Booklet printing snafu

Dorico
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So until about Dorico 1.2 (I can’t remember exactly which version, might have been until 1.1.10, either way it was until whatever version the paper size descriptors in Print Mode changed) I was able to print booklets on ledger paper (11x17) with no problems. Since then, I haven’t been able to print properly-imposed booklets, and the output doesn’t match the preview in Print Mode.

First try (these are the settings that used to work properly):

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Second try images posted in reply. Anybody know what’s going on here?
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Second try:

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I also have trouble printing booklets from Dorico, in all versions. I just export to PDF and use my printer driver’s booklet feature. This adds an extra step, but it works.

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Certainly it works, but it’s not ideal! If the software has the feature, we should be able to use it reliably.

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I’ve created a second printer installation with (in my case) 11"x17" paper set as the default size (forcing Dorico [and Sibelius]) to recognize that as the first size available. I’m able to print booklets easily enough if I use that printer definition (and check the paper size selection for EVERY part before printing). YMMV

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I believe there is a bug open in our tracker concerning this issue – we do plan to fix it.

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Another snafu-- you cannot print only a subset of pages as a booklet. I have multiple flows in a project, but I’d like to only print pages 1-4 as a booklet for immediate use. That option is greyed out when you select booklet as it forces all pages to be printed.

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Yes, it is the current designed behaviour that you can only print the whole document as a booklet at the moment.

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I just found this thread, having been curious about printing just the first (outer) pages of a booklet score:
LAST PAGE | FIRST PAGE
2ND PAGE | PENULTIMATE PAGE
Daniel, is there a plan to implement this? I don’t want to waste so much paper.
Maybe there’s a workaround?

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Answering my own question—export a pdf, then print only the pages required

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Best way is to export as a paged PDF, and then create the booklet from there, and then print the spread-pages you want n a PDF Viewer.

There are any number of ‘Imposition’ utilities, particularly on MacOS, to do this. I’ve even written one myself:

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Daniel acknowledged the bug in 2018… still no solution? Booklet settings are STILL messed-up!

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WimLas, are you referring to the ability to print only part of a layout as a booklet? If so, that’s not a bug. If you’re instead referring to the page order for outputting booklets, we added an option to the right-hand side in Print mode to send the pages in reverse order, ‘Reverse order of outward pages’.