Turn the page arrows in a linked pdf

What I do now - place a linked 24x18 pdf with 10 pages on a 48x96 sheet and drag and copy 9 times. I then click each link, relink, select the same file, hit enter, choose the next page and hit ok. Repeat 8 more times.

 What I want to do is be able to click arrows on each link that allows me to change the pages of the linked pdf when I click the linked file, rather than relinking each page.

As far as I understand, you want to place multiple pages on a single large page to print them together.

I think it is possible to Open the pdf in Illustrator, select a range that would fit on you page and import them linked as artboards.

You could then rearrange the artboards to position them as you would like to print them on a single page.

To create that page you can create a new large artboard, the size of your printing paper and move it behind the multiple artboards.

Repeat as nessecary.

But I think it would be faster to do something like this in InDesign.

In InDesign you would select all pages and use the Gridify feature to place them in a grid as described here:

https://indesignsecrets.com/quickly-place-images-indesign-document.php

But that works only for placing multiple single files or images but not a single multi page PDF or a multi Artboard Illustrator document.

To get single pages from a pdf you could export it as single pages using Acrobat.

Or use this trick:

https://indesignsecrets.com/place-multiple-pages-of-a-pdf-in-a-grid-in-indesign.php

Which version of Illustrator are you using?

I'm not quite sure if I understand your request completely, but to me it sounds as if you may want to look at variables (see Variables palette).

Specifically linked files variables may awaken your interest.

Can you clarify a bit if that is not what you are looking for?