Duplex Offset

Question

Hello everyone,

I'm facing a problem that I can't solve with InDesign. I created a double-sided document consisting of 14 double-sided sheets (a total of 56 pages). During printing, I noticed that the fronts (and backs) are shifted (on both sides) by 3 mm from the center of the sheet. As a result, if I cut the paper along the crop marks placed by InDesign, the margins on the back are cut off (if I use the front crop marks as a reference).

At first, I thought the problem was with the printer, which for some reason might not be able to align the fronts and backs correctly. But I checked the PDF file, and the shift is already present. I suspect the problem comes from the InDesign export, but I did set the printing options to "center the sheet". Does anyone have any ideas?

Here is my printing protocol:

In InDesign:

Printing the booklet to ps

In GhostScript:

Converting ps to pdf

Thank you for your help.

contrariness · Answer

To go through a PS, I suppose you need to be on a MAC..

But from Indesign you can do a direct export to PDF.. This allows you to create multiple profiles depending on the situations (print, print with crop marks, for proofing, etc..)

For your problem, I think it comes from the PS printing configuration... In the print window, you should have an option that allows you to specify the position of the print on the sheet.
Check that the "centered" position has been selected..

contrariness · Answer

For the PS, I don't understand, because if you have a virtual printer installed, you can directly convert to PDF from Acrobat by selecting the printer in the print settings....

If you incorporate a compensation, the center lines may not necessarily be aligned with the marks... precisely for the compensation...

Do you have a different dimension between the extreme marks of the sheet?

Is your paper size (PDF) different between the pages?

contrariness · Answer

If you cut your document in half, you should not apply any compensation.

Compensation is only used in the case of a folded and stapled review (with 2 staples at the fold).

For a perfect bound/glued binding, it is not necessary.

contrariness · Answer

Okay for the assembly, so no problem..

If the dimensions between the cutting marks are not the same on all the sheets (front or back), it might be due to a scaling issue... Did you check this function?

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