Print a publication

Printing happens on the Print page. You pick your settings on the left and check a preview of each page on the right. Zoom above the preview makes the page larger than the size that fits; scroll to see the rest.

Print a publication

Press Ctrl+P, or click File > Print. The quick toolbar has a Print button too.
Next to the Print button, set Copies.
Choose a Printer. The list ends with Save as PDF, which makes a PDF file instead of paper. With more than one copy, Collated prints the whole set again for each copy (1, 2, 3, then 1, 2, 3), and with it off each page's copies come out together (1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3). A PDF file is made once, whatever the number of copies.
Under Range, choose All pages, Current page, Selection (only the objects you selected, in their places on the current page; an object in a group prints with its whole group, the master page's objects are left out, and the preview shows just what will print; it is dimmed when nothing is selected), or Pages. For Pages, type the pages in the Pages box: page numbers and ranges, with commas between them, such as 1-3, 5.
Choose the other settings you need. They are listed below.
Click Print.

Click Printer Properties… to open the system's print window, with your printer's own options. What you choose there is kept for the job, and the copies, collating, and paper come back to this page. On both sides of the paper, Last page first keeps each front with its back.

The preview on the right has arrows to move from page to page. Check Show rulers or Show page numbers to see those on the preview.

Choose a layout

The Layout list sets how pages land on paper:

One page per sheet prints each page by itself. A page too big for the paper is printed in pieces. A page a little too big is shrunk to fit.
Multiple pages per sheet puts different pages on one sheet.
Multiple copies per sheet repeats one page across the sheet. Use it for business cards and labels.
Booklet, side-fold and Booklet, top-fold put two pages on each sheet in the right order, so a folded stack reads in order. Side-fold puts the two pages side by side. Top-fold puts one above the other.
Tiled (posters and banners) prints a big page in pieces on several sheets, with a small overlap so you can line the sheets up.

More settings

Paper: Letter, Legal, Tabloid, A4, A3, or Same as publication.
Last page first prints the sheets in reverse order, so a stack comes out in order. It is dimmed when you print on both sides by hand, because JeffPub then sets the order itself.
Sides: Print on one side, or Print on both sides with a flip on the long edge or on the short edge. Print on both sides by hand is for a printer that can't print on both sides. JeffPub prints the first, third, fifth, and so on of the pages (for a booklet, of the sheet sides), then a message asks you to turn the stack over and put it back in the printer. When you click OK, it prints the others, last first. A job of one page has nothing to turn over. Saving a PDF dims the choice, because a file has no sides. The preview then tells you which sheet and side each page is on.
Color: Composite RGB for full color, or Composite grayscale for shades of gray.
Print all mail merge records: available when your publication has a recipient list. See mail merge.

Printer's marks and separations

These are for work that goes to a print shop. Ask the shop what it needs.

Crop marks show where to trim. Bleed marks show the extra edge. Registration marks help line up the colors. Density bars and Color bars let the shop check the ink. Job information prints the name, page, and date.
Allow bleeds prints objects that run off the page, so there is no white edge after trimming. This extra edge is called a bleed.
The marks print outside the page, so use paper larger than your page.
Separations (CMYK plates) under Color prints one sheet for each ink: Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Black, plus any spot colors your publication uses (a spot color is a special premixed ink). Check or clear the plates you want.

For a PDF to hand to a print shop, see PDF files and print shops.

Print a publication