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Fonzie123
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January 10, 2017
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Trouble printing double-sided

  • January 10, 2017
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I am having trouble printing double-sided.  When the document has an odd number of pages, the first sheet of paper shows the first page and the flip side blank, the rest of the pages are printed double sided in he subsequent sheets.  I need the blank page to be at the end of the document. I know this is an Adobe issue and not a Mac issue, because when I print the same documents using Preview the pages come out correctly.  Any ideas?

Adobe Acrobat Reader DC

Mac OS X El Capitan

HP Officejet Pro 6970

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    Mungo2706592753tu
    New Participant
    November 10, 2022

    I also see a duplicate of this discussion at https://community.adobe.com/t5/acrobat-reader-discussions/blank-pages-in-the-front-when-printing-double-sided/td-p/10810920

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    Courtney23813247onmi
    New Participant
    March 30, 2022

    Same problem. Guess I'll just use Preview, which I didn't pay for. Ridiculous.

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    jtjli
    New Participant
    August 4, 2021

    I have having this exact same issue.

     

    Adobe Acrobat Pro DC.  

    MacOS Big Sur

    Brother DCP-J1100DW

     

    No problem when using acrobat on Windows 10.   So it's either you Adobe or Apple. You can point fingers at each other, but I am inclined to blame Adobe because printing from word or other apps from my mac is fine.

     

    PLEASE FIX. We pay A LOT to use your products.

     

    Jason

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      Fonzie123Author
      New Participant
      February 8, 2017

      Hi Tariq,

      I Printed the document as you told me... I got the same issue:

      Sheet one:

      Front: "image field" and a square underneath

      Back: BLANK

      Sheet two:

      Front: "you there this is 2nd page" and below "This is second page and about to replace" in orange

      Back: "Page 3"

      So still having the same issue.

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      Joi Ito
      New Participant
      January 17, 2021

      I have the same problem. Did you ever resolve this?

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        Vanessa5DDA
        New Participant
        May 4, 2021

        I just ran into this problem and found a solution on a different forum. I clicked "print grayscale" and because only the first page actually had any color it treated the first page as a separate document thus causing a blank second page. As soon as I unchecked "print grayscale" the blank second page disappeared!


        I've also been having this problem ever since I started paying monthly...it worked while I was just using the free adobe reader. My work around has been to print an even number of pages and then print the last page, but this is super annoying and I often forget and have to reprint it. If this is a known problem, why hasn't it been fixed in 4 years?

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          Community Manager
          Tariq AhmadCommunity Manager
          Community Manager
          February 6, 2017

          Hi Fonzie123,

          Would you try to toggle "Reverse Pages"(highlighted in ScreenShot) option from print dialogue window?

          Let us know if that helps.

          -Tariq Dar.

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          Fonzie123Author
          New Participant
          February 6, 2017

          Hi Tariq,

          Thanks for your note, but it doesn't work.

          All it does is print them in the reverse order, but still the blank page is in the second position and not in the last.  Let me be more specific.

          If I print an even paged document - let's say 6 pages, then it prints: Sheet 1 (S1): Front (F) Page 1 (P1); Rear (R) P2; S2: FP3, RP4; S3: FP5, RP6.  This is true with normal or reverse printing, so in reverse i would get: S3: RP6, FP5; S2: RP4, FP3; and S1: RP2, FP1.

          When I print an odd paged document - let's say 5 pages, then this is what happens:

          S1: FP1, BLANK; S2: FP2, RP3; S3: FP4, RP5 and if i do it in reverse mode, I would still get the blank sheet in the penultimate place, before page one, which is what I am trying to avoid.

          It is definitely an Adobe issue, because I can print normally from any other program, and even the same PDF documents when opened using the "Preview" they print correctly

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            Tariq AhmadCommunity Manager
            Community Manager
            February 7, 2017

            Thank you for your response.

            I printed a three-page document S1: FP1, RP2; S2: FP3. It seems it worked fine both on windows and Mac.

            Do you have any updates pending on your machine for Reader DC? To check for updates, launch Reader > Help > Check for updates.

            I have shared a link to download that sample 3 page document. You may try to print and let me know how that works for you.

            Also, let me know if you can share your document with me. I would like to test that at my end.

            -Tariq Dar.

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