Print double-sided | Acrobat DC, Reader DC or earlier

Open the Terminal application on your Mac. To open Terminal, do one of the following:

• Click the Finder icon in your dock. Click Go > Utilities. Open Terminal.
• In the top left menu on your Mac, click the Spotlight icon (), and type Terminal. Open Terminal.

At the prompt, type sudo cupsctl WebInterface=yes and press Return

Enter your Mac computer password when prompted and press Return.

Quit Terminal.

Open Safari or any other browser, and type http://localhost:631 in the address bar and press Return. The CUPS web page is displayed.

Go to the Printers tab and select your printer from the list.

In the Administrators drop-down list, choose Set Default Options.

To enable double-sided printing, select Long-edge Binding or Short-Edge Binding for the Two-Sided option. To disable double-sided printing, choose Off.

To save changes, click Set Default Options.

Choose File > Print.

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

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.

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.

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

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

In Acrobat or Reader, choose File> Print.

Select Print On Both Sides Of Paper in the printer dialog.

Click Print.

In Acrobat or Reader, choose File > Print.

Click Properties.

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

Make a selection from the Print On Both Sides pane. Depending on the printer driver, this pane can be called "Double-sided printing" or a 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).

Click OK, and then click OK again to print.

Choose Start > Printers And Faxes (Windows XP) or Start > Devices and Printers (Windows 7).

Click Advanced.

Expand Document Options > Printer Features.

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.

Click OK, and then click OK again to exit the dialog box.

From the Subset pop-up menu In the Print Range area, select Even Pages Only.

Select the Reverse Pages option. In this scenario, the Reverse Pages option ensures that the page sequence is correct.

Click OK or Print.

If the total number of pages is odd, add a blank sheet so the final odd page has a sheet to print on.

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.

Choose File > Print and select Odd Pages Only from the Subset menu. (Do not select Reverse Pages this time.)

Click OK or Print.

Choose File > Print.

From the Subset pop-up menu in the Print Range area, select Even Pages Only.

Click OK or Print.

If the total number of pages is odd, add a blank sheet so the final odd page has a sheet to print on.

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.

Choose File > Print and select Odd Pages Only from the Subset menu.

Select the Reverse Pages option. In this scenario, the Reverse Pages option ensures that the page sequence is correct.

Click OK or Print.