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I'm printing a book and am using double sided paper. I've printed "odd pages only" with no problem but cannot print "even pages only," which means that I have to print the even pages one by one. Not good. HELP!!!!
Mac Studio, macOS 13.1
Hi dechilito
Welcome to the Apple *user-to-user) Community.
Apple support have an article online that may be helpful.
Print pages in normal order, reverse order, or as odd or even pages on Mac – Apple Support
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Else:
Wondering which app you are printing from.
Eg: Print a document or envelope in Pages on Mac – Apple Support
Says:
Specify print options:
and
"For more printing options:
Click Show Details,
then use the printing controls to:
change layout, paper handling, paper feed options and more"
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If needed:
Might need to check your particular printer's manual ...
... maybe online at the manufacturer's website, if not stored on your Mac.
More Support:
Mac Studio - Official Apple Support
All the best :-)
Hi dechilito
Welcome to the Apple *user-to-user) Community.
Apple support have an article online that may be helpful.
Print pages in normal order, reverse order, or as odd or even pages on Mac – Apple Support
_______________________________________________________________________
Else:
Wondering which app you are printing from.
Eg: Print a document or envelope in Pages on Mac – Apple Support
Says:
Specify print options:
and
"For more printing options:
Click Show Details,
then use the printing controls to:
change layout, paper handling, paper feed options and more"
____________________________________________________
If needed:
Might need to check your particular printer's manual ...
... maybe online at the manufacturer's website, if not stored on your Mac.
More Support:
Mac Studio - Official Apple Support
All the best :-)
Mmmm... an idea springs to mind:
to temporarily delete a page ... making all the even numbers appear as odd while printing, ... ah .. but I guess it's unworkable as Pages page numbers would automatically change too .. printed book pages would likely appear numbered incorrectly ... oops!
Very grateful to VikingOSX for joining the discussion, and sharing valuable expertise!
If it's a bug, it's a good idea to send feedback to Apple:
Although it won't assist with this book's printing, it may help effect change in getting Pages to print the even numbered pages via a future Pages update.
Open the print panel for your present document. Click the Selection button in the Pages section on that panel. This places a highlight color (in my case blue) button on the Page n of m badge at the bottom of each thumbnail page in the panel. Click on that button on each of the odd pages to disable them, and you will see 2, 4, etc appear adjacent to the Selection.
Otherwise, Apple's Preview application does not offer an even/odd page selection other than I have shown here for PDFs, but Adobe Acrobat Reader DC, when choosing its print tool from its toolbar, offers a selector under its Pages to Print section that allows one to select all, odd, or even pages to print.
Thank you for your answer. I saw that work around but the book I'm printing is over 400 pages long, which makes this unworkable. Also, I'm printing as I go along with reviewing the text and pictures, so doing this every time would not be very practical. In the "paper handling" menu there is an option to select "odd pages," "even pages" or "all pages." The problem is that selecting "even pages" is ignored and only "odd pages" are printed.
Thank you for answering. I'm printing from Apple's very own Pages, which I find great. I've done exactly what the recommended article recommends but selecting "even pages" prints only the "odd pages." Seems like a bug in the OSX Ventura to me. Or in Pages...
Change the page range in the print dialog or use software that allows you to rearrange pages and print only even ones, such as Adobe Acrobat or an online service like SmallPDF.
You only option now is to export to PDF and open in the current Adobe Acrobat Reader DC, access its print tool and choose Even pages.
Can't print even pages only
