How to Print Multiple Pages on 1 Sheet of Paper

[Dien Rice]

Originally Posted by yerg

Dein you are making life complex ... unless the printer drivers are out of date or may be that's why that machine was soo cheep.

You are printing multi pages to a pdf file so you can then print those multi pages on one sheet?

Why not just hit the print link then when the window pops up for your printer you click properties > layout > then select "2" on the "pages per sheet" option.

Saves heaps of hassles.

I use Foxit .. gave up on Acrobat Reader yonks ago .. bloatware

This will let your printer do whatever it wants ... even 4 pages a sheet if you want.

Thanks Yerg!

You were right... I could print to multiple pages directly. To quote that wise sage Homer Simpson... "D'oh!"

Even my printer driver will do it... I didn't realize it, because they call it "Page Layout Printing" (with pages laid out in a row) and "Poster Printing" (with pages laid out in rows and columns) - and I didn't know what those meant!

Oh, and thanks for the link to Foxit too... I downloaded it and tried it out, and it seems pretty cool.

Cheers,

Dien

P.S. In case anyone is wondering, the printer/scanner/photocopier I got is a Canon Pixma MP210... It seems to work pretty well!

Dien,

Just a quick word to the wise from my brother who makes a pretty good living fixing Computers and peripherals.

When you buy combinations like printer/scanner/photocopier, you are buying more things that can go WRONG!

Issues of incompatibility and baffling little conflicts seem to be designed into these devices.

So more often then not, it is better to go with single-purpose units.

Incidently, I have an inexpensive little Canon Scanner (CanonScan LiDE 70) that works great.

Cheers,

Rod