1. Make a small pencil mark on the top of the printer’s paper. It should be on the face-up side of the paper, near the short edge that faces the printer.
2. Click File, then click Print. You’ll generally find the File option in the top-left corner of the screen, and Print is an item in the resulting drop-down menu. Doing this will open the Print window.
- If you haven’t yet opened the item you wish to print, you’ll first need to do so.
- You can also press ? Command+P (Mac) or Ctrl+P (PC) to open the Print window.
3. Locate the “Page Range” section. This section will allow you to select which pages you wish to print.
- You may have to click a “Pages” circle to select the Page Range option before continuing.
4. Type in odd or even numbers. These will dictate which of your document’s pages are printed during the first round of printing.
- For example: if your document has ten pages, you will type either 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 or 2, 4, 6, 8, 10.
5. Make sure your printer is connected. You can see the name of the currently selected printer beneath the “Printer” heading near the top of the window.
- To change the currently selected printer, click its name and then select the printer you want from the drop-down menu.
6. Click Print. This will prompt your document to begin printing only the even- or odd-numbered pages from your print job.
7. Look for the pencil mark to determine which side was printed. This will determine which way you re-insert your paper:
- Print and pencil mark face-down – Place the print side face-down with the top of the sheet of paper facing the printer.
- Print and pencil mark on opposite sides – Place the print side face-up with the top of the sheet of paper facing the printer.
8. Place the printed pages back in the printer. Do so in accordance with the penciled mark.
9. Re-open the Print window. The fastest way to do so is to press ? Command+P (Mac) or Ctrl+P (Windows).
10. Type in a different page range. If you typed even numbers for your page range last time, for example, you’ll type odd numbers this time.
11.Click Print. As long as your pages are arranged correctly, this should print the un-printed pages on the backs of your currently printed ones.
