Ohio Bicycle Law Reforms Booklet

Directions for printing the booklet

The PDF file included with these directions will make a 12 page booklet—3 sheets of paper printed on both sides and folded in half. You use the free Adobe Acrobat Reader to print the booklet. Note: If you do not print this 2-sided, the pages will be arranged in a strange order.

The booklet has only ½" margins. A Deskjet printer may truncate the pages slightly unless you choose "Fit to Page" on the print menu. However, this setting may mess up the margins, especially when the pages are folded. I do not know about other brands of inkjet printers.

1. You will first print the odd pages, 1, 3, and 5. Click either on the "Print" icon on the Acrobat toolbar or select "Print" from the File menu; either of these will bring up the Print dialog box. Find the "Print odd pages only" check-box near the bottom and click on this before printing.
2. Take the 3 pages out of the printer and arrange them so the back of page 1 is on top and page 5 is on the bottom. Note which way is the top of the page and make sure you put the pages back that way. Depending on your printer, you may need to place them face up or face down.
3. Print the even pages 2, 4, and 6 using a similar procedure as in step 1.
4. Carefully fold and crease the booklet so that page numbers 6 and 7 are inside and the covers are outside.
5. Staple once or twice on the crease. (Hint: the booklet is too big for a standard office stapler but if you roll the back half of the book without creasing, you can then get it in the stapler without causing much curl to the pages.)

As an alternative to steps 1-3 above, you can print just page 1, then print page 2 on back of the same sheet. Then in like manner print pages 3 and 4, and finally, 5 and 6.

Click here to download the booklet file!

Fred Oswald [f.oswald@earthlink.net]