Print a booklet on a single-sided printer

These instructions are for printing a booklet from a PDF document.

If you want to print a booklet from a LibreOffice document, first export it to a PDF by choosing File ▸ Export as PDF…. Your document needs to have a multiple of 4 number of pages (4, 8, 12, 16,…). You may need to add up to 3 blank pages.

To print:

  1. Open the print dialog. This can normally be done through Print in the menu or using the Ctrl+P keyboard shortcut.

  2. Click the Properties… button

    In the Orientation drop-down list, make sure that Landscape is selected.

    Click OK to go back to the print dialog.

  3. Under Range and Copies, choose Pages.

    Type the numbers of the pages in this order (n is the total number of pages, and a multiple of 4):

    n, 1, 2, n-1, n-2, 3, 4, n-3, n-4, 5, 6, n-5, n-6, 7, 8, n-7, n-8, 9, 10, n-9, n-10, 11, 12, n-11…

    …until you have typed all of the pages.

    Examples:

    4 page booklet: Type 4,1,2,3

    8 page booklet: Type 8,1,2,7,6,3,4,5

    12 page booklet: Type 12,1,2,11,10,3,4,9,8,5,6,7

    16 page booklet: Type 16,1,2,15,14,3,4,13,12,5,6,11,10,7,8,9

    20 page booklet: Type 20,1,2,19,18,3,4,17,16,5,6,15,14,7,8,13,12,9,10,11

  4. Choose the Page Layout tab.

    Under Layout, select Brochure.

    Under Page Sides, in the Include drop-down list, select Front sides / right pages.

  5. Click Print.

  6. When all the pages have printed, flip the pages over and place them back in the printer.

  7. Open the print dialog. This can normally be done through Print in the menu or using the Ctrl+P keyboard shortcut.

  8. Choose the Page Layout tab.

    Under Page Sides, in the Include drop-down list, select Back sides / left pages.

  9. Click Print.