How to extract even or odd pages from a PDF

1 min read·25 July 2026

Want only the even or odd pages from a PDF? Useful for manual double-sided printing. With PDFrust's evenOdd tool you extract all even or all odd pages in one click.

When do you use evenOdd?

With manual double-sided printing you first print all odd pages (front side), put the paper back in the printer and then print the even pages (back side) in reverse order. The evenOdd tool delivers those two separate PDF files directly.

EvenOdd tool in PDFrust

Open the evenOdd tool on PDFrust. Upload your PDF. Choose 'Odd pages' or 'Even pages' — or export both at once as two separate files. Download the results and print them one after the other from the same paper tray.

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Combining with reverse

After printing the odd pages you flip the paper over. The even pages are printed in reverse order (12, 10, 8...). Use the reverse tool to flip the order of the even pages if your printer doesn't do this automatically.

Alternative: duplex tool

For automatic double-sided printing on printers that support it: use the duplex tool. It handles the page ordering for you. EvenOdd is intended for printers without a built-in duplex function.