Duplex printing

Dorico Pro allows duplex printing, which means that you can print on both sides of each sheet of paper.

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

The Print on menu in the Duplex Printing section of the Print Options panel contains the following options:

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. Click OK to continue printing the inward 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.

The other menus in the Duplex Printing section allow you to set how the printed image is flipped when printing on the reverse side of the paper.

Flip image (portrait)

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

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 at the bottom of the section instructs Dorico Pro, when activated, 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.