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Print a document by bookmark

Anonymous user -  
 Anonymous user -
Hello,

Is it possible to automatically print a complete PDF document bookmark-by-bookmark? My goal is to print double-sided, and if a bookmark contains an odd number of pages, the back of the last page of that bookmark should be white.

In other words:
Bookmark 1 | pages 1-2-3 | print 1-2 and 3 back side white
Bookmark 2 | pages 4-5-6 | print 4-5 and 6 back side white
Bookmark 3 | pages 7-8-9-10 | print 7-8 and 9-10

I could do it manually by adding blank pages, but I have to do this every week on a 1000-page document with about 100 bookmarks...

I have Adobe Acrobat Pro 2017.

Thank you!

Souriane

3 answers

Answer 1 / 3
M-G17 Posted messages 71 Status Member 21
 
Hello,
Maybe this operation could match what you want:

- Click the "View" menu. Select "Navigation Panes", then "Bookmarks" to open the bookmarks pane on the left side.

- Select a bookmark you want to print. To print more than one bookmark, press "Ctrl" while selecting multiple bookmarks.

source :
http://www.jdfineart.com/comment-faire-pour-imprimer-des-signets-pdf-23.html

Best regards
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Anonymous user
 
Hello, thank you for your reply but unfortunately I had already tried it, and it amounts to printing the document in full. That is to say, everything prints one after the other without a page break for the blank back sides.

Souriane
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M-G17 Posted messages 71 Status Member 21 > Anonymous user
 
Hello,
I browsed the English-speaking Adobe Reader forums; apparently this feature does not exist but could be possible with a plugin
source:
https://community.adobe.com/t5/acrobat/batch-print-a-bookmarked-pdf-file/m-p/10174886?page=1
https://answers.acrobatusers.com/Automatically-adding-blank-pages-q192870.aspx

It is possible that someone has already thought of developing a script to automatically add blank pages at the end of the bookmarks since clearly a lot of people have the same need as you. I am looking and I will let you know if I find something.

Best regards
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Anonymous user > M-G17 Posted messages 71 Status Member
 
Thank you M-G17. I spent the evening on it yesterday and I came to the same conclusion. I did indeed find someone selling a plug-in, but alas, he sells it for $40! I find that a bit expensive for an add-in that might not work in a year or two when I update Adobe.

The workaround I found is to use the "Split document" tool by bookmark. And then go to Windows Explorer and select all the documents and send them to print with the printer already set to duplex. The problem is that it prints the documents in the wrong order. But that’s a minor evil, otherwise I’d have to add blank pages manually....

Thanks for your help!!
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Answer 2 / 3
M-G17 Posted messages 71 Status Member 21
 
Indeed I think we came across the same post as I also saw the link to this paid script (his other scripts were not given either)

I was actually going to tell you that it is still possible to add blank pages manually but on a very large document the process is tedious.

A colleague sent me this that I didn’t have time to check, I need a bit of time to decipher the English :-) If it can help you:
https://acrobatusers.com/tutorials/auto_bookmark_creation/

You have to open the console:
https://acrobatusers.com/tutorials/javascript_console/index.html
then copy the script from the link:
https://acrobatusers.com/tutorials/auto_bookmark_creation/
You can copy it as is but also modify it to suit the desired need (requires JavaScript skills that I don’t have, sorry)

Maybe some people on the JavaScript forum could help you.

Best regards
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Answer 3 / 3
Anonymous user
 
Thank you M-G17. The script of the link is more of a script to automatically create bookmarks. Mine are already created automatically by a third-party software.

Thanks anyway for your help :)

Souriane
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