Windows 10: My printer suddenly started doing two sided Duplex printing manually instead of...

My printer suddenly started doing two sided Duplex printing manually instead of automatically, how can I reset it?

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Wireless Printer Will Not Duplex Print

I'm not sure this is a Windows problem. It may be an HP problem but I've not been able to get a solution on their forum so here goes a try on this forum

My HP Envy 4520 wireless network printer will not duplex print when installed on my HP Pavilion Notebook. The printer will not give me the ability to duplex print automatically. Printer preferences shows only 2 sided manually and that requires me to manually remove paper, turn it around and insert it in the printer. A pain in the neck for I do a lot of multi-page printing.





I will really appreciate help.

Oh, by the way the printer works fine on my Del Desktop.

Thank you very much.

 

Networked Printer: How to print both sides?

Strange. I've never heard of duplex problems over network. We have never had such an issue with Xerox or Kyoceras.

#1
You say it is missing odd pages. Often, with duplex printing, due to paper flow and reversing, page (side) 2 prints first, then page (side) 1, then page 4 then page 3 on the second piece of paper, etc.

Watch the paper. Is it being "sucked" back into the printer for the second side? (If is uses this method)... but just not printing it?

If you start printing from page 2 onwards, will it print the odd pages and skip the even ones?

#2
Are you 100% sure it is HP Color LaserJet CP4005dn printer (CB504A) and not the CB503A model that is without the duplex feature? (I ask this question in case you have more than one printer, and they do look identical). Is there some way that the driver was misinstalled on ONE of them: PC or server.

#3
Are you in Windows on BOTH the PC and the server?

#4
Try the Postscript driver.

 

Networked Printer: How to print both sides?

Some printers may be duplex but don't support the command over network protocols.

On most printers (no duplexing), printing on "both sides" means print odd pages, user has to change the orientation of said pages, and then it prints even pages. They have a special sequence dedicated to the "both sides" process. If this is the case, after it is done printing odd pages, a dialog should pop up showing you how to put the paper back in and also tell you how to resume printing.