Hi Max, In the printer dialog window, you won't be shown settings options unless they apply to a printer you have selected. For example, I won't get a check box for duplex printing unless I first select a printer that supports 2-sided printing. This is a general Mac convention that until you make selections that indicate the action you wish to perform, you won't be shown extraneous options to navigate through. You should expect to find every option that you'd normally use in printing from your Windows system within the printer dialog window for the Mac, and that includes duplex printing.
The print dialog window is often used to save information to a PDF file without sending the output to a printer. You can print information from most applications this way. For example, one frequently used option is printing a copy of a web transaction to save as a receipt or record of actions. If you use Command+P, then navigate to the "PDF menu button" in the printer dialog window, you'll find an option for "Save PDF to Web Receipts folder", as well as other options that don't explicitly require printing -- such as sending the document as a FAX. If you don't find the options for controlling page output when you use Command+P, navigate to the "Expanding Print Dialog" check box and VO-Space. From Preview, as I described in an earlier post, you can set additional options in the print dialog window if you navigate past the areas for setting number of copies, page numbers, paper size, and orientation, to the "Preview" pop up menu button, then VO-Space and set this to your selection (e.g., "Layout", "Paper Handling", "Paper Feed", "Cover Page", etc.) Then view the options for your selected category. HTH. Cheers, Esther On 23 May 2013, at 11:43, Agent086b wrote: > Thanks for all the help. I have resolved the problem with my sited wife's > help. > The option I really wanted was duplex printing. Vo will not read where this > option was so I thought it was not there. This made me think about printing > odd and even pages back to back on one sheet. Because I could not make it > work I asked my wife to come and take a look. Marvellous what site does! > She saw an option for duplex and of course this is was exactly what I wanted > in the first place. > Max. > On 23/05/2013, at 10:23 PM, erik burggraaf <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi, I haven't checked this, but for a job like what you're describing, >> maybe adobe reader X has that functionality. I just usually need to print >> the whole thing, so preview is fine for my purposes, but you could always >> download adobe reader and see if that works. >> >> Best, >> >> Erik Burggraaf >> > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
