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How do I print single sided on a Mac or turn off double-sided printing.

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April 25, 2017
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How do I turn off double-sided printing on a Mac? The archives had an answer for this question for a PC but I am using a Mac laptop. Thank you.

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Correct answer Tariq Ahmad

This is the ONLY workaround that has worked for me after much time wasted on forums trying to figure this out. It's a hassle to remember to open pdfs in Preview but at least it works, THANK YOU!

Hi all,

Sorry for the inconvenience caused.

A new help page has been published for this issue: Unable to print double-side or single-side in Acrobat on Mac.

Please let us know how it works for you.

-Tariq Dar

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andrewh32782508

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My user does see the option for Two-sided, but it's greyed out. Know of a way to restore that dropdown to functionality?

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cmcp621

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Hi guys – with still no workable update from Adobe, I've found another workaround.

If you send yourself the document you need printed via email & print it through there (within the document preview in the browser), it prints single sided.

So glorious. So to me, that clearlyyyy makes it an Adobe issue.

Hope that helps!

doghouse19

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So here is the solution to printing single-sided on an iMAC (10.13) to an HP Envy 4520 and probably any other printer:

Open the PDF in a Chrome browser and select print. You will immediately see a checkbox for double-sided printing. Simple, just like it should be.

Hey Adobe: Why don't you give the folks at Google a call and have them explain how they did this. What's that? You don't really care? Oh yeah, that's right.

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Dan_Koopu

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I am experiencing the same problem and would appreciate an answer.

The only work around I have found is to only print a single sheet at a time.

Can we have a solution soon please?

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Cldguerrac

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Here's a workaround I found for Acrobat DC, at least for my printer.

In the Print Dialogue Box, toward the bottom is the "Printer... " button. When I click that it takes me to my printer's settings dialogue box. On mine, there's a dropdown for different kinds of settings such as "Media & Quality" "Layout" and "Paper Handling". If I select "Media & Quality" There's a "Two-Sided" item with a checkbox. I uncheck it, then below I click on "Print." It doesn't actually Print, it takes me back to Acrobat DC. When I click Print there, the pages print single sided.

Hope this helps.

Chris

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ennia70

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EUREKA!!! That has worked for me too. Thank you so much for doing what Adobe couldn't - or wouldn't!

You are a steely-eyed missile man - or woman!

Thank you!

Annie

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ennia70

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I have this issue too. I haven't changed my printer or my OS but my Mac will now only print double-sided copies. I am being forced to print each individual page separately. Does anyone have a MAC solution for this, please?

rabbit67

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On a Mac, there are no settings to select to change from double sided to single sided printing with Adobe Acrobat. The only way I could print a .pdf with a single sided setting was to use Preview instead of Adobe.

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linda-sunnyvale

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I cannot print single sided. I have the latest, etc. And Adobe not answering! Please give "correct answer" This is January 2018.

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gserota

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I cannot believe that Adobe has not been able to answer this question. Do they ever look at their own product? There is no option in my version of Adobe (Adobe Acrobat ProDC Continuous Release version 2018.009.20050) to print single sided. Everything comes out double sided no matter what I do.

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laural50933048

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It is most annoying. They have not bothered to reply. I just print from Preview, which WORKS. I suspect this is Apple’s fault, somehow. But, not sure!

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sharit68383329

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This did it! Finally! A way to print one sided on a mac

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gordon_craig

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I am also having this problem with Acrobat Reader DC and High Sierra. This wasn't happening last month.

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doloresb7967824

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Here's a jpg of image and copy and paste didn't seem to work..

AkanchhaS8194121

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You will only get the option to turn Off/On the double sided printing, if your printer support's that.

The picture shared above doesn't show the option to Off/On double sided printing because the printer doesn't support this?

-Akanchha

jimw91987492

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That is not true. I am trying to turn off 2 sided printing. I can turn it off on most other ap's but cannot turn it off on Acrobat Pro DC. It is the only ap that doesn't show a 2 sided option when I open the settings. Yet, it only lets me print 2 sided.