Windows 10: 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.

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Duplex setting on printer not persistent

The reply is not responsive to my question. The printer works, and I can get it to print duplex, but I have to reset the printer to duplex printing (in the customize printer-device settings screen)
every time I want to print duplex. It reverts to 1 sided printing; how can I get duplex printing to be persistent??

 

pdf double sided printing windows 10

I know how to print duplex (double sided) but since I've been using windows 10 I cannot print double sided. My printer is capable of printing duplex but it is not even an option on my printer preferences. I read somewhere to uninstall the printer and reinstall
it. That did not work. Please help!!

 

Hi there, JJG10. Welcome to TenForums.

Does your notebook have the latest driver?

Is the Dell PC hardwired?

Are all settings you show there set properly?

I must say > You'd think the problem would be the other way around.

 

Thank you.

As far as I know the drivers are up to date on both computers

Neither of the two are hard wired. They connect to the Network Computer wirelessly.

 

I use 2 HP printers, one is the Officejet Pro 8600 and the other is the LaserJet Pro MFP M26nw. The Officejet will do automatic duplex printing while the LaserJet won't [manual only]. The key seems to be the ADF/Automatic Document Feeder of the Officejet which the Laserjet doesn't have. Looks like your Envy 4520 doesn't have that either.

A note: both of my printers are connected via Ethernet cable to my Router and any Wired or Wireless machine can print to them when the software is installed as a Networked printer. Wife went to make copies on the Officejet the other day, saw a message for an update, did it and now we have ePrint set up on it, has it's own E-Mail Address and should be able to print from anything with Internet service.

 

Then why does it work on the Dell Desktop but not on the HP Laptop?

 

Hi there, JJG10. I don't know how much you know about drivers, so please bear with me. Do you know how to use device manager?

Hold Windows key down and press X. Choose device manager. Are there any *Warning by the printer or anywhere?

Do you know how to check the driver for your printer?

Press Windows key and type printers. Left click your printer choose Manage. Does everything look ok there?

If the "Let Windows manage my printer" is check marked. uncheck it.

 

Yes, I remember using it a long time ago. It showed no problems any where.
However, if I just press the Windows key I find no where to type Printers. Nor can I find any where 'Let Windows manage my printer.'

 

It will open a search field automatically. Just press a letter.

 

Oh, I found it. I had the window reduced in size ant it was below the visible area.

I have found nothing out of the ordinary any where.

Thanks again.

 

You're welcome. I'd say the driver is broke. How was it installed? Through Windows Update automatically or did you load it from HP install disk?

 

I use an HP Officejet Pro 6230 The dialogues are just about identical.

Suspect you might be using a generic basic Windows 10 driver, "series" in the name may suggest that.

I would look in your Programs and Features, uninstall all the HP printer drivers. Disconnect the printer and install the HP full feature driver (download from HP) connecting up when appropriate, maybe temporarily using the USB connection.

The object being to prevent the generic/basic Windows 10 HP driver from installing. The problem with those is the full features are not supported.

I had this with an older HP printer of a similar type, the full features would occasionally stop working. The only way to get them back was to uninstall/re-install the full feature driver.
Nothing was indicated wrong within Windows, just the 'full feature' stopped working.

That has not happened on the current printer through all the Windows 10 version updates.

 

I need to get to bed. Try the troubleshooter. If that doesn't work then I would uninstall and reinstall the driver/software.

Windows Key + E > Towards the bottom of left column > Expand Control panel > Choose "All Control panel items" > Icons view > choose "Devices and Printers" > right click your printer > Troubleshoot.

Uninstall that way too if necessary. If you don't have the driver software then search the HP site for the latest that's for your OS, download, and install.

Good luck to you.

 

I installed it originally from the HP CD and subsequently updated it using HP's Web Full Pack.