Duplex printing - Dorico Elements - 6.1

If your printer supports automatic duplex printing, you can use this function in Dorico Elements. If your printer can only print on one side of each sheet of paper, there is a manual duplex printing option.

In the Print Options panel, in the Duplex Printing section, there are the following options:

Print on

Allows you to select the duplex printing method that you want to use.

• One side only: Prints on one side of each sheet of paper.

• Both sides manually: Prints on both sides of each sheet of paper. Use this option if you printer lacks an automatic duplex printing function. After all outward pages have been sent to the printer, a message box informs you to turn over the stack of printed pages and put them back into the printer.

  Note

  You must only click OK to continue printing the inward pages after all of the outward pages have finished printing and you have put them back into the printer. Otherwise, the inward pages are printed on new pieces of paper, instead of on the reverse of the outward pages.

• Both sides automatically: Prints on both sides of each sheet of paper automatically. This option is only available if your printer supports this type of printing.

Flip image (portrait)

Determines how the image is flipped for reverse side printing in portrait orientation.

• Flip automatically uses the printer’s default settings for printing on the reverse side. If you find that the printer flips on a different edge than expected, use one of the other options.

• Flip long side sets the printer to flip the pages on the long edge.

• Flip short side sets the printer to flip the pages on the short edge.

Flip image (landscape)

Determines how the image is flipped for reverse side printing in landscape orientation.

• Flip automatically uses the printer’s default settings for printing on the reverse side. If you find that the printer flips on a different edge than expected, use one of the other options.

• Flip long side sets the printer to flip the pages on the long edge.

• Flip short side sets the printer to flip the pages on the short edge.

Reverse order of outward pages

When activated, this option instructs Dorico Elements to output the first set of pages in the opposite order when printing booklets using manual duplexing.

This is necessary for some printers so that you do not have to reverse sort the pages manually before returning them to the printer to print the other sides.