Tips On "The Good & The Beautiful" Curriculum [Part 3]: How To Print Your PDF's?
You've taken the leap and bought the PDF's! But now your wondering, how to print those?
In this post I will give you the best tips for printing this curriculum, and hopefully make this process pain free and as enjoyable as it can be.
So you don't have to scour Facebook post's and random comments.
~This is Part 3 of the "Tips on TG&TB" series. If you missed the first and second of the tip-series you can click them here...
Just to note this post is ongoing. I have posted what I currently know and will update & add to this post as I learn it.
Please keep in mind every printer is different, and while I can share my experience. I can not promise you will have the same options and possibly the exact results as me.
But I hope this post and it's pictures will help guide you to get the desired prints.
Keep scrolling and follow the steps below for General Tips on printing the majority of TG&TB textbooks.
For Specialty Items click the heading it falls under below, ↓ to quickly jump down the page to that section.
Language Arts: Pre-K, Level K Primer, and Level K-7
Handwriting: Doodles & Pre-Writing for littles, and Level K-7
History: Levels 1-4
Science & Health: Physical Science, Life & Earth Science, and Health & Safety
Math: Levels K-3
Electives: Creative Writing, Nature Notebook, Creative Arts & Crafts, Typing, and Drawing
General Printing Tips & Guidelines
What You Need To Get Started
Before you begin printing make sure you have everything you need
-Device or Computer: To pull up the PDF documents and print.
(Tip: Computer works best for Printing, as some options are not available on mobile devices)
-Printer: With good ink capabilities(recommend eco tank), duplex printing (optional but so helpful for majority of prints).
You should also know and have an understanding of your printer functions.
(Tip: A USB cord to connect computer to printer, makes printing large documents much faster)
-Adobe Reader: To achieve the best print and have the most printing options, you will need to have Adobe downloaded to your computer.
Click here to download the free Adobe Reader.
(Tip: You can get 60% off Creative Cloud All Apps (Includes Acrobat Pro) if your a student or teacher-homeschoolers are also eligible- see here)
-Paper: Optional card-stock paper for cover and back, and paper for the prints.
While I prefer 24lb paper so you can't see the page behind. Many are very happy using 20lb paper.
And for my overachievers you can go with 28lb or above for an even better print.
(Tip:24lb-28lb paper cheapest at Sam's, Costco or used on amazon)
-Binding Method: I prefer spiral bound over the other options ....comb bound, binding rings, in page protector sleeves, or leaving it loose/un bound.
(Tip: Check eBay for used options or even take it to a store to be professionally bound)
Steps To Printing Majority Of TG&TB Course Books
~MAKE SURE YOU READ THROUGH ALL THE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE YOU CLICK THE FINAL PRINT ... go step by step with these provided tips and pictures to hopefully eliminate mistakes.~
1.Start by downloading the PDF to your computer (you'll click the blue highlighted "download files" button in the TG&TB email). Then choose an organized place so you can referrer to it when the time arises.
2.After opening the document in "Adobe Reader" (if you don't have it download it free here)
you'll now click Print and open the print window.
3.Select your designated Printer and optionally -connect your Computer to your printer with the USB cord.
4.Now select "advanced" settings, make sure to select "Print as an Image". Now select okay, and go back to the main print options.(See Picture)
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| (Screen Shot of General Printing a PDF "Advanced" print window) |
5.Select "print on both sides" this will create a double sided page. (If you don't have duplex printing but want a double sided course book skip down ↓ to the end of these general tips to see how...)
6.Click "pages" and enter in that you want to print "page 2 - end of the document". This is important to skip the first page. If not you could end up throwing off the whole document, and all the blank pages you need for cutting.
(Tip: While most PDF's don't have a back cover. If the PDF does, you may want to skip the last page too. That's if your wanting that back cover page to be borderless. Other wise I just print the back cover with the rest)
7.Now you want to select what side you want the page to Flip on .
Most of the course books are in Portrait Mode for those select "Flip on the long side/edge"(If your binding it on the Long side).
While the rest of the course books are in Landscape Mode you will select "Flip On the Short Side/Edge" (If your binding it on the Short side).
8.Under Size Select one of two options...
"Actual Size " this works for all math course books (so when you measure things it will all be the correct size).
or....
