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Help: Printing 2 pages per sheet on 11x17 paper...
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May 6, 2006, 08:45 PM
 
Not sure if this is the right place to ask...

I've got a Keynote presentation that I need to print out. The printer asked that I provide a PDF file and format the PDF such that the pagesize is 11x17 with 2 pages per sheet. I've tried every permutation of page settings and print settings but I keep ending up with two 11x17 pages shrunk down by 50% then positioned landscape on a single 11x17 page. Hope that makes sense... anyway... does anyone have an idea?

This is what I want:
+------------------------+
| +----------------------+|
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | Page 1 | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| +----------------------+|
| +----------------------+|
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | Page 2 | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| +----------------------+|
+------------------------+

This is what I'm getting:
+------------------------+
| |
| |
| +------------+ |
| | | |
| | Page 1 | |
| | | |
| +------------+ |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| +------------+ |
| | | |
| | Page 2 | |
| | | |
| +------------+ |
| |
| |
+------------------------+


Sorry about the crappy graphic... LOL It looked okay when I typed it in...
(Last edited by 3MTA3; May 6, 2006 at 09:09 PM. )
     
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May 7, 2006, 10:20 PM
 
Hmm you're right, I don't think OS X's print settings are advanced enough to do this correctly. Can you ask the printer to position the pages him/herself?
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May 7, 2006, 11:47 PM
 
I don't know if this will help, but exporting the files to PDF and then using Cocoabooklet to put those two sheets on a single 11x17 might help.

I have used Cocoabooklet to lay 2 half sheets on a single page before.
     
   
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