Printing Even Pages Problem SC900

I use an Epson SC900 printer - terrific.
When I attempt to print out say 3 pages of even numbers part way through a large document it insists on giving me the odd number inbetween. i.e. if I select 6-8 evens it will print out page 7 only.
If I print out the even numbers from the beginning of the document there isn't a problem. This means if two pieces of paper stick together or you only want to print half a dozen pages you have to print every sheet individually - zzzzzzzzzz!
Does anyone else have the same problem - better still does anyone have the solution?

I have made some progress on this problem! I converted the Pages document to a PDF. Again I tried to print it out using the old Reader version 5.0! Still no success. However, I then used Adobe Reader 7.0 ignored the "over the page" warnings and it printed out fine.
I was enabled to print out any page or series of pages without a document. Can anyone tell me why I can do it in one programme and not another?
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You wrote:
"I often need to reprint manuals from pdf files for my clients. "
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I have a problem with my Pages
My font will not be embeded in my pdf files.
I have saved as a ps file and in to the destiller and my fonts are missing.
I need to send my file to the print shop but they will not accept my file and i now understand why.
fonts are missing...
Is there a workaround.
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I need help
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The font is coming from a notation software Sibelius 4 and is namned opus
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Rasterizing in Photoshop should not be necessary if you simply start by telling the operating system what it is you are trying to do. Then the operating system should be able to take the right decisions for you, and tell if you if finds problems it cannot resolve without turning to you.
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Henrik
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No matter I choose "even numbered page" or "odd numbered page" in the printer setting,
it just print out all pages without differences.
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sonic64 wrote:
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