duplex printing?

Question

I have an hp laserjet 2200dn. It has automatic duplex printing. When I depress the print button it will do this but not when I'm printing a document. I've read the online manual without being able so solve the problem.

I'm running XP using the USB connection. I've downloaded the latest driver from the HP site.

The printer was purchased as a refurbished model.

Answer 1

Hi,

When you are editing your (word) document, have a look at the printer settings within word.
File -> Print -> Properties
What is here the selection?

Print on both sides

None?
Flip on short Edge?
Flip on long Edge?

If you specify within your document not to do duplex, I guess
it will do single page..

-R.

Answer 2

I assume you mean you can set it to duplex if you go in and manually sety it per job, but want it as default ?

OK, close word etc
Start menu, settings, printers and faxes
right click the printer, select properties.
This should open the familiar setup options for your printer.

Set the DUPLEX function to ON, as you require.
Click apply/OK etc till you are out of that.

Now next time you open word etc it will load these defaults for the printer, so if you want a NON-Duplex job, you need to turn it off.

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Additional idea. . . .
If you sometimes print duplex and sometimes single sided . . .
If you use the "add printer" option and install a 2nd copy of the printer (often better to rename original to HP2200 DUPLEX for example first) and set it on the same port (check the PORT tab under printer properties to check that it uses the same one) then on 1 driver do as I said above, set to duplex, on one set to NOT duplex.

Then simply print to the alternate printer if you don't want duplex rather than change settings

Had a customer did that for a user that had problems, 3 trays with different papers, plus duplexing . . . installed 5 named "printer types" for her . . . no more problems.