URGENT PROBLEM: Very slow printing multiple copies

I am needing to print 1,400 copies of an SRA3 (big) double-sided colour/B&W document. It is just two pages (front and back) and I need 1,400 copies.
It is very very strange but it seems that all Adobe programs actually send 1,400 pages to the printer where it should be 1 page with 1,400 copies so it's only one page sent to the printer.
It seems, further, that Preview is the only program that does it right in that it sends one file/page to the printer with the instruction to print 1,400 times.
This has the effect of printing very quickly because the printer only has one page spooled. All the other programs print very very slowly because the printer thinks it's printing 1,400 unique pages.
The problem now is that Preview prints the page far too lightly compared to Acrobat Reader or InDesign.
I need help. Any ideas why Acrobat and InDesign send multiple pages or even better, how can I get Preview to print more accurately?
I have spent the whole day trying to figure this out with no luck!
I am printing to a Xerox Document Centre C240 with no RIP or server which is half the problem but this should work!!
Many thanks,
Galen

Hi,
Go to Preview, Preferences, Color and select Automatic. It will change slightly the colour you get from your prints, it won't overwrite any printing feature you have selected on your PPD.
The only thing that comes to my mind in relation with the Acrobat Issue is the collated option, it has to be selected if you don't want the printer increase its time of process.
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