How do I print single sided on a Mac or turn off double-sided printing.

Hi everyone,

I couldn't do anything that would work by changing any settings on PDF, however it started printing one-sided after i changed the setting on Word print setting at the <Finishing> tab. Change it from two-sided to one-sided, and save current setting as <default-setting 1>. It does print one-sided on Word. Then i go to PDF and set the printing to be <default-setting 1> and it printed one-sided.

Try it! Hope that helps for you!

I too have had this problem for ages. My Canon printer has Duplex turned off in the printer itself, Document Properties are showing the Duplex setting as Simplex (greyed out) and the Print page shows 2 sided unticked. After having nearly torn all my hair out trying different things with no result, a document that would only print 2 sided a few minutes ago is now printing single pages. I went into Acrobat Reader properties and in the Documents section, changed the PDF/A View Mode to Never. And Voila! The document printed single sided. Whether this keeps on working remains to be seen, but I've got my fingers crossed. Hope this is of some help.

A solution to not being able to disable duplex printing of Adobe pdf files:  When you click "print....", this screen comes up:

If you click on "Printer.." on the lower left, this message comes up:

"The Print Setup dialog box is provided by the operating system. To ensure that you can use the full print capabilities of Acrobat Reader, please set all print options from the Application print dialog box. Do you want to continue?"

Click on the box in the lower left of the message window that says: "Do not show this message again".  Then Presto!, this screen comes up:

This is a very frustrating issue. I am experiencing it from InDesign 2019, an a Mac, with an OKI laser printer. Grrrr.

I finally gave up and printed page by page, selecting "current page" 32 times.  It was less stressful than spending hours in online forums that didn't provide an answer.  Sigh...

Ladies and Gents!

I think I have the angels singing finally on my end. For the last two days I have tried my friggin hardest to figure out why the heck this Mac kept printing double-sided to the Brother pinter I use at work. And the weird part was always through the Adobe Pro. Word never did it. Sooo...

I have something you guys should try that are using Macs. I just found it about 10 minute ago and it WORKED! I did a little happy dance I was so excited! This will change your default PERMANENTLY so you SHOULD never have to worry about double-sided ever happening by accident with any program.

You can change the default via CUPS, which is the core printing system of OS X.

Open Safari and enter the following URL

http://localhost:631

By default on 10.8, access to the CUPS page is blocked. To enable it, open Terminal and type "sudo cupsctl WebInterface=yes" (without the quotation marks). Enter the admin password when prompted and then refresh the Safari view.

With the CUPS web page open, select the Printers tab and then select the printer you want to modify. Then from the Administration drop menu, change to "Set Default Options".

This will show a new page with four menu headings (links); Options Installed, General, Banners and Policies. Select General.

Scroll down the list until you see the Print Style menu. Change it from 2 Sided to 1 Sided and then scroll down the page until you see the Set Default Options button.

Click on this button to save the change. You will then be prompted to authenitcate to CUPS.

Enter the account name and password that has been set as the admin for this Mac. And then press the Log In button. You will then see another page stating that the information change is completed.

How can this be any other platform's problem other than Adobe, if I can't print single sided on my Canon or HP from adobe?  I switch to printing from Preview, and voila! I can print single or double-sided on either printer. 

Fix the problem Adobe for Mac users.  Please and thank you.

Why does this question show "answered" when Adobe has done nothing to fix it, especial since the "answer from staff" is incorrect?

I usually use Preview for other reasons and only started to use Adobe Acrobat Reader DC because I need to poster print and Preview doesn't do it.  The only answer for me with a samsung printer is the one suggested above to click on the "printer" box at the bottom of the page and change Media to single sided. I actually tried that option before I searched and found this forum, but their warning screen scared me off because I thought I would lose my poster print ability. So they have a solution but they warn you not to do it. Nice going.

It amazes me that it has taken so long and Adobe still has not figured this out. I am still stuck on regular Sierra so it is not just a High Sierra problem.

Well... After wrestling with this for almost a year... and waiting for an official fix... I realized that sometimes Adobe is out to lunch.

From now on, if I need anything printed SINGLE SIDED, I'll just open the PDF with Apple's Preview and select whether I want it single or double-sided. It seems that Apple's simple print options work just fine without having to blame the printer manufacturer or WORST blame it on the user... or EVEN WORST... blame the File.

Moving On . . . . .

Having the same problem and have tried every possible fix mentioned.  Having to print using Preview.  This seems to have just started in the last month!  It is really annoying!