Department of Culture and Dzongkha Development

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Department of Culture and Dzongkha Development

Printing Pechas with Adobe Acrobat

The PDF version of the manual is downloadable from the end of this instruction page.

Note: To carry out the following steps you will need to have the full version of Adobe Acrobat / Adobe Acrobat Professional installed, not just the free Acrobat Reader.

Step 1: “Print” your pecha to PDF format

Step 2: Trim pages

Step 3: Rotate Pages

  • Next, we need to rotate the pages in the PDF file clokwise 90° to make printing easier.
  • From the menu select: Document ► Rotate Pages…
  • In the Roate Pages dialog box choose Direction: Clockwise 90 degrees and Page Range: All.
  • Then click OK

Step 5: Print odd pages

Next, we will print the front sides of the pecha 2-up:

  • From Acrobat’s menu choose File Print
  • In the Print dialog, first select your printer
  • Then under Print Range select All, and for Subset select Odd pages only
  • Under Page handling select:
      • Page Scaling: Multiple pages per sheet
      • Pages per sheet: Custom 2 by 1
      • Page order: Horizontal

Step 6: Print even pages on back

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