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August 13, 2021
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Set default print settings to a PDF

  • August 13, 2021
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Hey,

 

So I need to set some print settings for one PDF file. I have a 5 page file that has 4 documents in it. Is there a way to save a print setting to the file so that pages 1, 4, and 5 print as one page each but 2 and 3 print double sided? I need to make this simple because it is aparently too much for my employees to figure out the print options.

 

Thanks for the help.

 

- G

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Brad @ Roaring Mouse
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August 14, 2021

This is indeed a printer driver thing.

However:

Create a Portfolio PDF out of 4 separate files for page 1, page 2-3, page 4 and page 5.

So when they are printed (double-sided), each one is printed as a separate job. The single ones should come out with a blank back side.

A second more jerry-rigged way is to insert blank pages into your single file (i.e. 1-blank-2-3-4-blank-5-blank) 😉

 

J E L
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August 14, 2021

@Brad @ Roaring Mouse You are brilliant!

J E L
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August 13, 2021

@gregb94621243 I'm not an expert on this and maybe others will chime in, but as far as I know, you'll need a printer that supports switching the printing mode from simplex to duplex and back in mid-job. I don't think this is a capability that Acrobat provides within the software. It's something you are going to have to set in the printer's settings on export. There may be an efficient way through a script that automates first printing all the single pages (1,4-5) and then printing the double-sided pages (2-3). You would then have to collate the sets after printing.