15 [Multimedia design course - Print]

In this video I am going to discuss and demonstrate booklet printing In Adobe InDesign and later Ill be demonstrating how to print a booklet as a PDF.
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This video is part of a 15 part course:
COURSE OVERVIEW
Multimedia Design course for print | Course overview & breakdown
• Multimedia design cour...
SECTION 1 - PREPARATION & DESIGN PROCESS
Ep1 - Design preparation for print
• Design preparation for...
Ep2 - What is a scamp?
• What is a scamp? Ep2/1...
Ep3 - Design process for print
• Design process for pri...
Ep4 - What programs do I use for print design?
• What programs do I use...
SECTION 2 - DESIGN & ARTWORKING
Ep5 - Patterns in Adobe Illustrator
• Patterns in Adobe Illu...
Ep6 - Monochrome effect in Adobe Photoshop
• Monochrome effect in A...
Ep7 - Create a business card in Adobe InDesign
• Create a business card...
Ep8 - Create a Letterhead in Adobe InDesign
• Create a letterhead in...
Ep9 - Set up a brochure in Adobe InDesign
• Set up a brochure in A...
Ep10 - Add Images and texture to brochure design in InDesign
• Add Images & texture t...
Ep11 - Add type to brochure design in InDesign
• Add type to brochure i...
SECTION 3 - EXPORT & PRINTING
Ep12 - Exporting ready for print in InDesign
• Export ready for print...
Ep14 - IDML - InDesign Markup | Backwards compatibility in InDesign
• IDML Markup | Backwar...
Ep15 - Packaging a document in InDesign
• Package an InDesign do...
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[@davidzuercher]

If you know about stuff and just want to see the actual brochure-printing/exporting: Start at 6:19

[@srestradaiii]

you sir are my lifesaver. most of the videos are just postscript and needed to convert aged software that is hard to find. thanks again

[@FutileGrief]

Holy hell, I was breaking my skull trying to print directly from single pages of the PDF, and it scaled it down and had an ugly gap in the middle. Didn't know I could export the PDF ready to print from inDesign, THANK YOU.

[@Lumanix1]

Wow. Thank you for that professional explanation. Found it very helpful

[@marijagolobic6982]

ty man , from the scratch , you are real teacher

[@ahinnna28]

Thank you so much! You are a very generous man!

[@AbduKi]

You are always the best . Thank you man

[@teresaf.rodrigues8558]

Another great and very helpfull course. Thank you so much.Maybe i'll ask a very dumb and rookie question but how can make a composition that looks real printed work like the one you have on the initial vídeo image . Thank you again.

[@musengechilumbu]

This just saved my life!

[@douglasascencio9140]

You sir, are a life savior :)

[@anac.4280]

Amazing! thank you so much

[@RR-ok4wz]

Amazing, thank you!

[@annaexconde-baysic6439]

Hi thanks for this great tutorial! follow up question though, would you know if there's a way to print 2 spreads in a sheet thru this process?

[@pilargordillo9437]

Thanks for sharing all your videos are super helpful! I have a question: When you finally click "print" on the preview panel, does this mean you send it to the printer AND you also get an exported PDF version? What if I'm only interested in getting the PDF and not a physical copy of my booklet? (I work with Command Workstation and I can only send PDFs to print from there)

[@tech-high31]

Marvellous !! thank

[@oliverdeguzman9117]

cool! keep up, dude!

[@emiliehaugen7168]

Nice material.

[@anastasiafliostor5797]

Thank You!

[@mehdipunk36]

Great Tut as usual Steve, Wich Pdf version is the best for printing btw ??

[@AnthonyCamiloG]

Thanks a lot!!!

[@mateusuxlife]

you save my life

[@connormurphy7142]

graciasss genio!

[@RR-ok4wz]

For those that may have the issue of the PDFWriter for Mac not show up after installation, make sure you add it to your printer options in System Preferences. It will then show up on your InDesign printer options (and elsewere).

[@BillStehrbhhs]

Video mentions "Download link is in the description... etc" Where? I don't see any download link for folders and files mentioned in the video nor instructions for free pdf printer driver. Any ideas???

[@chrisrybskiart]

Very well designed!! What dimensions were your booklet?

[@hamzanoam9147]

thank youuu

[@JustLiveify15]

Thank you for the video! At 7:17 I don't have the PDF printer option. What can I do to add it? Thank you

[@cms4Lena]

Is that so, that my pagination here look as if in disorder different than in layout in InDesign, but when I assign to real laser print and set printing for double sided I will get the booklet to look with an appropriate paging order? I am not sure now, as I do not have printer of my own.

[@weeuuuweeuuu]

wondering if you have any experience in using Catsy with inDesign?

[@user-mj2lm5fh1j]

Hi, I want to print a magazine should I export the pages separately or combined?

[@florenciadallegre6362]

Silly newbie-guy question here. By exporting it to the printable version in the landscape setting, will this change the size of the page? I mean, if my pages are A4, will now they be fit into one A4, or will be two A4 merged? Also, when I am printing it, how do I make sure the marks and bleeds are not printed?

[@klaudiamusia2556]

what if I don't have it like you in preview? it does not match the pages but adds blank pages to each page

[@eatsicilia708]

Hello, thank you so much for these useful tutorials! That´s really great to have all this information for free! I just downloaded your project folder, but unfortunately I can´t install the PDFwriter on my mac. It´s probably doesn´t work anymore. :( Maybe you know an other resource where I could find a PDFprinter? I didn´t find anything what works on the Internet so far... :(

[@KrissRoss.]

