Problems printing double-sided PDFs

Hi,
When I print any PDF document on any printer as double-sided, the second side always prints upside-down. I am printing from Adobe Acrobat 7.1.0 professional for Windows XP.
This is annoying and I need to fix this problem.
Suggestions would be greatly appreciated! Thanks,
Bent

I've encountered a similar problem, the solution was to uncheck the "Auto rotate and centre" box. What this does is to atomatically print protrait pages in portrait and landscape pages in landscape. Whenyou uncheck the box you will need to set the paper up yourself and for any pages that are on a different orienation you will need to manually rotate or print seperatly. This cured the problem for me.

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You should post here for Apple to get your feedback:
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When your select print, click the button that says "Show Details" in the print window that opens.
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Hi,
Please try the following settings:
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Click the Device Settings tab.
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Now try printing and check for any change.
Please let me know of any change,
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Hi @Arboria9 ,
I see that you are experiencing issues printing two-sided from Yosemite. I would like to help you resolve this issue.
You have pretty much have done all the steps that I would have provided.
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How was the printer name listed?
If you need further assistance, just let me know.
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Hello Toosweet
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asp29,
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