Print merge booklet 8 pages

Hi I have a problem printning a merge booklet 8 pages. I am printing to a booklet printer. The printer folds and staples the booklet. When I merges the print I cannot “group” the pages to 8. The printer collates all the pages and make one booklet. How do I group the booklet one by one to several booklets of 8 pages. Windows 7 - 64 bit.
  • The best answer is probably to use an imposition program or the imposition facility within your printer driver. Both are likely to have the correct facilities to create booklets.

    A possible alternative is to merge print to a new temporary document. I've not tried this, but you may then be able to redefine the temporary document as a booklet and/or create a booklet imposition for it.

    If the imposition works correctly, you should not need to split the document into groups of 8 it should be handled automatically. But if you do need to do that, you can put page ranges such as 1-8 or 9-16in the print dialogue.

    • Hi Harry Thanks for your answer. To print merge booklet on my printer I have to pay 3.400 US$ for a Dongle (USB stick), so I hope Corel have a solution ;-) I merge 50 addresses to 50 booklet 400 pages. Is there a way to group 8 pages when I impose the print preview . Corel is automatically creating 2 Layout Template. That make no sense. I need 4 Layout Templates to 8 pages. Sorry for my bad English. ;-) DK.
      • Whenever I print booklets, I create a normal A5 document in single page mode, make a PDF and send it to my printing company for imposition. My own printers do not print edge to edge, so they aren't suitable for booklets -- and in consequence I've not experimented much with the booklet facilities.

        Imposition facilities exist within CorelDraw and I'm sure it could be made to do your job with a little bit of effort. But to want to print 8 pages at a time, I presume you're doing something like printing four A5 pages on each side of SRA3 paper, and then folding them both horizontally and vertically. Is that correct?

        • I am printing A4 x 8 pages on 2 SRA3 duplex. The printer folds and staples them. I just trim them on 3 sides. When I am printing without merge, there is no problem. But when I merge I cannot get it out 8 by 8 pages ;-(
          • Henrik said:
            When I am printing without merge, there is no problem.

            So, have you tried merging to a temporary document and printing from that?

            If the temporary document does not print correctly, then we can presumably compare the characteristics of the temporary document and see what is different.

              • With the booklet imposition, I cannot set anything other than 0 pages per group. But it seems to me that if you then select a page range of either 1-8 or 9-16, etc, you get the correct pagination.