How to remove 'page x of x' from "Print Preview" in macOS 15.61?

If you're printing a 10 page document an want to exclude page #5 you can do it 1 of two ways:

1 - convert to PDF format (i.e. print to PDF) open the PDF in Preview, bring up the Sidebar, select page 5, delete it and print.

2 - in print preview select this option:

and print twice: once from 1 to 4 and again 6 to 10.

BigBoyDon wrote:

using current OS (15.61.) i ask to print a document from any app, using any printer i own (epson, canon, brother), it shows me Print Preview. Print Preview displays the pages to be printed, & on each page it shows “page x of x"; this blocks my view of items on the pages to be printed. how can i remove this from the print preview? this is NOT a printing issue. it's an issue with Print Preview itself. the pages all print fine & “page x of x" does not print, as it should not.

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Original Title: print preview shows “page x of x";. this blocks my view of items on the pages to be printed. how can i remove this from the print preview?

I don't of a way to customize that view and remove the "page x of y" text label. If it is really a deal breaker for you, you can select "Print to PDF" and save the printout as a pdf file, then inspect that pdf file where you will be able to see 100% of each "printed" page, then if it meets with your approval you can then return to Print and print all the pages (or some subset of them). It's a two step process but I don't think there is a different way to go about this. So I would call this a "workaround" not a full solution to your query, but it's the best I can come up with.

I understand that you’re trying to get rid the page selection 'buttons' in the print preview dialog box, but I don't know of any way to do that.

As a workaround, you can click the PDF button at the bottom and open the file in Preview to get a 'clean' preview, then go back and print it (or print directly from the Preview app).

Also, I notice that Microsoft Word does not use the sidebar like other apps, but rather previews one full page at a time, with nothing overlaid on the page.