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Printing Double Sided

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Apr 21, 2016 Apr 21, 2016

Is it possible to format an adobe document so that it permanently prints double sided?

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Acrobat SDK and JavaScript , Windows
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Apr 21, 2016 Apr 21, 2016

By “an adobe document” we assume you mean “a PDF file.”

There is a way of setting a property of a PDF file that is supposed to cause the print dialog to default to duplex (i.e., double-sided) printing if the printer supports double-sided printing via Document Properties:

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However, this setting is not currently honored in Acrobat, Reader, or any other PDF viewer we know of. Furthermore, even if this setting was honored it would be for the default value in the print dialog. It would not force duplex

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By “an adobe document” we assume you mean “a PDF file.”

There is a way of setting a property of a PDF file that is supposed to cause the print dialog to default to duplex (i.e., double-sided) printing if the printer supports double-sided printing via Document Properties:

4-21-2016 11-34-49 AM.png

However, this setting is not currently honored in Acrobat, Reader, or any other PDF viewer we know of. Furthermore, even if this setting was honored it would be for the default value in the print dialog. It would not force duplex printing.

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- Dov Isaacs, former Adobe Principal Scientist (April 30, 1990 - May 30, 2021)
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