Printing multiple pages per sheet doesn't work

In Ubuntu 12.04, I added a network printer which I had previously used without any problems on a different machine (with the same release of Ubuntu).

Now, with the default generic driver installed, printing multiple pages per sheet from evince doesn't work properly. If I select 2 per sheet, be it long or short edge, it always prints 4.

Why is this?

It used to happen with non-pdf documents in the past, like from a browser. My workaround was to print to pdf file and then print the pdf itself. Now I'm clueless...

Edit: the same happens with a different network printer, in which I installed the driver specific to its particular model.

Just guessing from sparse / generic information provided, there basically are two places/points worth looking into:

• In "Printing" (configure printers, etc), check "page-per-sheet" settings there.

• In Evince, again check "page-per-sheet" settings there.

Further, you may want to try printing from yet another application like *office or gedit (and browse their resp. printing options) for comparison and to confine/define the problem.

Good luck ! (with saving paper :)