How to Print a PDF Document Using Duplex

Stop wasting paper and activate duplex printing.

Printing multiple one-sided PDF pages takes up paper and a lot of time. To alleviate this problem, most people first print the odd pages. Then, they flip the odd pages over and print the even pages on the opposite sides. This is an innovative idea, but still very time-consuming. Duplex refers to the capacity to print automatically on both sides of the paper. You can activate duplex printing in just a few minutes.

Instructions

1. Locate and open the PDF document.

2. Click "Print" or the printer icon at the top of the PDF document. Click on the "Properties" button located on the right side of the print window.

3. Locate the three tabs at the top of the "Properties" window labeled "Setup," "Features" and "Color." Click the "Features" tab. This tab allows you to choose the printing behavior, the pages per sheet, poster printing, watermark type, number of copies and an option to choose printing start page.

4. Click the check box to the left of the option "Two-Sided Printing." The "Two-Sided Printing Margin" window appears with options on how to treat the margins on the page. The options are "Do Not Reduce Content Size" (may create additional pages) and "Reduce Content to Fit Smaller Area" (page layout unchanged). Click the button next to "page layout unchanged." Click "OK" to go back to the "Document Options" section on the "Properties" page.

5. Locate the "Two-Sided Printing" option and look at the options underneath it. The options are "Book" and "Tablet." The "Book" option prints duplex pages on each side of the page from left to right. The "Tablet" option prints duplex pages on each side of the pages from top to bottom. Click the appropriate button for the printing choice. Click "OK" at the bottom on the right side of the "Properties" window. This prompts the start of the printing process.