# How can I print this

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-print-this/269784>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 18, 2004, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-print-this/269784 "2004-10-18T04:54:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![saluki\_fan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b2d939/32.png) [@saluki\_fan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saluki_fan)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2004, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-print-this/269784/1 "2004-10-18T04:54:15Z")

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How can I take a pdf file and print it like a power point presentation with six slides per page? thanks.

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**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2004, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-print-this/269784/2 "2004-10-18T15:12:36Z")

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More information would be useful.

You currently have a **single** PDF file that consists of **6 pages** and you wish to print it out **on paper** , on a **single** page, i.e, **2-up by 3-across, shrunken down to fit**?

You just [print it](http://home.earthlink.net/~ahunter/Upload_Download/PrintDialog.jpg) to a printer the driver for which supports multiple sheets per output page, like this LaserJet. (This dialog is from MacOS X and it’s the OS X generic laserprinter driver).

If any of the multiple guesses I made do not accurately describe you situation, the relevant answer may be different, so if that’s the case explain your sitch in more detail.