/ My eyesight is starting to go, yet as a master’s student, I have to read scholarly papers (in PDF format) on a regular basis. These scholarly papers have small print due to their two-column format, and it’s a pain to read them on the screen. I’d like to be able to print each ″x11″ page across two pieces of paper – printing one half of each page on its own sheet of paper, followed by the other half on the next sheet of paper, zooming the print to 200%, thereby giving me a larger font which should be easier to read. Any idea how to do this? The print drivers I’ve seen are set to cram multiple pages on a single sheet – I want to do the exact opposite. In case it’ll help, I have Adobe Acrobat Full version 6, so if creating a PDF as an intermediary step is part of the process, that’s not a problem. I had no idea how to go about this, but it’s such an interesting question. It seems like there should be a way, right? This is one of those cases where it really pays to know smart people. I asked a few of my friends, and quickly had several potential solutions. First, a clarification. Printing an ×11″ page across two sheets of paper doesn’t really result in a 200% increase in printed size. To get a true 200% increase in font size, you’d really need 4 sheets. Twice as wide and twice as high (17×22″). But I’ll look at a two sheet solution as well (11×17″). And also, PDF viewers can certainly zoom the size arbitrarily on screen. Printing, however, turns out not to be as obvious. Your Printer – the best option is to have a printer that “just does it” for you. One of my friends mentioned that his Brother 2070n printer includes multi-page options that offer 1 -> 2×2 enlargement as it prints. I’m sure there are other printers out there that will do the same, and if this is something you’ll do or need often, it might be the simplest approach, and not terribly expensive at.
posted on May 13, 2011 by Saikat Basu The utility of printing multiple pages on a single sheet of paper cannot be overstated enough. Perhaps in lesser eco-conscious times, condensing your print jobs might not have collected any attention. But as we head off to battle with the forces of global warming and natural depletion, learning how to utilize each square inch of paper is a must if you want to collect brownie points with the green brigade. Printing multiple pages on one sheet of paper has uses beyond saving paper and toner of course. For example, you can check out a large document’s layout, create handouts of slides, create little booklets, send out drafts, put cheat sheets on paper etc. There are a few ways to print multiple pages on a sheet of paper. We will take a look at the most obvious one via Microsoft Word and then with the help of a free printing software. Print Multiple Pages with Microsoft Word MS Word ( Screenshots are from MS Word 2007.) makes it real easy to print as many as 16 pages on one sheet of paper. Click on the Office Button and select Print. Use the dropdowns under Zoom to select the number of pages per sheet. Like any other print job you can set the size of the paper from the Scale to Paper Size dropdown. Zoom automatically scales the pages on the sheet without changing the layout or the formatting. Keep in mind that readability will depend on the number of pages you have set per sheet. Print Multiple Pages with i Printi Print 6 is a virtual printer driver and a 7 MB download compatible with Windows XP, Vista, and 7. i Print is a completely free printing management solution that does five important tasks for any print job –i Print lets you setup multiple pages (maximum of four)to be printed on a single sheet of paper. Pages are automatically scaled down and fitted on the sheet.i Print works for any document of any format.i Print scans your document and can.
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