Booklet printing problem

[pcdlibrary]

When printing booklets from files formatted as letter-size or half letter-size, the printed pages reflect two inches of white space, total, at the top & bottom of the pages. I tried to upload the afpub file but htere was a server error.

[MikeTO]

5 hours ago, pcdlibrary said:

When printing booklets from files formatted as letter-size or half letter-size, the printed pages reflect two inches of white space, total, at the top & bottom of the pages. I tried to upload the afpub file but htere was a server error.

Hi, I think more information is needed to understand the issue. Are you printing a half letter pages on full letter paper? What are the margin and bleed values in Document Setup?

[pcdlibrary]

On 10/5/2023 at 4:16 AM, pcdlibrary said:

When printing booklets from files formatted as letter-size or half letter-size, the printed pages reflect two inches of white space, total, at the top & bottom of the pages. I tried to upload the afpub file but htere was a server error.

Still not working. I watched tutorials & tried various settings.

[MikeTO]

I think this is correct. The pages were 8.5x11. Looking at the width first, two 8.5" pages are printed side-by-sde on an 11" sheet so they are 5.5" wide when printed as a booklet. That is 64.7%.

Looking at the height, multiplying 11" by 64.7% results in 7.12" and that's what it looks like in the print preview.

I tested it and got these exact results. The only way to use the entire sheet of 8.5x11 paper would be to scale the pages even larger and crop of the sides which you wouldn't want.

[pcdlibrary]

Thanks for your help. Do you know an easy way to calculate the sizes I need & crop off the sides?

[MikeTO]

I don't recommend it, but if you really want to crop off the sides of the pages so that the tops are at the edges of the paper, the pages need to be scaled to be 8.5" tall rather than 5.5" wide. So 11"/8.5" = 0.773. So instead of choosing Fit to Printable you'd choose Scale and enter 77.

But as you can see from the print preview, you're going to lose some content on the left and right. I think the way Fit to Printable works by default is better.

[pcdlibrary]

On 10/9/2023 at 9:32 AM, pcdlibrary said:

Thanks for your help. Do you know an easy way to calculate the sizes I need & crop off the sides?

To print a booklet in Affinity Publisher, you need to set up your document with the correct page size and layout. Here are the steps to follow:
Open Affinity Publisher and create a new document by pressing Command+N or Ctrl+N for Windows users.
Change the “Number of pages” to a number divisible by 4. If you are short, just round up to the nearest number divisible by 4 (example: you have 9 pages, enter “12”. The last 3 pages will be blank).
Set the page dimensions to 5.5" by 8.5".
Adjust the margins, bleed, etc. as necessary.
Add the content of your booklet (text, images, etc.).
To print your booklet, follow these steps:
Go to File > Print.
If you get a pop-up window, click on Show Details.
Click on Range and Scale and change it to Document Layout.
Change Model to Booklet.
Click on Document Layout and change it to Layout.
Change Two-Sided to Short-Edge binding.

[pcdlibrary]

2 minutes ago, pcdlibrary said:

To print a booklet in Affinity Publisher, you need to set up your document with the correct page size and layout. Here are the steps to follow:
Open Affinity Publisher and create a new document by pressing Command+N or Ctrl+N for Windows users.
Change the “Number of pages” to a number divisible by 4. If you are short, just round up to the nearest number divisible by 4 (example: you have 9 pages, enter “12”. The last 3 pages will be blank).
Set the page dimensions to 5.5" by 8.5".
Adjust the margins, bleed, etc. as necessary.
Add the content of your booklet (text, images, etc.).
To print your booklet, follow these steps:
Go to File > Print.
If you get a pop-up window, click on Show Details.
Click on Range and Scale and change it to Document Layout.
Change Model to Booklet.
Click on Document Layout and change it to Layout.
Change Two-Sided to Short-Edge binding.

PROBLEM SOLVED: I used the wrong profile setting; it should be Custom.