Hello, I had the same problem in my Mac OS Sierra, I read the comments in this video and Josue Acosta shared a solution that really works. Just read and follow these instructions: sites.saic.edu/servicebureau/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2016/10/Everything-Saddle-Stitch.pdf You can download the Service Bureau Print Driver from their site (it's free): sites.saic.edu/servicebureau/resources/ You can find the Acrobat DC software in the adobe's website (Unfortunately this is not free, but there's a trial) : www.adobe.com/creativecloud/catalog/desktop.html?promoid=KOVFF That's all. I hope this helps you. Have a good day.

[@gunesmuhit]

Al Chris Thank you so much, works for me!

[@LostJomper]

i also need this software, anynone knows?

[@joeseppe1398]

is there any way that i can subdivide pages into 8 for books ? example: i want to print pages like 1 16 - 2 15 , 3 14 - 4 13 , 5 12 - 6 11 , and so on then for the second subgroup i want 17 32 - 18 31 , 19 30 - 20 29 , and so on. hopefully you understand what am i trying to say.

[@Nexpo6822]

Sir I have a question because my said in preview warning the booklet doesn’t fit the current paper size. Click print setting to specify a larger paper size or to scale the booklet to fit.

[@dickwoodruff]

I dont know why but cant find where the PDF whriter document is in my MAC. I try to find it using Finder!

[@KN-sd8zj]

Hello , i designed a booklet on indesign , when i click export and want to export it to pdf . When i open the pdf file , it doesnt show the whole page , the page is cutout in the middle and doesnt show it like when you show it in the video , whats with that ? Please any reply would help

[@marcoscandido7434]

Hi there, is there another pdfwriter available in 2020? The PDFWriter didn't work and I guess because it's not updated anymore to BigSur. Is there another workaround to print from indesign in PDF?

[@michaelmonaghan173]

Thank you for your channel! ={} I have installed a PDF Printer, but after the file is exported, Acrobat doesn't open the preview and i can't seem to find the booklet file anywhere. Thoughts?

[@josueacosta9112]

There's instructions in the download drive. I had to go to /Users/Shared/PDFwriter

[@PrizAmezcua]

BIG BIG GIGANTIC THANK YOU

[@parableofthekid]

my file exports to pdf through the pdfwriter, but reads zero bytes...any suggestions as to why this might be happening?

[@andreassieverts8934]

Cant you just link to PDF printer driver or at least name it? That way the whole thing isn't such a redundant hassle :)

[@slicerabbit6166]

Hey, Gareth. After following your steps for printing to PDF, the document exports to a PDF with a file size of zero bytes, and cannot be opened in Adobe Acrobat. What gives?

[@josueacosta9112]

Hey, I'm having the same issue. Did you figure it out?

[@slicerabbit6166]

Nope. Turns out I didn't have to export it as a booklet, as my printer fixed it automatically. What a time to be alive.

[@josueacosta9112]

Aron Høyer cool, lucky you. thanks anyways

[@annewarter]

Hi , i purchased the link to pdf driver, followwd the instructions but all my files appear as zero bytes once converted as a pdf - any idea why ?

[@zainayuso4104]

What about quality ? I notice exporting the pdf that way doesn’t give you resolution options ? Would that way decrease resolution of my images ?

[@GarethDavidStudio]

There are no resolution options, because this is determined by the assets you place in your doc. Quality is determined first in the assets you use in a document. You want to make sure that the assets you place into the doc are maximum quality first. For examples any photos should be 150/300dpi and large enough for maximum quality. When you export you can then choose, low, medium or max. This simply compress the assets inside the doc to make a smaller PDF file size. Hope that helps.

[@OngWeeKiat]

Hi, why is my final pdf aligned to the bottom left?

[@erick103]

I too, want to know what the proper aligned is for booklet files.

[@njanadesign]

You did not show us locating the PDF file after exporting, there's an issue with PDFWriter, do you have any solutions?

[@tiffanysiu1466]

I get the error message "cannot open pdf because file is empty" after following the directions. I paid for the files and installed everything. What can be wrong?

[@GarethDavidStudio]

Hey Tiffany, What exactly is the problem? are you struggling to open the files in the project folder?

[@tonkotsu6665]

@@GarethDavidStudio I have the same problem!

[@jinkim768]

someone please help. why don't i have pdf printer as my option and only have postscript?

[@Metztlim]

This happens if you're working on a Mac. You can save it as a postript file and then user Adobe Distiller to convert it to PDF

[@broo_brand]

I can't find where the PDF located after exporting, any answer?

[@geryddle]

I needed a black ink only export, but even though I exported in Dot Gain 30%, the pdf still shows all the CMYK inks 🤔😣😕 A black ink export video would be so great...

[@tonkotsu6665]

wheeeere do i find my pdf after printing it w pdfwriter lmao???

[@nancynoriega3109]

Why I can't find the pdf file on my computer?

[@revive2627]

I don't get an option called PDFwriter. What do I do?

[@KLSeba]

You need to download the plugin, install and reboot the program, only then it will appear.

[@mauispurs]

Can you put up a link for PDF printer

[@reimontube75]

+Chas You have to pay for it :p I use the same Acrobat Pro for virtual print. So far it works great.

[@itsmebernard00]

@6:21 you're welcome

[@elainemarais9938]

where could I find the PDF download or link 😭

[@BrianLovesPC]

Hi @Elaine Marais i download my on this link for free : sourceforge.net/projects/pdfwriterformac/files/latest/download

[@KLSeba]

@@BrianLovesPC Very useful, but it seem that the PDF writer doesn't allow custom size. Are you aware of any other 3rd part solutions?

[@bbd1254]

I CANT DO 11x17?! wtf?

[@bbd1254]

my project is due tomorrow...crap..

[@21guitarworld]

lol nice job