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_jack_grimes_
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December 30, 2006
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Acrobat 8 printing problems

  • December 30, 2006
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duplex printing of a pdf file on either an hp 1320n or hp4300n, with OS X 10.4.8. Using several pdf fIles with odd number of pages, the last (odd) page is printed backwards and upside down. Every time.
If I print just the last page, it is printed backwards and upside down.
If I quit Acrobat 8, launch A8, and then print the last page, it prints correctly. This would seem to eliminate the printing subsystem.

single (no duplex printing) printing, two pages per page (print dialog box option), of a pdf file. First page (original first/second page) prints OK, subsequent pages printed backwards and upside down. (Also after a relaunch of A8).

MacBook Pro 17, OS X 10.4.8, 2G RAM, A8 version 8.0.0 (initial release)
What is going on? Can anyone repeat this behavior?
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    _Gary_Scott_
    Participant
    April 6, 2007
    Have also experienced issues with duplex printing from Acrobat 8 on Xerox devices.
    Print more than one copy of a document with an odd number of pages and specify duplex in the print driver.
    The first page of the second copy will be printed as the last page of the first copy. Acrobat 7 would create a blank page as the last page but, Acrobat 8 is not creating the blank last page.
    Same effect on B/W and Color devices.
    Anybody know of a workaround?
    MacBook Pro, OS 10.4.9.
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    _jack_grimes_Author
    Participating Frequently
    April 4, 2007
    I don't think that A8 "natively" prints duplex. Using the Mac's print dialog box, under the "Layout" menu, there are 2 radio buttons near the bottom for "two-sided" printing for either long or short edge binding. I normally click the "long-edged binding" button.

    I have had no problems with duplex printing from A8 for docs with an even number of pages. (Unless I print them two to a page.) Click on "Show All Messages" to see messages #2-#28 for more information.
    --jack
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    _burtinh_
    Participant
    April 4, 2007
    I can't get Acrobat 8 to print duplex.

    I print on two HP 4550 printers that have working duplexers. I have checked all print options and everything is set correctly. I can print the very same files duplex using another PC that has Acrobat 6.

    I'm stumped.

    Anyone have any ideas?
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    _jack_grimes_Author
    Participating Frequently
    March 30, 2007
    I talked to my friend that works at Adobe this morning and they are working on a bug fix release. No schedule.
    --jack
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    _Ronald_E__Cohen_
    Participant
    March 30, 2007
    I have the same problem. They should fix their bug. Also the updater doesn't work.
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    _David_Bollans_
    Participant
    March 29, 2007
    Hi Everyone,

    Similar problem with Mac Pro OSX 10.4.9 using OKI 7200 to print. The first page come out mirrored the rest were fine. Reinstalled print driver no joy. Cut a long story short we are now using AR7 and Acrobat 7 to solve this issue. So is it AR8 code or the way Rosetta is handling it as it doesn't seem to be a problem for Power PC systems? Or is it?

    Dave
    ACHDS
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    _rudreshjoshi_
    Participant
    March 20, 2007
    Hi ,
    I am facing a problem with Adobe Acrobat 8 . We have our postscript drivers and looks like it generates errors while printing. ( for settings : Booklet - saddle - which sets Duplex and Face up internally ).
    Same driver , same settings work with Adobe Acrobat 7.0

    Any idea why its happening ? Is is a known problem with acrobat 8.0 by any chance ?
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    _jack_grimes_Author
    Participating Frequently
    March 3, 2007
    Ferando, the only workaround is for the 2-pages-up per page problem. there is an alternate way using A8 (look in "Page Scaling:" menu) instead of the Mac print dialog to do this. It seems to work.
    --jack
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    _Fernando_Selman_
    Participant
    March 3, 2007
    I am using a 2.33 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Macbook Pro with AdobeReader 8.0.0 . I just tried to print to an HP LaserJet 4250dtn an I get the mirror-image printing problem. When printing 2-pages-up per page, with the duplex feeder, I get *all* pages mirrored except the first one! Any idea of when a patch will be available?

    Fernando
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    _Robert_Pappalardo_
    Participant
    March 1, 2007
    This is a real problem with Adobe Acrobat Professional 8 on the Intel Mac (system 10.4.8). I'm having the same problem with the last page of a duplexed document (but only when the document has an even number of pages, that is, if the document's last page is duplexed). This is an issue when printing to either an HP 3005d or HP 4200d. The evidence clearly points to an Acrobat 8 problem: the duplexing works fine when I print from Acrobat 7.

    -Bob
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