Printing two pages per sheet can help in reducing the size of printed documents and contribute to the environment by reducing Ink & Paper consumption by 50%.
Hence, the Print Menu on a MacBook provides the option to Print two pages per sheet, while using Pages, Numbers and if you are using Microsoft Word and Excel on your Mac.
However, the option to print two pages per sheet is not available while printing PDF & Text Files on Mac and it is also reported missing while printing to certain models of printers.
In such cases, you can make use of a workaround that we ended up using to Print PDF and Text Files on our MacBook.
Print Two Pages Per Sheet on Mac
Printing two pages per sheet on Mac is easy, if the option to Print multiple pages is available in the App and supported by the printer.
You can find below the steps to Print Two Pages Per Sheet, if two-sided printing option is available on Mac and also the workaround, if-two sided printing is not supported by the App or the Printer.
1. Print Two Pages Per Sheet on Mac
As mentioned above, the option to print multiple pages per sheet is available while using native Apple Apps like Pages, Numbers and also while using Microsoft Word and Excel on a MacBook.
1. Open the Document (Pages or Word) that you want to print.
2. Click on the File tab in top menu-bar and select Print… in the drop-down menu.
3. On Print screen, switch to Layout (1) option and select 2 pages per sheet.
If you are using a newer version of macOS, you will be required to scroll down to Layout section and select 2 pages per sheet.
4. Make sure your printer is switched on, selected on the Print screen and click on the Print button.
2. Workaround to Print Two Pages Per Sheet on Mac
If the option to print multiple pages per sheet is not supported by the App or Printer, you can make use of this workaround to print two or more pages per sheet on your Mac.
1. Open the Document that you want to print
2. Next, click on the File tab in the top menu-bar and select Print… in the drop-down menu.
3. On Print document screen, click on the Down Arrow next to PDF and select Open PDF in Preview.
4. Wait for the Mac to generate the PDF preview of your document.
5. Once the PDF Preview is generated, click on the Print button, located at bottom-right corner of the document.
6. On the next screen, click on the Down arrow next to Preview and select the Layout option.
Once you switch to the Layout option, you will see Pages Per Sheet option.
7. Click on the Down-arrow next to Pages Per Sheet and select the number of pages that you want to print per sheet. In this case let us select 2 pages per sheet.
8. Once you are happy with the way your document looks, you can send the document to the Printer by clicking on Print button.
If you find the need to make any changes, you will have to switch back to Preview Mode to make those changes.
While in Preview Mode, you can choose Scale to Fit to fill the entire page or click on Scale and enter percentages until the content on the document to be printed is as close to the page margins as you want it to be.