How do I print multiple double sided presentations?

[Guest]

I need to print multiple copies of a presentation (Handouts: 3 slides per
page, double sided). My problem is that when I set the # of copies and click
the duplex box for double sided my presentation has a total of 9 pages. When
the first copy finishes printing, the second copy starts printing on the
second side of the last sheet in the first copy.

Is there a way I can correct this?

 

[Echo S]

Add a blank slide or two to force it to be 10 pages?

This actually sounds like an issue with the printer driver. Is there a place
in printer properties (File|Print|Properties) to specify that each printout
begin on an odd-numbered page?

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

I need to print multiple copies of a presentation (Handouts: 3 slides per
page, double sided). My problem is that when I set the # of copies and click
the duplex box for double sided my presentation has a total of 9 pages. When
the first copy finishes printing, the second copy starts printing on the
second side of the last sheet in the first copy.

Try changing your collation setting in the print dialog box. If it's set to
collate, turn it off. If it's off, turn it on. See if that helps.

You can also try printing one copy repeatedly (ie, print a single copy, wait a
bit, print again and so on). Wait for the last page of Job 1 to print before
printing Job 2. If nothing else, try this as a test.

Check your printer settings to see if there's a way of controlling how the
printer senses the end of a print job. If the printer is on a network, check
the network settings for the same thing.

The problem seems to be in the way the printer driver/network if any/physical
printer combination decides that one job has ended and another has begun.

As long as the printer thinks that each incoming page is part of the same print
job, it'll continue to duplex; if there's no clear indication that a given page
is Page 1 of Job Two and not Page 10 of Job 1, it gets printed on the back of
Page 9 of Job 1.