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• • September 15, 2012 at 7:49 pm #63168
    Whitsr

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    I am designing a book half english half spanish—It is an instruction manual so you read the english then flip it and read the spanish.

    In my Indesign document pages 1-30 are English then 30-1 again are spanish. I need to export them as a postscript file so that I can print it double sided correctly for a mock up.

    I am making multiples of these books and only some are exporting to a postscript correctly and I cannot figure out why.

    When I export them as a postscript, it should look as if the left page is the cover in english and directly to the right of it is spanish but upside down, and then it alternates all the way to the end.

    But, some, are exporting so it shows a cover, then a blank page, and all the pages are jumbled up. I feel it has to do with the page and sectioning numbering and I can't figure out what's wrong. I don't know how to set up the pages for this type of book, or just to get it to export correctly. Anyone have any ideas?

  • September 16, 2012 at 12:46 am #63169
    Gert Verrept

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    How are you exporting to postscript? Mac or Win? Use of the distiller? I've done a lot of those books (Dutch-French) with CS on windows this way: print the document to a file (in windows use the “adobe pdf” as printer) and let is have the “.ps” extension. This file is put in the “in” folder of adobe distiller. Starting distiller creates a pdf in the “out” folder. Take care to select “print blank pages” and make sure that the book can be divided by 2 and that the second part is turned 180° before printing. Do not use “print spread”. In this case I don't use the “export option”, but just the “print option” in the file menu. You should end up with a correct pdf (version 1.3, postscript stops at pdf version 1.3) so make sure the pdf is flattened (no transparancy).

    Second option: make two files, an Engish and a Spanish. Make two pdfs (same way as in option one) and in acrobat rotate one of them 180° and print it in the reverse order. Assemble both files. I then use “quite imposing plugin” to create a booklet (saddle stitch).

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