More to: Printing Booklet from Adobe Acrobat

[Whites]

On Jun 20, 2008, at 5:37 PM, William White wrote:

> Hi All –
> Using Adobe Acrobat Standard 8.0, FM7.2, Win XP and outputting to  
> an HP1320 duplex printer.
> I want to print a little booklet that will be 12 or 16 pages long.
> I’ve set up the FM document to be 5.5 x 7.5 so I can use regular  
> letter paper.
> Everything converts nicely into  PDF using the Adobe PDF printer  
> then Distiller.
> I’m able to rearrange the pdf pages in Acrobat Standard so the  
> pages back up in the proper order for the booklet – a trivial  
> imposition in something this small.
> Problem is, when I print the booklet two up in landscape and  
> duplex, each page is only about 3 5/16 inches wide and 5 inches  
> deep instead of 5.5 x 7.5– in other words, the page takes up only  
> about 2/3s of the area that it should.
> When I print simplex the size is correct.
> There are about a zillion settings in the Acrobat print dialogs.
> Anyone have any theories why Acrobat is shrinking my pages?
>
> All suggestions welcomed.
> Will White
> ViaLogy LLC

Should have been clearer - when I print simplex, one up portrait, the  
size is correct.
The problem might be moot because I _can_ print the booklet using the  
handy  Foxit pdf reader.
So what's with Acrobat??

Will White again

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