Windows 10: Automatic duplex printingon PDF documents suddenly stopped working

Discus and support Automatic duplex printingon PDF documents suddenly stopped working in Windows 10 Drivers and Hardware to solve the problem; Hi, hope someone can help. Overnight, my printer has stopped doing automatic duplex printing on PDF documents. It still works with Word documents.... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Drivers and Hardware' started by soleruler, Jan 25, 2020.

  1. soleruler Win User

    Automatic duplex printingon PDF documents suddenly stopped working


    Hi, hope someone can help.


    Overnight, my printer has stopped doing automatic duplex printing on PDF documents. It still works with Word documents.


    I have not made any changes to hardware or software/or upgrades etc. I use Windows 10.


    I have tried using the HP smart app as seen on another thread but it still requires me to manually move the paper to print the second side. If orinting a word doc the automatic duplex function works fine.


    Any suggestions?


    Thank you!

    :)
     
    soleruler, Jan 25, 2020
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  2. Microsoft Print to PDF won't print automatic duplex

    I have a printer that does automatic duplex printing. I am working with others who also have printers with automatic duplex printing. I am preparing a booklet for an event we are having.. We were going to each 1/3 of the necessary copies on each of our
    printers. On 3/3, I used Publisher and Microsoft Print to PDF to create a PDF to print the booklets using automatic duplex printers. Today, I went to create a new PDF with updated information and Microsoft Print to PDF no longer offers the automatic 2 sided
    printing. My only choices are print 1 side and manually 2 side printing. What happened? Was I dreaming that there used to be an automatic 2 sided printing option? When I choose the manual option it says my printer is not set up for duplex printing yet.
    I went through the set up process then tried to print and it asks me again to set it up. I have removed Print to PDF and resinstalled the driver and still no auto duplex printing. What can I do? I need to create a PDF that can be used for automatic duplex
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    NJTransit203a, Jan 25, 2020
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  3. HP OfficeJet 4650 stopped printing in colour and automatic duplex printing

    I am having 2 issues which I suspect are both connected......

    1) Printer stopped printing in colour.

    - I have several times uninstalled and reinstalled printer and print drivers, both from HP website and CD.

    - Printer is able to print in colour - I can print proper test page and copy in colour - it is NOT a colour cartridge or printer hardware issue.

    - in Programs, only the Basic Device Software is showing up - not full features which is what I've been downloading

    - in printer properties, advanced - there is NO option coming up "print in greyscale" to turn off, so don't suggest this step

    - this has happened before and uninstalling and reinstalling with CD worked....this time, not so much.

    **I URGENTLY need to print in colour .....very upset about this!

    2) Printer has stopped automatically duplex printing

    - this happened before and uninstalling and reinstalling fixed it

    - only shows options for manual duplex printing where you have to take the sheets and reinsert them

    - I've gone into printer properties, device settings and Automatic Duplexing unit shows "Not Installed". I can get it to show "Installed" by Updating in Automatic Configuration but when I exit and go back in, it is always back to "not installed".

    - Automatic duplex printing was one of the main reasons I chose this printer.

    Any help with either of these issues appreciated, but colour issue is very URGENT!

    Thank you
     
    miraclesabound4, Jan 25, 2020
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  4. Automatic duplex printingon PDF documents suddenly stopped working

    Automatic Duplex Problem

    i’ve been facing this problem with my HP Deskjet 4530 Series printer that it stopped printed Duplex automatically, The Printing Preferences say Print on Both Sides Manually.

    I tried deleting the drivers and software and reinstalling all of them again.It didnt work

    i Changed the UAC permission. I didnt work

    in the Settings,I tried to change the Automatic Duplex Unit to Installed.It changes and remains grey.Other option in the same dialog box Automatic Configuration Stays off how much ever i change it.

    Also The Printing Preferences Dialog box stopped showing the option to select Color or Black And White.

    Please Help me out!
     
    Questioner04, Jan 25, 2020
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