Hunter Posted April 25, 2015 Share Posted April 25, 2015 I have a first generation Macbook Air 11 with Yosemite and a Brother 2340DW duplex printer and a cheap guillotine paper cutter. I've been altering my pdfs in Preview and then printing booklets from Adobe. I've just been cutting the pages apart and then stapling them. I have a huge margin, though. If the page can be read that small, I can trim off the extra paper and the books are super cute, but sometimes the text is too small. Is anyone else here printing books? Is there a way to reduce the margin in 1/2 page printing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FO4UR Posted April 25, 2015 Share Posted April 25, 2015 I do print some. I have found that (minus any copyright issues) it is cost effective and fairly simple to have them printed/bound. lulu.com does a nice job. Shipping can be steep, but if you get the buy 3 get one free deal, it's not bad. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted April 25, 2015 Author Share Posted April 25, 2015 I really really want to learn how to get rid of the big margins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smfmommy Posted April 26, 2015 Share Posted April 26, 2015 Using the free version of Fine Print you can increase the size of the page. I haven't figured out how to do it directly with my Canon either. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted April 26, 2015 Author Share Posted April 26, 2015 I can figure out how to tweak things in preview, if I just want to print full sized pages, but it's the booklet 1/2 size pages in Adobe I just cannot figure out. I don't mind spending money on software of it's a sure thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plath Posted April 26, 2015 Share Posted April 26, 2015 I print some books. I Don't usually mess with the margins or make booklets. I print multiple pages on one page, duplex and then hole punch and put them in a folder or binder depending on the book. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted April 26, 2015 Author Share Posted April 26, 2015 BookletCreator seems to work well on my Mac http://bookletcreator.com If you are printing batches to fold, the free version is just as good as the full version as 8 sheet bundles is what you are likely to be folding. If you want to print a whole book to cut, the full version is $20.00. It seems like a lot of money for something that appears to be available for free from Adobe, BUT if it WORKS... I'm still trying out the free version, There are some vintage books I just really want to have neatly printed in half sized pages, and to be able to do it at home, immediately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desertflower Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 http://www.ehow.com/how_6100904_change-margins-pdf-file http://www.ehow.com/how_4965690_change-margin-adobe-pdf.html I hope these help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted April 28, 2015 Author Share Posted April 28, 2015 Thanks! I try these tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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