Duplex Printing Problem in Adobe Reader X (Mac)

I came late to the discussion but here's my "FIX" to the duplex printing dilemma: Open any multiple-page PDF in Apple's "PREVIEW" (until now, ANNOYING available on all MACs) — On my 2007 iMAC (OS10.7.5) it will print DUPLEX — NO PROBLEM. I'm pretty jazzed to have such an easy "FIX" (discovered by happy accident) — I hope this work-around helps somebody else — HAPPY PRINTING!

The irony of this is that I have the exact opposite problem... Adobe is printing everything duplex always, unless I go through the same rigamorale of going to the print button, confirming that my settings already say NOT to print double-sided, and then printing.

Any of you people unable to double print want to trade printers with me? It would seem like the simplest solution, lol.

After having the problem / aggravation, I went through each area trying to

learn how to get past it.  Finally, I checkmarked 3x "Don't Show Me This Again" 

Then I established a default printer thereby forcing Adobe to retain print preferences

instead of  defaulting to "Any Printer" and losing custom settings

STEPS I TOOK (you may know of something faster, easier?)

CTRL P  or  File, Print to receive standard print dialogue

Within "Printer:"  use drop down to select  "PRINT & FAX Preferences...."

Note: You can set print & fax preferences thru System Preferences, but for

now we're here

Select the printer you will normally use and set up a default printer (for Adobe)

If the Lock at bottom left is closed it will require the system admin ID and PWD

to unlock/lock in order to make changes :-)

Once finished close this (top left)

You will be returned to this panel

To the right of the "Printer:" drop down is the arrow that expands your options,

make sure it is aiming UP

Middle of screen is "Layout"  Select the drop down and select "Two-Sided Printing"

Look at the next screen image posted below and you will see there's more steps to

follow for two sided printing

Check mark "Print Both Sides"

By Re-Opening the Drop down now showing "Two-Side Printing", you can of

course adjust other items while here

Paper Type/Quality allows you to select items such as print quality, color settings

Select "Print" (bottom right of screen) to return to Adobe Reader Print Page

Save time by opening the "Presets:" dropdown and save this as a custom print setup name

   i.e.  grayscale_DblSided, Color_DblSided...

Finally, Check Mark  "Reverse Pages" to print Back to Front and help Adobe

not to print a single sided first page and double sided pages for the others... Nice!

It's time to press "OK" and hover over the printer to ensure Adobe didn't send

instructions to print your 100 single side pages despite all best efforts

Since going through this rigamarole I have not had to reset it every time

Message was edited by: MACGASM

Message was edited by: MACGASM

I too have this problem.

How can I access the Mac Printer dialog from the Adobe Menu?

All I can access is Printer or Printer Set-UP, neither of which offer me the option to set Duplex Printing.

Jubbjubb.

I'm having the same problem, only I can't fix it by going through the extra step. Not only does it fail to print duplex, but it fails to allow me to make any other changes. I teach, and frequently print things out on my personal computer, but I need to print them on fast and duplex, for obvious reasons. The duplex problem would be bad enough, but at least I could fix it by printing odds then evens on the other side, if nothing else works. However, I can't afford to print everything on standard. I NEED to print on fast, but I can't even do that in Adobe. I used to just print things from my Preview, but I have a curriculum I need to print from Adobe, since using Preview causes me to miss about 1/3 of the graphics. Can anyone give me any advice at all? I've got the latest Mac OS, a canon printer, and I just downloaded Reader yesterday. I am so frustrated right now.

I'm having the same problem - just upgraded from Reader 8 or 9 to X on my Macs running 10.6.6, and *sometimes* documents won't print duplex even though that's my default printer setting.  I haven't been able to narrow down the circumstances, as it's happened to me for both full documents as well as partials of various page counts, and both through the Safari plug-in and the Reader app directly.  Type of printer isn't a factor either, as I use several different kinds in different locations.

Also when you print a file, in Adobe Reader print dialog, at the bottom there are a few buttons namely - Printing Tips, Page Setp..., Printer..., Advanced etc.

Select Printer. This will open printer dialog. here check if option of two sided print is enabled.

Do you still get single sided prints even if this option is enabled?

Thanks,

Karan

Is it that the duplex printing was working fine before applying 10.0.1 update. Have you tried with duplex printing in Reader X before applying 10.0.1 update. Did it work on version 10.0.0?

Thanks,

Karan