How to print a single page?

[soggybag]

When I choose Export  and set the Area to "Current Page" Affinity Publisher shows page 10 in the preview but I have page 11 selected in the editor. How can print page 11. Seems like the preview always shows the left page and will not allow me to print the page on the right side. I have the page selected in the page view and and it's centered in the editor. 

[walt.farrell]

It works for me (on Windows, at least). The Pages panel should look like this, with a blue highlight around the page:

[soggybag]

12 minutes ago, walt.farrell said:

It works for me (on Windows, at least). The Pages panel should look like this, with a blue highlight around the page:

Thanks for the reply. (I think) this is exactly what I'm doing but it shows the preview of the left page, I'm assuming that this is what will be exported. 

In the picture attached you can see I have the right page selected in the page view. But the preview in the sport dialog box shows the left page. Is this a bug or am I doing something wrong? 

[walt.farrell]

You do have the page selected properly as far as I can see, so I have no idea why you're getting that unless there's a problem on macOS.

I'll check that and respond further, unless someone else provides the answer first.

[walt.farrell]

Sorry; works for me on macOS, too.

More searching finds bug https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/search/&tags=afb-4190 (afb-4190) which indicates this problem occurs unless you have some object selected on the page.

So, as a workaround, click some object on that page, and then try the export with Current Page.

[thomaso]

58 minutes ago, soggybag said:

set the Area to "Current Page" Affinity Publisher shows page 10 in the preview but I have page 11 selected in the editor. How can print page 11.

It is a known bug since years (afb-2189). To output a right page you can't use the option "current page" but need to type the page number instead (while your currently used page or your page selection in the Pages Panel doesn't matter).

[soggybag]

8 minutes ago, walt.farrell said:

Sorry; works for me on macOS, too.

More searching finds bug https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/search/&tags=afb-4190 (afb-4190) which indicates this problem occurs unless you have some object selected on the page.

So, as a workaround, click some object on that page, and then try the export with Current Page.

I tried that, it didn't work. I selected the text box and some text inside it.

[soggybag]

5 minutes ago, thomaso said:

It is a known bug since years (afb-2189). To output a right page you can't use the option "current page" but need to type the page number instead (while your currently used page or your page selection in the Pages Panel doesn't matter).

This works but the preview doesn't show the page that is exported. I had tried this earlier but didn't bother to export because the page that was previewed not correct! 

The options for this are confusing. You need to choose "All Pages" then type a page number into the box below. Might be more explicit if there was another option on the menu "Selected Pages" or something similar. 

[thomaso]

14 minutes ago, soggybag said:

but the preview doesn't show the page that is exported.

I can't check V2 but in V1 the correct page gets previewed. Again, do not choose the option "Current page".

Note below: in the pages panel the left page 516 is selected (blue outline), the spread 518/519 is the current spread (gray outline) but the printed page and preview is the right page 519.

[Bit Disappointed]

An excellent bug to prioritise.

[Hangman]

For clarification in v2 with a facing pages document when a right-hand facing page is the active page and selected in the Pages Panel:

1. Selecting Current Page displays the left-facing page in the preview window.
    
2. Selecting Current Page with an object that appears on the Master Page, e.g., a text frame or on-page text that sits in a Master Page text frame selected displays the left-facing page in the preview window.
    
3. Selecting Current Page with an object drawn directly on the publication page selected displays the right-facing page in the preview window.

[Dan C]

Thanks for your report @soggybag & apologies for the delayed response during the holiday period!

I can confirm that this is logged with our developers as a bug for improvement in the future, however there is a little misunderstanding here regarding this specific export option.

Our devs have previously confirmed that currently the 'Current Page' option is based on the selection not the view (mainly because you can have more than one view).

If you only have selected the right hand page in the Pages Studio to move this Page into view, you'll still see the left hand page when exporting 'Current Page', assuming you have no active object/layer selection in the file.

If you have moved the right hand page into view and selected an object solely on this right hand page in the Layers Studio then you should find this right hand page is exported with 'Current Page'. Master Page objects will behave differently however (see below).

Therefore the behaviour you're currently seeing is technically expected - although our team are looking at ways to improve this in the future, such as offering a 'View' based Page export option which would differ from the behaviour of 'Current Page'.

 

On 12/31/2023 at 10:02 AM, Hangman said:

Selecting Current Page with an object that appears on the Master Page, e.g., a text frame or on-page text that sits in a Master Page text frame selected displays the left-facing page in the preview window.

As mentioned briefly above, this behaviour does change when selecting an object that extends across 2 pages in the document - which includes Master Page objects.

When applying a Master Page to a left & right spread simultaneously, this is added as an object which 'spans' across both pages in the spread (you can see this by selecting the Master Page Layer directly with the Move Tool active, you'll see the Bounding Box is the size of both pages, ie the full spread).
Therefore all child layers of this Master Page layer is assigned as an object 'across' multiple spreads, even if the specific object only exists on a right-hand page in the Master.

When you have an active selection for an object across multiple spreads, I understand the app will pick the page nearest the middle of the parent bounding box, or the left page if there is none.

Therefore I believe it's also technically expected for the behaviour shown with a Master Page object selected and exporting to 'Current Page'.

 

However, this does not change the fact this is logged with our developers to request further consideration, as I certainly understand how the above may not be immediately obvious to users and I'll be sure to bump this report with your thread here now