Duplex printing by default on Macs

Is there any way to make adobe reader 10.1.1 print duplex by default on my Mac? At present each time I print something I need to go through the printing options, select printer, and then modify the option to duplex. This is annoying, and only happens on adobe products as far as I can tell.
Considering I sometimes print multi-hundred page documents, getting simplex when I don't expect it is f-n annoying.
If there isn't anyway to do this by default right now, is there a way to suggest gently that they fix it?
thanks
Joel

I can't help but wonder why Adobe doesn't respond to this - at this point there are 464 views of this item and still no answer. I have the same problem and it's a big irritation to have to set the duplex mode everytime I want to print!

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I cannot seem to activate default duplex printing setting on my Brother MFC-8660DN through CUPS.
I tried to enable it by going through the CUPS interface (localhost:631). However, even though it is set to "duplex no tumble" as default and it shows on the print dialog ("two sided" option checked), the pages still print single sided.
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Hi @BigKeith,
Welcome to the HP Forums!
I noticed that you are trying to setup the duplex printing as default with your Mac and your HP Photosmart 5520. I am happy to help with these settings!
For further assistance, I will need to know, the version of the Mac Operating System you are using. If you do not know the Operating System you are using, please visit this website. Whatsmyos. Also are you using A4 size paper? Or Letter?
In the meantime, please take a look at this guide. Printing on Both Sides of the Paper (Duplexing) in Mac OS X v10.6. This also works for versions up to 10.9.
Hope this helps, and hope to hear from you soon!
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I agree with your statement; even for a particular document, if I choose to "Print on both sides" and then print again immediately after, "Print on both sides" will be deselected.
However, I'm not sure what you're implying by you're statement. I'm asking precisely why this setting isn't sticky. Acrobat uses a non-standard printer dialog; in the usual dialog I can easily set a defualt duplex setting. I almost always want to print duplex. Why can't I do this by default in Acrobat?

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Please understand that this forum is absolutely not a means of communicating directly with Adobe. It s a User to User Forum primarily provided as a means of end users assisting each other. Adobe executives and management do not monitor these forums directly. Some Adobe employees do monitor these forums, pretty much on a volunteer basis and try to provide some assistance and feedback to decision makers.
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So, I have been trying to use the duplex printing feature with my Mac. However, I havne't been able to figure it out. I see the option for manual duplex printing, but the actual duplex printing feature is not working.
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Hi @joshcooley09 ,
I see that you are experiencing issues duplexing from Yosemite. I will certainly do my best to help you.
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HP LaserJet Pro 200 Color M276 Full Feature Software and Drivers.
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<<Dear Brother Customer,
Description of Symptom:26563
On a Mac, how to turn Duplex ON or OFF
Description of Solution 500000034479
HL5250DN PS 1406 To duplex print from a Macintosh
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