# Print only some pages

Print a page range, the current page, odd or even pages, or just a rectangular part of a page, from the print dialog or the command line.

**Press `Ctrl + P` and type the pages under Page Range, e.g. `1-3, 8`.** At a glance:

- **Page range:** in the print dialog, `Ctrl + P`.
- **Current page:** in the print dialog.
- **Odd / even pages:** the dialog's **Advanced** tab, or `odd` / `even` on the command line.
- **Part of a page:** **Print Selection...** (`CmdPrintSelection`) after `Ctrl` + drag.
- **Command line:** `SumatraPDF.exe -print-to-default -print-settings "1-3,8" file.pdf`

For all print options (scaling, paper, trays, duplex) see [Printing](Printing.md).

## Print a page range

1. Open the print dialog: `Ctrl + P`, **File → Print...**, the toolbar's print button, or `Ctrl + K`, then `Print Document...` in [Command Palette](Command-Palette.md).
2. Under **Page Range** choose **Pages** and type the pages: single pages and ranges separated by commas, e.g. `1-3, 8, 10-12`. You can give up to 10 ranges.
3. Click **Print**.

Page numbers are physical pages: 1 is the first page of the file, whatever number is printed on it.

On Windows 11 the new print dialog has the same choice under **Pages** (custom range).

## Print the current page

Press `Ctrl + P` and choose **Current Page** under _Page Range_. The page you are looking at is printed.

In the Windows 11 dialog, choose the current page under **Pages**, or type its number as a custom range.

## Print odd or even pages

In the print dialog's **Advanced** tab (next to _General_), choose **Odd pages only** or **Even pages only**. It applies to the page range you picked, so you can print the odd pages of `1-20` only.

Use it for manual two-sided printing: print the odd pages, turn the stack over, put it back, print the even pages.

The Windows 11 dialog doesn't have these options. Use the [command line](#print-pages-from-the-command-line) or [restore the classic dialog](Printing.md#get-the-advanced-options-on-windows-11).

## Print part of a page

1. Hold `Ctrl` and drag with the left mouse button to select a rectangle on the page.
2. Start **Print Selection...** (`CmdPrintSelection`):
   - Right-click → **Selection → Print Selection...**
   - `Ctrl + K`, then `Print Selection...` in [Command Palette](Command-Palette.md)
   - or press `Ctrl + P` and choose **Selection** under _Page Range_
3. The print dialog opens with **Selection** already chosen. Click **Print**.

**Print Selection...** is new in [pre-release 3.7](https://www.sumatrapdfreader.org/prerelease); choosing **Selection** in the dialog works in older versions too. To print the area at its real size instead of fitting the paper, see [Print part of a page](Printing.md#print-part-of-a-page).

Note: a text selection can't be printed on its own; only a rectangle.

## Print pages from the command line

Put the pages in `-print-settings`, with `-print-to "<printer>"` or `-print-to-default`. Nothing is shown and SumatraPDF exits when done.

Pages 1 to 3 and 8:

```
SumatraPDF.exe -print-to-default -print-settings "1-3,8" report.pdf
```

Only page 5, to a named printer:

```
SumatraPDF.exe -print-to "Office Printer" -print-settings "5" report.pdf
```

The last page, or the last 3 pages:

```
SumatraPDF.exe -print-to-default -print-settings "last" report.pdf
SumatraPDF.exe -print-to-default -print-settings "-3--1" report.pdf
```

Odd pages of pages 1 to 20, then the even ones:

```
SumatraPDF.exe -print-to-default -print-settings "1-20,odd" report.pdf
SumatraPDF.exe -print-to-default -print-settings "1-20,even" report.pdf
```

Pages 10 to 8 in reverse order, fitted to the paper:

```
SumatraPDF.exe -print-to-default -print-settings "10-8,fit" report.pdf
```

Page tokens mix freely with the other options (`fit`, `2x`, `duplex`, ...). The full list is in [`-print-settings` options](Printing.md#-print-settings-options).

To pick the pages in the dialog instead, use `-print-dialog`:

```
SumatraPDF.exe -print-dialog report.pdf
```

## Tips

- Use [Split a PDF](Split-a-PDF.md) or **Extract Pages From PDF** (right-click → **Document**) when you need the pages as a file rather than on paper.
- Use `-print-settings` in a script or a shortcut for a range you print often.
- Use **Current Page** with `Ctrl + G` (Go to Page) to print one page of a long document quickly.

## See also

- [Printing](Printing.md): every print option, Windows 11 dialog, troubleshooting
- [Command-line arguments](Command-line-arguments.md#printing-options)
- [Print a PDF as a poster](Print-PDF-as-poster.md)
- [Save part of a page as an image](Save-page-region-as-image.md)