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nickj88952327
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June 26, 2017
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Anyone know How to print double-sided in Acrobat Professional?

  • June 26, 2017
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Thing's like this should typically be easy do, did I miss something?

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Kevin Parrott
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June 26, 2017

hi

Acobat DC on mac osx, command p, goto bottom left of dialog, select print on both sides of paper.

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    mijcar
    Participating Frequently
    February 21, 2019

    You will get more control and better results if you always default to the <printer option> at the bottom.  This solves the problems of the phantom blank-page header at the start of the document which throws off the pagination of double-sided printing, of choosing double-sided or not, and a slew of other problems.

    I tried two other ways of printing a PDF on a MAC without using Adobe:  Opening the PDF with Chrome or with Safari; and then using their print interface.  Both offered the same options as Acrobat, but with fewer keystrokes (Safari was the best).

    What is sad is that when you click <printer> at the bottom of Acrobat's printer interface, you are given a warning that you are sacrificing the greater number of options and control that Acrobat gives you.  But the exact opposite is the case.  You get more control of the usual and more important functions with the native interface offered by all other apps on the Mac (at least the ones I tested, including the Mac version of MS Office).

    Dov Isaacs
    Dov Isaacs
    Legend
    February 21, 2019

    mijcar  wrote

    … I tried two other ways of printing a PDF on a MAC without using Adobe:  Opening the PDF with Chrome or with Safari; and then using their print interface.  Both offered the same options as Acrobat, but with fewer keystrokes (Safari was the best). …

    Not necessarily a good idea. Chrome and Apple's PDF viewers (a.k.a. Preview) do not fully implement the PDF imaging model and specification. Your output may be wrong and in some cases, even if you don't think you are modifying the PDF file with those viewers, content can get corrupted!

              - Dov

    - Dov Isaacs, former Adobe Principal Scientist (April 30, 1990 - May 30, 2021)
    Dave__M
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    Dave__MCommunity Expert
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    June 26, 2017

    In Acrobat Pro DC, if you look in the Print dialog box, you'll see a Properties button next to your selected printer.  Click it, and look for an option for duplexing, or printing on both sides of the paper.

    My best,

    Dave

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