Print A Catalog Booklet

To produce an Catalog booklet, you must adjust some catalog settings, download the PDF, and then print the PDF as a booklet.

To adjust your catalog Settings, from the main Dashboard, click through the Printing entry in the primary sidebar and then click the Catalog block (or the "Catalog" entry in the sidebar) of the main Printing dashboard.

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On the Options tab, in the Page section, set the Page size to Statement (5.5x8.5).

In this format, each page of your Catalog will take up half a standard letter-sized page.

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Using this smaller format, you may disable images in the catalog by going under Item Information and setting Include item images to No. This also helps reduce printing costs by keeping the catalog smaller and managing the number of pictures printed.

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Suppose you have items with longer descriptions being included. In that case, you must ensure that the Allow items to span multiple pages option is set to Yes. Without this feature enabled, it can end up with much white space at the bottom of some pages.

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Download (and save) the PDF.

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Open the PDF.

Below, the Catalog PDF is displayed in side-by-side mode (click ViewPage DisplayTwo-page scrolling).

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Click FileProperties and confirm the PDF page size is 5.5" X 8.5".

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Click FilePrint.

The default print settings will put a single PDF page per sheet of paper, but you need to use the Booklet option to produce a booklet. Under Page Size & Handling, click Booklet.

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The default settings should produce a standard booklet of two PDF pages printed per sheet of paper.

If you use a duplex printer, the default Both Sides setting will print in full mode.

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Suppose your printer can't print the Booklet in full duplex mode or prefers to produce the front and back on individual pages. In that case, you need to change the Booklet subset setting.

From the Booklet subset menu, select the drop-down Front side only option and print the file. Repeat this process and print the file using the Back side only option.

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Last reviewed: April 2024