Printing 2-sided book and 2-sided tablet are reversed

Question

The document is a 2 pages A4 landscape PDF document. OS is Windows XP.
When we use Adobe Acrobat 7.1.0 Pro and we print it 2-sided book on a MFP (we checked multiple manufacturers and drivers), the document is correctly printed: the duplex is made on the short edge of the paper (read it as a book).
When we use Adobe Acrobat 7.1.0 Pro and we print it 2-sided tablet on the same MFP, the document is also correctly printed: the duplex is made on the long edge of the paper (read it as a tablet).
However, if we open the same document with Adobe Reader 8.1.2, the operation is completely reversed:
- 2-sided book gives a document you read as a tablet
- 2-sided tablet gives a document you read as a tablet
So, what is the difference between Adobe Acrobat 7.1.0 Pro and Adobe Reader 8.1.2 for duplex printing ?
Thank you for your support.
Best Regards,

Answer 1

I'm having a similar problem. I'm using JSDK1.3.1 on NT4 and printing to Lexmark Optra S printers. Tried different machines and printers (same models though), and even JSDK1.4 beta 2. Other MS apps print duplex ok, but not my Java apps, even though the print dialogs and options are identical. There's not much to see in the code as it's just the typical...
PrinterJob printJob = PrinterJob.getPrinterJob();
printJob.setPageable(myBook);
if (printJob.printDialog()) {
printJob.print();
Any help would be much appriciated!