Printing multiple files with the same printer settings

Question

I need to print multiple PDF documents with customized printer settings (in my case: two-sided, with staples) at once.

Can you help me?

My system is 10.13.6.

I've tried different things so far, but no one works.

The "select and command P" method does not work because the default setting of my printer does not include the staples.
I've tried changing the default settings of my printer but I am not able to do it.
I tried two apps: "Easy PDF Printer" (which does not work on my Mac) and "Batch Print PDF" (which put only one staple on all the printed documents instead of 50 staples).

Generally speaking printers that offer stapling/holepunch/collating/etc. have drivers available that supports all of their enterprise level features. You need to add the make and model of printer to your question. Also have you checked for a driver installer for the printer? — Steve Chambers, Commented Sep 2 at 14:52
If you have the "special driver" provided by the printer manufacturer, then the functions should be available if you set them correctly. — Solar Mike, Commented Sep 3 at 9:15

Stacks · Accepted Answer · 2024-09-13 17:32:22Z

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This may not be the most simple method, but here's exactly how I would do it:

Open a single PDF document in Preview.
Display the sidebar, if necessary (View -> Thumbnails)
Select all of the rest of the documents in Finder as a group, then drag them to the sidebar, adding them as pages to the PDF document
Repeat step 3 for any additional documents

The end result is you should have a single PDF document with all of the pages combined in it, which you can then print with one single print command.

answered Sep 13 at 17:19

Stacks

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It's worth noting that this copies each document into the destination document, so it doesn't modify the original documents, only the one you have open and are copying in to.
– Stacks
Commented Sep 13 at 17:47
Done this. Also used a macro to print which worked - back with Excel 4 macros...
– Solar Mike
Commented Sep 13 at 17:48
It won’t work, will it? Indeed, I want each of the document to be stapled by itself and not with all the other documents.
– Colas
Commented Sep 13 at 19:02
Ah, this is an important detail. The printer is doing the stapling for you?
– Stacks
Commented Sep 13 at 19:03
Yes, the printer (of my school, I’m a teacher) is doing the stapling.
– Colas
Commented Sep 13 at 19:47

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