Windows – Is it possible to automate bulk PDF printing with specific settings in Adobe Reader

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Around ance a week, I need to bulk print a couple of documents with my desk jet printer (it doesn't support automated both sides printing). I like the Booklet printing feature in Adobe Reader, and I normally use it. Since the printer doesn't support automated both sides printing, what I normally do is print all of the document using Booklet printing features, first using "Front pages only", and then reverse the paper and print everything again using "Back pages only"

This is the setting I am talking about

Is it possible to automate this task, for example using a batch file, so that I don't have to manually open, and select printing options for each document using Adobe Reader? Being able to do this will save really a lot of time for me!

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You could automate the printing in three steps, using a .bat file.

Use the free PDFtk toolkit to create two new PDF files, one containing the odd pages and the other the even ones.
The parameters to use are cat even and cat odd.
Use the pause command to wait while you turn the paper around
Print using your preferred PDF processor.
As Acrobat /p parameter just goes directly to the Print dialog, you could use instead the free Foxit Reader, using its '/p' command-line parameter to print to the printer.

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From UbuntuForums Printing Tips Multiple Pages per sheet

Create a dummy pdf-document that has two pages (of the original document) in every page.
for CUPS:

general tab: select the PDF printer from the main window / the reverse option should be - - UNchecked
page setup tab:
pages per side : 2
two sided : one sided
only print : all sheets
hit print

Maybe, this will help.
Making PDF documents in Ubuntu 9.04 with CUPS-PDF (and gutenprint)

PDF booklet printing

Either approach should be fine. It's often best to use the application's print dialog rather than the printer's as the application has more information about the document in its control.

For the 'flip on x edge' question, it depends on the layout of your booklet. If your booklet is A4 sheets folded (and so each page of the booklet is an A5 page, 4 per sheet) then you want 'flip on short edge'.

The way to think about it is to imagine holding a finished sheet of your duplexed printout and turning it over so that the text stays the correct way up. If you imagined turning it over the short side, then select 'flip on short edge'.

Another rule of thumb is if the finished sheet is in landscape then flip on short edge, otherwise flip on long edge:

------------------------------
|             |              |
|   Text      |   Text       |
|   Page 1    |   Page 2     |   <--- Single sheet of paper
|             |              |
|             |              |
------------------------------

Select 'Flip on short edge'

---------------
|             |
|   Text      |
|   Page 1    |                  <--- Single sheet of paper
|             |
|             |
|             |
|             |
---------------

Select 'Flip on long edge'

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