"Fit" to page for all others (you may encounter some levels that have weird sized covers so this helps). (See Picture)
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9.Next in the Properties settings choose the "quality" and color or black & white. I choose the Quality to be "Standard" for all the inside pages and in "color" (because these books are too beautiful not too, and an Eco Tank Printer makes it economical). (See Picture)
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| (Screen Shot of General Printing a PDF "Properties" print window) |
10.Double Check Settings and then click "Print".
(Don't forget to have your printer selected. Otherwise you can spend 20min going crazy problem shooting with google to figure out why you have no advanced options available. Then feeling ridiculous when you figure out, you forgot to select your printer!!!Big Sigh.....)
Cover Pages
11.Once done it's time to print the Cover (and Optionally the back if your PDF has one and you want the quality to match the cover). Start by loading the printer with cardstock ( you don't have to but it makes the image quality better and a stronger book once bound). And then select "print" .
(Tip: You can print a Back cover from another PDF like- Safety science, or other books. So that your Printed PDF has a matching TG&TB back cover.)
12.Type in print Page "1" or "1,(last page number)". If printing front and back cover together.
13.Select the page to print to "Fit" and de-select "Print on both sides of paper". Keep the advanced setting to "Print as Image".
14.Now in the Properties setting, check that you want to do a "Borderless" print ( this makes it so the covers have no white border on the edges).
When I choose borderless printing I now cannot print double sided or in the "High" quality setting. I am only able to print in "Standard-Vivid" quality (I prefer borderless covers and am still very happy with the "Standard-Vivid" print quality.)(See Picture)
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| (Screen Shot of General Printing of a PDF Cover page, "Properties" print window) |
15.Now check settings and then click "Print". Once printed I like to Laminate the Front and back covers to help with the strength of the book. (Plus I just love the sight of the glossy laminated covers, it makes a home print look so professional).
Tips On Double Sided Printing With A NON-Duplex Printer.
~Though every printer functions differently, I wanted to write the process of manually printing double sided to help guide you.... But I recommend looking up videos on you tube of your printer, before your start printing to get a good idea how your specific printer functions~
When you would normally Select "print on both sides", with a NON-Duplex printer you will not have that option. So I will show you how to Manually print double sided.
1.Open the document in "Adobe Reader" (if you don't have it download it free here)
you'll now click Print and open the print window.
2.Select your designated Printer and optionally -connect your Computer to your printer with the USB cord.
3.Now select "advanced" settings, make sure to select "Print as an Image". Now select okay, and go back to the main print options (A picture of this is attached above under general printing).
4.Click "pages" and enter in "page 2 - 30". This is important to skip the first page. If not you could end up throwing off the whole document, and all the blank pages you need for cutting.
(Tip 1: For large course books, Print in smaller batches of 30-40pages. Don't do hundreds at a time, because you will be reinserting the pages back into the printer to print on the backside.)
(Tip 2: While most PDF's don't have a back cover. If the PDF does, you may want to skip the last page too. That's if your wanting that back cover page to be borderless. Other wise I just print the back cover with the rest)
5.Under more options Select "Odd Pages Only".
6.Now you want to select what side you want the page to Flip on .
Most of the course books are in Portrait Mode for those select "Flip on the long side/edge"(If your binding it on the Long side).
While the rest of the course books are in Landscape Mode you will select "Flip On the Short Side/Edge" (If your binding it on the Short side).
7.Under Size Select one of two options...
"Actual Size " this works for all math course books (so when you measure things it will all be the correct size).
or....
"Fit" to page for all others (you may encounter some levels that have weird sized covers so this helps).
8.Next if possible in the Properties settings choose the "quality" and color or black & white.
I choose the Quality to be "Standard" for all the inside pages and in "color" (because these books are too beautiful not too, and an Eco Tank Printer makes it economical).
(A picture of this is attached above under the General Printing tips)
Below is a screenshot of the Non-Duplex printing window
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| (Screenshot of Non-Duplex printer's PDF 1 print window) |
9.Double Check Settings and then click "Print".
Backside Pages
10.Now take the stack of finished pages you just printed, and load them in the printer. (downward or upward depending on your specific printer).
Unless your printing options does not include the "Reverse Pages" button . Then just manually re-shuffle the odds (so the bottom/last page, prints last, instead of first).
11.Click "pages" and enter in the same pages as the batch before "page 2 - 30" (Still skipping the first page/Cover).
12.Select Even Pages Only & Click "Reverse Pages" button.(See Picture)
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13.Double Check Settings and then click "Print"
Scroll back up ↑ to see how to print the Cover pages
Language Arts
Keep Scrolling down OR click the specific specialty items below to jump down this page to each.
