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amyr77458904
amyr77458904
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Jan 9, 2017 4:21 PM UTC
Question

Print pdf with 3-hole punch

My Adobe Acrobat Pro DC documents need to be printed with 3-hole punches on the pages.  How do I set it up to do that?

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Stephen Marsh
Community Expert
Stephen MarshCommunity Expert
Community Expert
Jan 9, 2017 11:38 PM UTC

Another option could be to create the appropriate left/right facing page PDF and then to import this as a layer (OCG).

The Enfocus PitStop Pro plug-in can also automate the addition of such marks.

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Dov Isaacs
Dov Isaacs
Legend
Jan 9, 2017 10:58 PM UTC

Clearly, Acrobat cannot punch holes in the paper.

If you mean that you wish to communicate to the printer that the printing is to be done on three-hole paper, that is a function of the setup functions / properties of the printer driver which you need to set before sending the job to print from the print dialog.

          - Dov

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- Dov Isaacs, former Adobe Principal Scientist (April 30, 1990 - May 30, 2021)
    chuckc65783742
    Participant
    May 18, 2023 1:06 PM UTC

    Dear Mr. Isaacs,

     

    Could you please provide more detail on exactly how to set up the print driver so that it can print on 3-hole punched paper including the offset of headers and footers. Thank you.

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    Joshua33565493uc50
    Participant
    Nov 13, 2023 12:13 AM UTC

    He's being an ass. He's basically saying f'off. It's your printers fault, not ours. 

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    Loic.Aigon
    Loic.Aigon
    Legend
    Jan 9, 2017 5:45 PM UTC

    I guess you could create a custom stamp and add it prior to print ?

    If you need something more automated, you could try to use an action or go to PDF apps such as Enfocsu PitStop or Callas PDFToolBox

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