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Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat let you print

double-sided if your printer supports that feature. The
printer driver controls the options, not Adobe Acrobat or
Adobe Reader. Check your printer documentation to see
what features your printer supports. (Double-sided
printing is also called duplex, back to back, front and
back, or two-sided printing.)

What's covered:
(Windows) Print double-sided
(Mac OS) Print double-sided
Print double-sided using a single-sided printer

(Windows) Print double-sided To the top

1. In Acrobat or Reader, choose File > Print.

2. Click the Properties button.

3. Click the Layout tab. This dialog varies printer to printer. Ir's possible that your dialog
doesn't match the dialog boxes shown below.

4. Make a selection from the Print On Both Sides pane. Depending on the printer driver, this
pane can be called "Double-sided printing" or another similar name. If you don't see a
Print on Both Sides pane, then your selected printer doesn’t support duplex printing. Or,
the feature is turned off (see Verify that printer features are turned on).
5. Click OK, and then click OK again to print.

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(Windows) Verify that printer features are turned on

If you do not see a double-sided option, it's possible that feature isn't turned on.
1. Choose Start > Printers And Faxes (Windows XP) or Start > Devices and Printers
(Windows 7).
2. Right-click your printer and choose Printing Preferences.
3. Click Advanced.
4. Expand Document Options > Printer Features.
5. Select the desired options and then choose On from the pop-up menu. If you don't find
duplex printing and stapling in the options, then your selected printer doesn’t support those
features.
6. Click OK, and then click OK again to exit the dialog box.

(Mac OS) Print double-sided To the top

1. Choose File > Print.

2. (Reader X/Acrobat X) Click the Printer button at the bottom of the Print dialog box, and
then click Yes when prompted..

3. Make sure that the Print dialog box is in the expanded mode by clicking the arrow to the
right of the Printer pop-up menu.

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4. In the Print dialog box, choose Layout from the pop-up menu.

The Print dialog box with Layout selected from the mode pop-up menu. Long-edge binding
is selected from the Two Sided pop-up menu.

5. From the Two-Sided pop-up menu, select a binding option.

6. Click Print, and then click OK from the main Print dialog box.

Print double-sided using a single-sided printer To the top

If your printer doesn't support double-sided printing, you can manually print your document
using both sides of the paper. The steps vary depending on the way the printer feeds and
outputs the pages. Print a few test pages following the instructions to understand how to feed
the pages back into the printer.

Printer outputs paper face-down

Follow these instructions if the printer outputs the pages in numerical order (starting with page
one). The pages exit the printer face down (common with laser printers).
1. Choose File > Print.
2. From the Subset pop-up menu In the Print Range area, select Even Pages Only.

3. Select the Reverse Pages option. In this scenario, the Reverse pages option ensures that
the page sequence is correct.
4. Click OK or Print.
5. If the total number of pages is odd, add a blank sheet so the final odd page has a sheet to
print on.
6. Put the stack of printed paper back into the supply (source) paper tray so that the
unprinted sides print. Point the top of the pages toward the printer. Make sure that the
edges of the paper stack are square.
7. Choose File > Print and select Odd Pages Only from the Subset menu. (Do not select
Reverse Pages this time.)

8. Click OK or Print.

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Printer outputs paper face-up

Follow these instructions if the printer outputs the pages in reverse order (last page first). The
pages exit the printer face up (common with inkjet printers).
1. Choose File > Print.
2. From the Subset pop-up menu in the Print Range area, select Even Pages Only.

3. Click OK or Print.
4. If the total number of pages is odd, add a blank sheet so the final odd page has a sheet to
print on.
5. Put the stack of printed paper back into the supply (source) paper tray so that the
unprinted sides print. Point the top of the pages toward the printer. Make sure that the
edges of the paper stack are square.
6. Choose File > Print and select Odd Pages Only from the Subset menu.
7. Select the Reverse Pages option. In this scenario, the Reverse pages option ensures that
the page sequence is correct.

8. Click OK or Print.

See Also
Troubleshoot PDF printing | Acrobat, Reader
Printing complex PDFs | Acrobat
Printer setup problems | Acrobat, Reader

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