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Evan_Odd
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July 13, 2015
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Print-to-pdf multiple pages per sheet

  • July 13, 2015
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How can I print-to-pdf multiple pages per sheet? I have a pdf file. I know how to print multiple pages per sheet, but rather than printing I'd like to generate a new pdf file that displays multiple pages of the original file per every page of the new file.

Here's how I tried to go about it.

File > Print... > Multiple > Pages per sheet: 2 by 2 > Printer... > PDF > Save As PDF... > Save

This procedure ends with the following message: "Saving a PDF file when printing is not supported. Instead, choose File > Save."

However, there is no multiple pages per sheet option on the File > Save As... dialog.

System details:

* Acrobat XI 11.0.11

* OS X Yosemite 10.10.4

Correct answer try67

Sorry, I assumed you had Reader since you posted in the Reader forum... (I'll move your thread to the Acrobat forums)

The Adobe PDF printer is not available (any more) on Mac computers, so you can't print to a PDF file.

It is possible to create an n-Up version of a PDF using a script, though.

4 replies

suzannef89473622
suzannef89473622
New Participant
January 10, 2022

Just incase anyone is having the same issue as I am, I tried just the simple save as PDF and was getting an error message, I set my printer to offline and now I am not getting the error message. Which maybe makes sense and relates to the whole virtual printer issue maybe.  Just a though.

happycamper78
happycamper78
New Participant
August 12, 2019

There is this virtual printer plugin for mac. Works perfectly, as in you can create your multiple pages per sheet print layout in Acrobat and then select the virtual printer to get a pdf output, even better it's free of charge

https://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfwriterformac/

Siejhi
Siejhi
New Participant
April 3, 2018

I did a few Google searched about this, as I was having the same issue. I found that (once you are done with your edits in PDF, save and close), you can open PDF in "Preview" and print multiple pages and "save to PDF" without a script : )

Siejhi
Siejhi
New Participant
April 3, 2018

> open PDF in "Preview"

> in "Orientation" Dropdown "Preview" and select "Layout"

> select pages per sheet

> bottom left dropdown "PDF" and select "Save as PDF"

: )

    Bernd Alheit
    Bernd Alheit
    Community Expert
    May 16, 2018

    This probably sounds dumb, but when I try this I don't see multiple versions of my original PDF on the page (either in the preview window as shown, or in the resulting file).

    My original file is 104mmx76mm (WxH).  So I should be able to fit 6-up on a portrait A4 sheet.

    But when I try to follow your instructions as best I can:

    • File > Print
    • Set Scale to 100%
    • Select Layout from the dropdown whose first item is labelled Preview
    • Select 6 from Pages Per Sheet dropdown
    • Select Save as PDF from PDF dropdown in bottom left

    I get a single image in the right spot, but blank space where I'd expect the other 5 to be.

    What am I doing differently to the two previous posters?


    Your document has only one page. You need 6 pages.

    try67
    try67
    Community Expert
    July 13, 2015

    Not possible with Reader. You need Acrobat for that.

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    Evan_OddAuthor
    New Participant
    July 13, 2015

    But Acrobat is precisely what I use! (See my system details at the end of my original post.)

    try67
    try67Correct answer
    Community Expert
    July 13, 2015

    Sorry, I assumed you had Reader since you posted in the Reader forum... (I'll move your thread to the Acrobat forums)

    The Adobe PDF printer is not available (any more) on Mac computers, so you can't print to a PDF file.

    It is possible to create an n-Up version of a PDF using a script, though.

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