Publisher V2 - How to Impose Pages in PDF Export?

[Ali]

I have just upgraded to V2 and had hoped that this oversight in V1 would have been fixed, but alas it seems it hasn't, unless I am missing a setting somewhere.

In PagePlus (which I am still using because of this shortcoming in Affinity Publisher) I could tick a box to export my document to printer's pairs (i.e. imposed) tin PDF. This option was missing in V1 - can someone please either tell me where to find it in V2 or confirm that it's still missing?

Thank you.

[walt.farrell]

I'm not sure what you mean by "printer's pairs" in this context. 

But are you perhaps simply needing to use the Area: All Pages setting in the Export dialog, rather than Area: All Spreads? That's been available since the first release of Publisher.

[Ali]

Thanks, @walt.farrell for the reply. I thought my post had got lost in the sea of wailing, whinging and whining about what is an incredible V2 launch offer - some people don't know they are born!

No, that is not what I wanted.

I don't know if you ever used PagePlus, but back then there was a tick box in PDF export that allowed you to export with the pages imposed (i.e. in printer's pairs). This would create a PDF export with a four-page booklet laid out with pages 4 and 1 togather, and pages 2 and 3 together. These are printer's pairs. This was not possible in Publisher V1 and does not seem to have been added to V2, more's the pity. So I'll have to stick with PagePlus a while longer for my multi-page documents, as I prefer to be able to export them in that way.

Thanks again.

[joe_l]

6 minutes ago, Ali said:

So I'll have to stick with PagePlus a while longer for my multi-page documents, as I prefer to be able to export them in that way.

For what special reason? Professional print studio should (must) be able to impose PDF documents. If you print it to your personal printer, you can use the Booklet model in the printing dialogue ... or print to a PDF printer driver. The last option has to be carefully evaluated, since the quality of the PDF printer driver can vary depending on the maker of the printer driver resp. how this printer driver was programmed.

[Ali]

15 minutes ago, joe_l said:

For what special reason? Professional print studio should (must) be able to impose PDF documents. If you print it to your personal printer, you can use the Booklet model in the printing dialogue ... or print to a PDF printer driver. The last option has to be carefully evaluated, since the quality of the PDF printer driver can vary depending on the maker of the printer driver resp. how this printer driver was programmed.

Because that's the way I want to do it. This is not a discussion about how else I might go about it: I am not looking for workarounds, but thanks for your comment.

[CASMARA]

I feel your pain and frustration Ali.

I am also looking for a simple 'printers pair' option on PDF export, to send to a professional printer.
Yes they can rearrange the current output from Affinity Publisher 2 but charge for the time in doing so.

A 16 page booklet should be presented thus:-

16-1

2-15

14-3

4-13

12-5

6-11

10-7

8-9

[loukash]

5 hours ago, CASMARA said:

'printers pair' option on PDF export, to send to a professional printer

Hm… in my almost 30 years of doing DTP, I've never met a professional printer who would want me to send them imposed PDF. Each one I've ever worked with wants to do it themselves.

[loukash]

On Mac, you can use the Print dialog to impose, then save as PDF.
However, the Save As PDF options in MacOS are rather limited.

[Greg E]

I can confirm that this can be accomplished in Publisher V2 (I am on Windows 11). Here are the steps (I am new to forum contribution, I hope my illustration works here...)

1. Go to the print dialog (I use <CTRL><P> for this)
2. For the printer, select "print to pdf" (red box in illustration). If there is not a pre-installed function on your computer, you can download one. I used "Microsoft Print To PDF", which came with my computer.
3. Select the "layout" button at the bottom (green). Then select "booklet" for the model (blue).
4. You will want to set the paper size, likely double your page size. I am in US, and printing a letter size (8.5" x 11") document on tabloid size (11" x 17") paper.
5. When you click "ok", it will take you to a file save dialog.

That said, I have now changed to a workflow where the document is exported to PDF as individual pages. My printer prefers to do its own imposition, and exporting as pages keeps my printed v online versions identical.

I hope this helps!

-Greg

[rah1861]

I agree that you can do it this way, but you are relying on using a PDF driver to create your PDF. The complaint here is that Affinity Publisher cannot do it using its own Export to PDF. For users like myself and @Ali , who are coming from PagePlus (which did it wonderfully without any need for a driver), this is a big shortcoming of AP. Surely they know this, but are ignoring people's complaints.

[Hilltop]

38 minutes ago, rah1861 said:

Surely they know this, but are ignoring people's complaints.

Or they're busy developing/improving the many other tools and features that are in demand?

[Ali]

@Greg EThanks, but I wasn't looking for a workaround (I know the workarounds). I'd still like to see it in the Export dialog as it used to be in PagePlus.

@Hilltop@rah1861 We cannot possibly know whether they have any intention of ever including this, and I prefer not to make assumptions either way.