Michael Strickland wrote:
…But Acrobat is apparently assuming that each 2-page imposition print area is larger than any letter-sized printer's print area can handle, which is a FALSE assumption. Is Acrobat not aware of the small image area on each page? InDesign is, and all our other Creative Cloud image-creating software is, when printing any image on a letter-sized sheet. Many print drivers will ask if it is ok to "crop" the image to the printer's print area, but not Acrobat. Yet as a result of Acrobat's false assumption, it is reducing the page size to compensate for its own error. I'm still calling this a BUG, since it is impossible to use Acrobat's booklet printing function to print booklets from simple pages in pdf form. Acrobat's own booklet print dialog reports that each page is the proper size! Then it erroneously reduces each imposed image area on every 2-page sig. WRONG!…
I completely agree with your logic. When the feature first appeared, I internally objected to this for the same exact reasons that you cite. Since all my printers are PostScript printers, I was able to work around the problem with the PPD file edits. But mere mortals shouldn't need to do this and not all printers are PostScript printers. I will again submit an internal request to allow overriding of the paper imageable area values.
By the way, another possible workaround:
For many inkjet printers, there is also a “borderless” option available in the drivers. That should trigger the application, in this case, Acrobat, to see the full page size.
Also, note that the Xerox 8550 printer is a PostScript printer that (a) should allow for the PPD hack I provided and (2) might also have its own booklet capability as a driver option.
Let's keep in touch over this.
- Dov