Affinity pub prints different to paper than to a pdf

[brseavey]

I am trying to print, from affinity publisher, a pamphlet with 128 pages. When I send it to a printer, selecting

"print" from the file menu, I can click on "properties" and in the "basic"  page, choose "portrait" for orientation , and  on the "print profile" page, select 2-sided" from "2-sided, booklet" and flip on the short side. Returning from the properties screen to the print screen, selecting "landscape" from orientaion and under double-sided, select flip on short edge, I get what I want:  pages printed in landscape with 2 half-sized portrait oriented pages left to right on both sides. Selecting"pamplet" under "properties" screws things up.  

If I choost to send to Microsoft print-to-pdf I  don't have an option of flipping on any side. IN the resultant pdf I get one page on each page side, the images on the pages are stretched and everything is portrait oriented. How can I print to a pdf that, when printed, gives the same output as sending direct to printer?

[brseavey]

Actiually I don't choose a side to flip under properties - I do that on the only on the print page. 

[Dan C]

Hi brseavey

There are a few things at play here, firstly the 'Properties' dialog that shows is different for each printer and is driver specific, so if you change your output device from a printer to Microsoft Print to PDF it is expected that the Properties options change.

17 hours ago, brseavey said:

If I choost to send to Microsoft print-to-pdf I  don't have an option of flipping on any side.

PDF's (AFAIK) don't support a 'double-sided' mode, which is why this option is not available.  You have to 'print' each page separately when creating a PDF from the print dialog. 

Have you tried exporting to PDF, rather than printing to PDF? You may find this produces more desirable results as it doesn't rely on Microsoft's PDF drivers.