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Mac Forum / General / General / May 2008Printing the 1st page first
I find the my laser printer (Samsung) always prints the last page first on a 2 page job. Is it possible to print the 1st page first? What also is odd is that in the Preview area it says 1 of 1 but its 2 pages. ?? > I find the my laser printer (Samsung) always prints the last page first > on a 2 page job. Is it possible to print the 1st page first? That's a function of the printer driver. It's possible with a lot of printers. You have to look through your options in the print dialog and see if Samsung supports this for your model. By the way, the concept of the defaulting to the last page first is that the stack of paper will be in the correct order when you remove it all at once from the printer. If a printer delivers the jobs printed side up, they pages are in reverse order if the printing starts on page one.  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I'll go over it again carefully later in case I missed anything. > By the way, the concept of the defaulting to the last page first is that > the stack of paper will be in the correct order when you remove it all > at once from the printer. If a printer delivers the jobs printed side > up, they pages are in reverse order if the printing starts on page one. I see your point. I print a lot of stuff that is in 2 pages. The second page I never need so its kind of waste of paper, ink and time to print double of what I need. But I'll check it again later. Thanks Mike. > What also is odd is that in the Preview area it says 1 of 1 but its > 2 pages. ?? Now, that's odd. Is this true of most all things you try to print or just certain print jobs? Is this behavior associated with all apps or just specific apps? 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What also > is odd is that in the Preview area it says 1 of 1 but its 2 pages. ?? On the Print dialog box, there is a popup menu of sub-panels. On the Paper Handling pane, there is a radio button group: Page Order: o Automatic o Normal o Reverse You can control the order the pages come out using this. > > I find the my laser printer (Samsung) always prints the last page first > > on a 2 page job. Is it possible to print the 1st page first? What also [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > You can control the order the pages come out using this. I must have missed it. That's great news. Simple solution. So would Reverse mode print the first page first? Somebody else said printing is usually backwards so you end up with the 1st page on top of your stack. > > Page Order: > > o Automatic [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > Reverse mode print the first page first? Somebody else said printing is > usually backwards so you end up with the 1st page on top of your stack. Given the choice of "normal" and "reverse", wouldn't you expect one to go in one order and the other to go in the opposite order? And, knowing what the default is, shouldn't that tell you what "normal" means? Signature<http://designsbymike.net/shop/mac.cgi> Mac and geek T-shirts & gifts <http://designsbymike.net/election.shtml> Election 2008 goods. <http://designsbymike.net/shop/prius.cgi> Prius shirts/bumper stickers <http://designsbymike.net/shop/greet.cgi> Holiday cards with attitude > > > I find the my laser printer (Samsung) always prints the last page first > > > on a 2 page job. Is it possible to print the 1st page first? What also [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > I must have missed it. That's great news. Simple solution. So would > Reverse mode print the first page first? Because... > Somebody else said printing is > usually backwards so you end up with the 1st page on top of your stack. If the stack comes out of the printer face up, printing the first page first will result in a print job in the output tray that's in reverse order. Signature"Harry?" Ron's voice was a mere whisper. "Do you smell something ... burning?" - Harry Potter and the Odor of the Phoenix > > > > I find the my laser printer (Samsung) always prints the last page first > > > > on a 2 page job. Is it possible to print the 1st page first? What [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > first will result in a print job in the output tray that's in reverse > order. Thanks - I've been awkward with printing - probably because I hardly ever print. :) I'll play with it. Having the choice is great. Thanks for the tips. |
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