Tag: Printing booklets

Booklet Printing with Affinity

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In the latest version of Affinity, the two apps that I’d normally use in producing a booklet – one for photos the other for layout – are combined into one.

I used the third included app, the one for vector drawing, to add those orange circles to my screen shots.

Affinity is now free to download and use. There’s an option to use AI but you need a paid-for subscription. AI isn’t part of my booklet printing routine, so I can manage without that.

Some of the print settings aren’t immediately obvious, so I’ve printed this booklet as a reminder to myself, and to give me a bit of practice before going ahead and printing one of my walks booklets.

To Print as a Booklet

Print option

The Print Options in steps 5 and 6 will vary depending on what type of duplex printer you’re using.

  1. From the File menu, select Print.
  2. From the dialog, set your Paper Size, (the size that you’ll be printing on rather than the size of the finished booklet size) e.g. A4.
  3. In the pop-up menu for print options below, select Document Layout.
  4. From the Model pop-up menu, select Booklet. This instructs the print process to impose pages.
  1. From the Print Options pop-up menu, select Xerox Features.
  2. From the 2-Sided Printing pop-up menu, select ‘2-Sided Print, Flip on Short Edge’.
  3. Click Print.

Hope it works for you!

Printing a Booklet with Affinity Publisher 2

printed booklet

I couldn’t resist the 6 month free trial of the three Affinity apps – Photo, Illustrator and Publisher. Printing a booklet, which is the main thing that I’d use Affinity Publisher 2 for, can be tricky as most of the options are hidden in various drop-down menus and pop-ups and the exact settings depend on what kind of printer you’re using.

printing a booklet

I’m using a Xerox VersaLink C600 colour laser printer with a duplex option (it can print on both sides of the paper).

To Print as a Booklet

  1. From the File menu, select Print.
  2. From the dialog, set your Paper Size, e.g. A4.
  3. In the Print Options pop-up menu, select Document Layout.
  4. From the Model pop-up menu, select ‘Booklet’. This instructs the print process to impose pages.
  5. From the Print Options pop-up menu, select Xerox Features.
  6. From the 2-Sided Printing pop-up menu, select ‘2-Sided Print, Flip on Short Edge’.
  7. Click Print.

Printing Booklets

Stapling
Saddle stapler, bone folder and long-nosed pliers for the occasional bent staple.

Printing booklets has been a cottage industry for me for the last twenty years. It took me all day to print a hundred copies of various walks and local guides, so it’s very labour intensive, however it’s satisfying to turn sheets of laser paper and card into A5- and A4-size booklets.

Surprisingly, there were no serious hiccups, other than the printer running out of paper and on one occasion running out of toner.