how do i print on both sides?

lammy82

donnajunkie wrote: »

How do i make a one page document into a two page if at all possible?

If it's a Word document:

• Open the document
• Press Ctrl+A to select everything
• Click at the bottom of the page and then click Insert | Page Break
• Press Ctrl + V to paste a copy of everything onto the new page

DoaM

Alternatively ... print the sheet, turn it over and put it back in the printer, print the sheet again.

donnajunkie

its a scanned document. i have it in pdf and jpeg formats. i dont have microsoft office. i use open office.

neilmcl

donnajunkie wrote: »

its a scanned document. i have it in pdf and jpeg formats. i dont have microsoft office. i use open office.

Then scan it in again creating a 2 page document with the same page on each side.

Cornucopia

Or create an Open Office document that contains a copy of the form on each of two pages.

BooJewels

donnajunkie wrote: »

its a scanned document. i have it in pdf and jpeg formats. i dont have microsoft office. i use open office.

A JPEG can be inserted into an Open Office word processor document. Either insert it from the file or copy and paste it onto one page, adjust it to fit properly to your liking, add a page break to make a second page and repeat the process on page 2, so you have a 2 page document with each page the same. That was exactly what I did when I was trying to print the same page on sides of the paper - I then added a second page and just copied the content from page 1.

esuhl

donnajunkie wrote: »

its a scanned document. i have it in pdf and jpeg formats. i dont have microsoft office. i use open office.

Have you got a virtual PDF printer set up? (I think Win10 has one preinstalled?)


If so, open the PDF, go to "Print..." and set the number of copies to 2, and the printer to "PDF printer" (or whatever it's called).


Then you'll be prompted to save a new 2-page PDF, which you can open up and print double-sided.

RumRat

Really??

BooJewels

esuhl wrote: »

If so, open the PDF, go to "Print..." and set the number of copies to 2, and the printer to "PDF printer" (or whatever it's called).

I was curious to see if this would actually work on my 2 pdf virtual printers and it didn't work, I just got a single page duplicate of the original. Printing '2 copies' didn't add a second page.

Neil_Jones

It doesn't change the core fact that to duplex anything requires two pages. It doesn't matter how you print, what you print or where you print, the concept is the same. You can't duplex a single sheet. Simple as.

You need two pages to start with in the first place, otherwise you're not duplexing anything. Sending it to PDF as "two pages" will just generate two separate pages as you would expect if it was coming out an actual printer.

If you have access to an all-in-one printer/scanner/copier (ideally one with a document feeder but at a minimum one that can do 1-2 sided which would probably need auto duplexing ability) you should be able to make a double sided document from the two separate sheets and then you can keep that as a master and duplicate it as and when you need it. If you don't have such a fancy printer your local library probably does.