Course Books. Activity Packet, Flip Books, Readers, Mini Books, Phonics, Beginning Books Box (A-D), Spelling Rules & Flashcards, Shared Readers, Poetry Collection, Spelling & Writing Workshops, World & Biographies Reader, Course Companion, Geography & Grammar, and Daily Checklists,
Course Books(Pre-K, Level K Primer, & Level K-7):
All fall under the General Printing Guidelines up above
Activity Packet(Pre-K):
Flip Books(Pre-K):
My First Reading Book(Pre-K):
Mini Books(Levels K):
Phonics(Levels K-2):
Reader(Levels K-3):
I used a duplex printer, if you don't have one I'd try printing odds then evens in the multiple setting(I have not tested this).
When printing the readers start with as mentioned above selecting "print as an image" Then click pages and type in pages 2-end of document(if it has a back cover you can skip the last page).
Next print as a "Booklet" and if it's not already select the booklet subset to be both sides, also check that the binding is set to Left , Orientation is Portrait, and binding on the long edge. (see picture below)
Click print it will look like its not printing right but don't fret.
Once the middle is printed its time to print the covers. Following the rules above but type in pages 1 & last page. keeping it in booklet setting,.......... unless you want to print in the multiple setting at 2 pages per sheet. (only the covers will work this way too). Then click print.
Once printed cut down the middle and bind
-Level 1 Reader: I found the first two pages to bit switched. I printed as above but changed the page numbers a bit due to the fact that the cover was actually identified as page 2.
I would recommend printing the middle pages, page 4-316 (the second to last page). Then printing page 2(actual front cover) & the last page(since it's a back cover).
Then I manually reloaded the printed cover paper I just made and printed page 1 (an info page) & 3 (copywrite line) on booklet setting on the back.
Beginning Book Box's A & B (Level K):
Beginning Book Box's C & D (Level K):
Disclaimer I find BOX C & D to print very differently than A & B due to it being a taller book. Print in multiple setting rather than booklet(booklet will print jumbled). This PDF is made to read digitally NOT for easy printing.
Base Settings-start by selecting printing as an image, in color, and in the multiple setting(pages per sheet 2).
You have two options for printing.
Option 1.The first is a simple printing option is print each page single sided in the multiple setting, after that cut down the middle of the pages. Then combine the blank sides to their match(this will take a min as you arrange your pages to follow the book). Lastly you'll laminate /glue the pages together to create a double sided page.
I don't prefer this method as it takes more paper and time arranging the single sided pages together.
Or
Option 2. The second option is for a manual double sided print. Follow the steps below.
~Just to Note we are going to print the Frontside and then reload the paper in the printer and print the Backside. Then we will print the title/ cover page last. DO NOT SELECT PRINT DOUBLE SIDED (due to how the PDF is created, I could not find a way to print double sided and not mess up the page orders). ~
1. Frontside Pages: print pages 2 -the end of document, select Odd Pages Only, page order Vertical in Portrait orientation (see Picture).
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| (Screen Shot of Frontside print window) |
2. Check settings and then click print.
3. Now take printed stack of papers and DO NOT change the order or rotate them in any way (follow the instructions of your printer on how to feed them), and load them in the paper tray. Make sure to take the whole stack, even if top page is blank. (It is part of the first couple title pages, so keep it with the stack)
(Possibly let the stack pages dry. I printed the backside quickly after the frontside one time(the "Can You Spy" book). Since the ink is so wet & saturated the books pages stuck together, and messed up the order. Though I was able to salvaged it I don't want you to have that experience so make sure to let the stacked pages dry in between (like 1-2min).
4. Backside Pages: Again print pages 2 - the end of document, Then select Reverse Pages (this will help them line up correctly), next click EVEN Pages Only, page order Vertical REVERSED in portrait orientation (see Picture).
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| (Screen Shot of Backside print window) |
Title Page: Now it's time to print the title page. Depending on the book, the title page may be it's own single page print, on a new sheet of paper OR a print on the backside of the page containing 2 & 4 ( title page and challenge words page on the frontside of the sheet).
6. All Books but the "poems" story. Start by Rotating the page containing 2 & 4, so that the page 4 (challenge words) is fed into the printer first. Go back to the original settings from the beginning. Then select print pages 1 (only), Page order is going to be Vertical. (See picture)
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7. Check settings and then click print.
