Double-sided printing in PDF file?

I checked the specs on this printer, and double-sided printing is NOT supported. Maybe you're confusing that with printing two images or pages side by side on the paper? If that's the case, then you can select that from the Copies and Pages section of the Print dialog box.

Mulder

Hi there,

We didn't have the i960 but we did sell the i965 in Australia that supported duplex printing when the optional DPU10 Duplex Printing Unit was installed.

With the correct driver loaded there is an option called Duplex Printing that you use to print two-sided. You cannot use the Layout tab.

Note that when you print duplex, the printer will first print on the front side of the paper before feeding the paper back in and around the Duplex Unit.

Regards,

Paul

I am new to MAC and have the same basic question.
On my Windows PC's I use the Fineprint utility, which does a great job of helping me print on both sides of the paper in by standard laser printer.
I'm looking for some tool to help me accomplish this goal on the MAC as well.

I see that even when I print to a PDF file, I don't have the page printing options I had on my WIndows machines, apparently since the MAC makes me look at the using the Preview program.

Anyone solved this "simple" need?
Maybe I need to find Adobe Reader for MAC!
Thanks.


Macbook 13" Mac OS X (10.4.7) white,80GB,1MB ram, 2.0Ghz

If you do not have a printer that supports duplexing, the only way you can print duplex is to print one side of the page, then flip them over and print the other side. No utility on either a Mac or a PC can change this.

In order to do this, you print the even pages, usually in reverse order, then flip them over and place them back in the printer, and print the odd pages in regular order. The options for doing this are in the Print... dialog box under Paper Handling in most printers.

Yes, the usual double-sided option under "Layout" is greyed out. That's the way Canon wrote their driver for the MacOS, and it's the case for some other printer company's printer models as well (hp, for example).

In this case you need to select double-sided in the option a little farther down in that dropdown menu (as described in PAHU's post above) named "Duplex Printing"

For graphical instructions at the Canon website follow this link, select "Step by step troubleshooting", then choose "How to use the auto duplex printing unit (DPU-10)" then "How to set Automatic Duplex Printing (Mac OS X)"

PB G4, Mac Mini G4, MacBook Pro, MacBook Mac OS X (10.4.7)

Anyone solved this "simple" need?
Maybe I need to find Adobe Reader for MAC!

http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2servefile.html?option=full&order=1&type=&language=English&esdcanbeused=1&esdcanh andle=0&hasjavascript=1&platform=Mac10.2.8

Thanks Bruce. You're right on track. This is exactly what I want to do.
So far, I find few if any programs on the MAC that let me do this.
Particularly I want to print my adress books, my calendar, and multi-page
MS WORD docs.
Fineprint on the Windows PC made this pretty easy (Printing both sides, printing two-up, printing landscape, etc). I assumed
that there would be something similar on the MAC.
I have downloaded Adobe Reader, and am disappointed that it is not
Universal code yet.
Thanks again.

Unless your printer supports two-sided printing, those options will always be grayed out. You would have to manually duplex the file to accomplish this.

Mulder