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Printing Multiple Pages on one page?

  • 18-10-2004 11:45AM
    #1
    joc_06
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,376 ✭✭✭


    How?

    Normally there is an option when you click properties but i cant see it now.
    Any help? i need to print a 400 page pdf but the paper-time requirement would kill me


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  • #2
    Fibonacci
    Closed Accounts Posts: 214 ✭✭Fibonacci


    I think its printer driver dependant. have you tried updating the printer driver??


  • #3
    joc_06
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,376 ✭✭✭joc_06


    Fibonacci wrote:
    I think its printer driver dependant. have you tried updating the printer driver??
    It's a network printer at work and they wouldnt mind me printing a thousand pages only this stuff is info i need to study to help me get another job. I think that's stretching it a little...

    A couple of weeks ago the same printer let me print multiple pages on the one page but not now and i cant go fiddling with drivers or anything.

    Is there any software that can help me?

    I actually like having 2 pages on the one page. Got used to it in college and i spose it's enviro friendlier...


  • #4
    joc_06
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,376 ✭✭✭joc_06


    Sorted...

    To save on paper, you can print multiple pages on a single sheet - so instead of each page taking up one sheet of A4 you could have two pages side by side on the same sheet.

    The trouble is, not all printer drivers let you do this (for example, my Epson driver doesn’t have this ability). However, by chance, I found a way around this that should work on all printers. Here’s how.

    First of all, you need to download CutePDF Writer and GNU Ghostscript (on the same page). Install both of them. You will also need Adobe Reader installed but you’ll probably have that already anyway.

    Next, open the document that you want to print. Go to print it, but select ‘CutePDF Writer’ as the printer. Select ‘Printer Properties’ or ‘Print Setup’ (or anything else that looks similar) and select the ‘Layout’ tab. Change ‘Pages per sheet’ to whatever value you want, although the smaller the value the harder the text will be to read. Alter any other settings and then click ‘OK’.

    Now, print the document. You’ll be asked to save a PDF file - save it to your desktop as this is only a temporary file. Once it has been saved, open it in Adobe Reader. Then, print it with your normal printer, and, with a bit of luck, you’ll have multiple pages on each sheet.

    Ironically, you can even do this with files that were PDFs to start with - open the original PDF file, print it with the CutePDF driver, then open the new PDF file and print it properly.


  • #5
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 94,366 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    http://www.cutepdf.com/Products/CutePDF/writer.asp

    Must have a look to see how it compares to PDFcreator


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