Poems Book Only
Poems Book ONLY, Go back to the original settings, Then select print pages 1 (only), Page order is going to be Vertical,
Then check settings and click print
8. Assembly for the Manual Double Sided Print: Now we want to cut each page in half. I like to lightly fold each page in half(hamburger style) and then cut along the light edge you just made. Then I laminate them and bind them into two-three books. But you could also just bind them or staple them.
Shared Reader(Levels 2 & 5):
Spelling Rules Flashcards(Level 1+):
Most of the same rules apply as above expect you do not need to do the cover page separate (But still print as an image, size: fit) there are three ways to print this, I have only tested the preferred method.
My Preferred Method:
Select print only the odd's, Custom pages per sheet (2 X 2), then page order Horizontal, in portrait orientation. (See Picture)
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| (Screen Shot of Frontside print window) |
Check settings and then Click print.
(You will now have all the front's of the cards printed)
Then put the stack directly back into the printer you do not want to mess with the order. Now you'll select print in Reverse Order, Printing Only Even's Pages, and in Horizontal Reverse Order. Leave the orientation and pages per sheet the same as before.(See Picture)
This super important, if you do not, then the back side of the pages will not line up correctly.
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Check settings and then hit print.
It will now print the backs of each card onto the front.
Option Two: Print single sided, all pages, in the multiple setting of pages per sheet 2 X 2, horizontal page order, and portrait.
Check Settings and then Click print.
Lastly you'll cut down the middle and fold at the bottom and then laminate them.
Third Option: If your printer can buy blank index cards, put them in the printer and select the size of paper you are using in Adobe Reader, print on both sides, flip on the long edge.
Then click Print.
Poetry Collection(Level 3):
Spelling & Writing Workshops(Level 4):
Personal Reader(Levels 4 & 5):
World Biographies Reader(Level 4):
Course Companion(Levels 5 & 7):
Geography & Grammar Cards(Levels 5-7):
Daily Checklist(Levels 5 & 7):
Handwriting
Doodles & Prewriting for littles & Level K (Pre-K & Level K):
Handwriting Levels 1-7:
History
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Course Books, Big Book of Stories, Maps & Images, Timeline, and Timeline Stickers
Course Books(Year 1-4):All fall under General Printing Guidelines(add link) for those click here.
Big Book of Stories (Year 1 & 3):
Maps & Images( Year 2 & 4):
Timeline(Year 2 & 4):
Timeline Stickers(Year......):
Science & Health
Physical Science, Life & Earth Science, and Health & Safety Science( ALL Science Units):All fall under General Printing Guidelines(add link) for those click here.
Mini Books:
Math
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Course Books, Activity box Games / Activity Mats, Math Manipulatives,, planner level k, Planner Level 1, Planner Level 2, Musical Multiplication, flashcards, dominos, level 3 math cards,
Course Books(All Math Levels): All fall under General Printing Guidelines(add link) for those click here.
-Math Level 2 Part 1 PDF: I found out you need to skip "a" (this is technically page 1, but the PDF refers to it as "a"). As per the instructions above skip "a" or the cover page, and then print "b"-298 ( the last page).
Sometimes I skip the last page if its a cover. but Part 1 does not have one. Where as Part 2 does have a back cover and so I print two copies. That way both Part 1 & Part 2 end up having a back cover.
Hopefully this saves you from messing up your print like mine. I did not have this "a,b,c" problem when printing Part 2.
Activity Box Games & Activity Mats(Levels 1-4):
Math Manipulatives(All Activity Box Levels 1-4):
Planner(Level K):
Planner(Level 1):
Planner(level 2): Following the basic instructions given above, except the planner orientation will be Landscape. So when printing double sided make sure you flip on the short edge.
First I printed pages 3-78(all the middle pages) and then only the covers 1, 80 as borderless. I never printed page 2 & 79 as they were just blank pages.
Musical Multiplication(Level 3):
Flashcards(All Activity Box Levels 1-4):
Dominos(Activity Box For Levels 1 & 2);
Math Cards(level 3):
Electives
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Creative Writing, Nature Notebook, Creative Arts & Crafts, Typing, and Drawing
Creative Writing(Books 1 & 2):
Nature Notebook(Book 1):
Creative Arts & Crafts(Book 1):
Print the book following normal above rules. Start by printing pages 2-86 (middle pages & last) and then printing page 1 (cover, there is no back cover).
Typing(Books 1-3):
For Book 1 follow normal instructions above ↑ printing pages 2-44 (middle pages), and then printing covers 1, 45 (as per above Borderless).
Drawing(Books 1-5):
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