Mathematica: Duplex Printing from button inside DialogNotebook on Mac

[ChristinaJ]

All,

I have the following code which generates a window containing the variable PrintOut and a Print button. When the print button is pressed the contents of the window are sent to the printer and simultaneously a pdf is generated.

PrintOut = "Some stuff - plots, tables etc.";

DialogInput[
  DialogNotebook[
   Column[{PrintOut, 
     Row[{Button["Print", 
        DialogReturn[NotebookPrint[PrintOut, "filename.pdf"];
         NotebookPrint[
          CreateDocument[PrintOut, Visible -> False, 
           PageHeaders -> {{"a", "b", DateString[]}, {"a", "b", 
              DateString[]}}]]]], CancelButton[]}]}]], 
  ShowStringCharacters -> False, 
  WindowTitle -> "This Window " <> DateString[]];

The problem arises when PrintOut contains enough stuff to be spread over multiple pages. I wish to have the pages print on both sides but can't figure out how to do it.

I have the print settings within MMA set to duplex and when I print a notebook using the front end I get duplex but it does not work for DialogNotebook. I am using MMA8

Help appreciated.

 

[mmwave]

Hello,

Thank you for sharing your code and the problem you are facing. I can see that you have already identified the issue and have tried to solve it by setting the print settings to duplex. However, it seems that this setting is not applied to the DialogNotebook.

One potential solution could be to use the "PrintDuplexed" option in the NotebookPrint function. This option allows you to specify whether the notebook should be printed on both sides of the paper. You can set this option to "Automatic" to use the default setting from your print settings, or you can set it to "True" to force duplex printing.

Another option could be to use the "PrintSettings" option in the NotebookPrint function to specify the print settings you want to use, including the duplex setting. You can refer to the documentation for more details on how to use this option.

I hope this helps resolve the issue you are facing. If you continue to have trouble, please feel free to reach out for further assistance. Best of luck with your project!