Comments on: Problems Printing Multiple Copies?

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 18:07:54 +0000

Thanks!! I was having the same problem with Photoshop CS3 on my Mac Pro and this solved the problem.

By: Dick Hoenninger

Dick Hoenninger — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 20:11:08 +0000

The problem is in Indesign 3 and Acrobat 8. If you try to print more than one copy and /or try to collate and duplex, you will get all of th page ones first, then the page twos.

This is with every XEROX product I have tried from the DOC 250, and 3545 and Phaser 8550.

IT can be solved by saving the file in pdf format and going back to version 7 then print vrom version 7 of Acrobat.

Hope that helps.

By: Jon S

Jon S — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 15:00:25 +0000

Phew. Spent several hours assuming it was me! Thanks for the tip - should still get my job out now.

By: Eugene Tyson

Eugene Tyson — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 16:20:36 +0000

I think we had this issue a while back after a service on our printing machine. It seemed to spool the whole file to the printer before commencing printing, rather than, what it did before, spool the job while it printed. There was a setting on our printer, or in our printer preferences to change this option. Perhaps this helps some people. But the same went for PDF’s from any Acrobat version. It went very slowly from the Application to the printer, so we changed the settings within Acrobat to spool the job as it printed, not print the job after it was spooled. If that makes sense?

By: David Blatner

David Blatner — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 15:02:02 +0000

Well, perhaps they changed this in Acrobat 8? What about Acrobat 7? I don’t have a copy of that around anymore…

By: Jeremy Schultz

Jeremy Schultz — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 12:13:24 +0000

When the issue first came up, it appeared that exporting the file as a PDF and bringing it into Acrobat 8 Pro did not fix the problem. I’ve tried it again just now and the PDF does seem to take longer to print depending on how many copies are printed.

However, I also tested out a Word document and Acrobat 8 Pro did the same thing. What does the group think that means?

By: David Blatner

David Blatner — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 19:59:17 +0000

Dennis: Good point! I think that exporting a PDF and printing from Acrobat will work properly (fast). Can someone confirm that?

By: Dennis White

Dennis White — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 19:45:29 +0000

I only have the CS3 demo so far but we will be upgrading soon. Is the behaviour the same if you make a pdf file and print multiple copies of the pdf file?
thanks

By: Sagayaraj

Sagayaraj — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 18:13:08 +0000

Thanks David for this tip. This saved us enormous amount of time in printing multiple copies.

By: Robyn

Robyn — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 14:36:21 +0000

The switch also cleared my print settings that were previously saved. It kept the names of the settings, but they are all set to default.
I am so happy you shared this fix. I was getting very frustrated with my printer and the company that maintains it because I, too, thought it was the printer’s fault.