The PDF’s layout is designed like a book. Results will look best if you print on both sides of the paper. If you’re lucky enough to own a duplex printer, just use its duplex funtion. If not, first print all even pages (Acrobat Reader has this funtion), then turn the paper and print all odd pages. Consult your printer’s manual for instructions on how to turn and possibly sort the paper.
In Acrobat’s printing dialog make sure not to shrink/expand pages to paper size (option is labeled slightly different in different versions). Otherwise Acrobat will add your printer’s minimum margins to the already existing margins and shrink the pages accordingly. However the PDF’s margins should be large enough for every printer. Shrinking usually is not necessary.
No problem if you prefer to print two document pages on one paper page. The fonts are large enough to stay clearly legible. However three or more pages on one is likely to get too small.
A little trick is necessary to preserve the book layout where pages with odd numbers are on the left and even numbered pages on the right. It looks crap the other way round! Don’t print the whole document but start with page 2. Then you’ll end up with a book-like double page on one sheet of paper, as if you’d had an opened book before you. If you prefer to print page 1 in its original size or not is up to you.
Using shrink/expand to paper size is a good idea with two-on-one printing because by shrinking the pages the margins shrink as well. And I wouldn’t guarantee them being large enough for every printer any more.
If you know your printer well and don’t want to waste any unnecessary space, here are the PDF’s margins.
| outer margin | 46 mm |
| inner margin | 23 mm |
| top margin | 17 mm |
| bottom margin | 17 mm |