On Wed, Dec 9, 2020 at 7:09 PM Dale <rdalek1...@gmail.com> wrote: > > How do I print them the > same way tho?
I didn't see much discussion on the printing side of this - how to print two-sided on a one-sided printer. Step 1 (optional): I created a CUPS queue for such jobs that just outputs everything into PDF in a directory. This lets you easily print stuff that isn't already PDF from various computers/OSes and accumulate a bunch as printing this way is easier in bulk since it involves a bit of manual manipulation. Step 2 (optional): I have a script that takes each PDF and adds a blank page if needed to result in an even number of pages, then concatenates all the PDFs into a single file. I probably stole this from somewhere: #!/bin/bash for file in *.pdf do #get the number of pages numberofpages=`pdftk "$file" dump_data | sed -e '/NumberOfPages/!d;s/NumberOfPages: //'` echo -n "$file" 'has' $numberofpages 'pages, ' uneven=$(($numberofpages % 2)) if [ $uneven == 1 ] then echo 'which is uneven - added 1 more' tempfile=`mktemp` pdftk A="$file" B=/usr/local/share/blank.pdf cat A B1 output "$tempfile" mv $tempfile $file else echo 'which is even' fi done pdftk *.pdf cat output out.pdf Step 3: To print a single PDF double-sided follow this guide: http://duramecho.com/ComputerInformation/HowToDoTwoSidedPrinting/index.html So the idea is that I accumulate a bunch of documents to print this way, combine them such that they can be printed all at once, and then do the page flip technique in that guide. No need to worry about individual pages as long as you ID which type of printer you have and follow the appropriate process. However, to print multiple documents at once this way they all have to have an even number of pages, which is why I have the script. Concatenating the files with blank pages added means that you can just print the whole thing once, flip, then print it again, and it all works. -- Rich