how to reverse layout?

[piscesnick]

When I go to print my back/front trifold brochure, I notice that page 2 is upside down relative to page 1. However, I don't see a simple "rotate page" command like in Acrobat. How can I do this so the pages print correctly?

 

[jimoblak]

If your printer has capabilities to print on two sides of a sheet at once, check the printer driver settings. The base InDesign program does not do imposition.

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[jmgalvin]

I regularly do trifold brochures that also fold in the middle so that the top half has to be upside down for proper printing. I just select all the sections that have to be upside down, group them, go to Object menu/Transform/Rotate and select 180 degrees without rotate content selected. Them just move the whole grouping back inot place.

This put the elements upside down so the come out of the printer correctly. It really should only take a minute or so to do this.

Using OSX 10.3.8 on a G4

 

[piscesnick]

Thanks, jmgalvin. That pretty much worked, with the only caveat being that it didn't rotate my text shadow (which is now above the text box on the rotated side!). I tried both "rotate content" and not (what is the difference?).

 

[jimoblak]

Trying to manually impose your work in InDesign has demonstrated the failings of this method. While I still do not understand why you cannot configure your printer driver to accomodate this, there is still a way to pull this off.

Perhaps if you print normally to a PDF file (or export to a PDF file) and then rotate specific pages in Acrobat, you can accomplish your goal.


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[piscesnick]

jimoblak, it is true that I can export this doc to PDF and from there rotate the pages to my heart's content. however, the process of exporting alters the margins just enough to offset my print parameters. this document is already designed around the printer that I'm using; I can't afford more than a millimeter or two in any direction.

regarding the print drivers, I downloaded the HP driver for my printer off the web (hp4550dn) and installed it. this had no effect on my print layout. I'm confused what you mean by this anyway -- there is no way in "print setup" to rotate any one page. you can rotate the whole document, but not single pages.

 

[jmgalvin]

Piscesnick - I do any fancy text work in Illustrator and plug that into the piece. Then it flips OK.

Jim - Sometimes you have these trifolds that also fold in the horizontal center. When you start to unfold it's sort of like a book and you have to have the top panels (as seen in ID)upside down. I'm waiting on a final approval for one as I type this. It's not an impose thing as it's all on one side of one piece of paper with the reverse side being one giant poster.

Using OSX 10.3.8 on a G4

 

[jimoblak]

...so how about exporting to PDF to get your shadows to cast the right way... then place that PDF in InDesign upside down?

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