Make sure the Duplexer right mounting tab rests in the center notch of the right metal bracket. Duplex should appear on the display. If not, check to see if the Duplexer is installed correctly.
Then reverify the installation. You can choose duplex functions from the operator panel or from a software application that supports duplex printing, such as the one provided with the SPARCprinter E software.
This software refers to long edge binding as Normal duplex and short edge binding as Tumble duplex. If the software setting differs from the operator panel setting, the software setting will override the operator panel setting. You can perform automatic duplex printing with the Auto Duplexer by following these steps. If the ink runs low during automatic duplex printing, the printer stops printing and the ink needs to be replaced.
When ink replacement is complete, the printer starts printing again, but there may be some missing parts in your print out. If this happens, print the missing parts again. Access the printer settings. Accessing the printer driver for Windows. Click the Maintenance tab, and then select Printer and Option Information.
Click the Main tab, and then select one of the following Quality Option settings:. Draft for rough drafts with reduced print quality. Select Front Tray as the Source setting. Select plain papers as the Type setting. Select Portrait tall or Landscape wide to change the orientation of your print out. Click the Page Layout tab, and then select Auto from 2-sided printing.
If you want to create a folded booklet, select the Folded Booklet check box. Click Margins to open the Margins window. If your printer is capable of manual duplex printing, then you will usually be prompted by the printer when you need to reinsert the paper.
Depending on the software you are using, there may be an option when you click on print to only print odd or even pages as can be seen in the printing settings when printing from Microsoft Word:. Manual duplex settings within Microsoft Word. This will allow you to print all odd pages first then once they have finished printing you simply turn over the paper that has just been printed, re-insert it into the printer and then print the even pages on the opposite sides.
The above information talks you through how to change your printer to default to double sided printing, but what about if you only want to do this the once or on an infrequent basis? Thankfully there is also a solution to this. When you want to print double sided just for the document you are working on, then when you click on the print button there is usually an option to allow you to change the printer properties for this print only.
Clicking on this will bring up the same menu as seen earlier which allows you to tell the printer to print double sided for this document only as can be seen below:. Depending on the printer, this will generally mean that duplex printing has been enabled for printing the document you are working on.
Most manufacturers have a model with duplex printing enabled. One easy way to tell which printers have duplex printing capabilities, is by looking at the model number for the printer such as, Ricoh SPC D N Colour Laser Printer. While the model numbers may seem arbitrary at first inspection, there is information contained within.
The D within all model numbers means that the printer is capable of duplex printing. Utilising auto duplex printing can save a reasonable amount of money over time depending on the quantity of printing you are doing. Below is a table that shows how much you could save by switching to automatic duplex printing within your organisation:.
Cost savings using auto duplex printing click for larger image. There can also be a huge environmental impact from switching to duplex printing, with one study of Arizona State University saving trees since switching to duplex printing. Hopefully this has clarified some of the questions you may have had about duplex printing, whether this was related to auto duplex printing, manual duplex printing or double-sided printing.
If you have successfully utilised duplex printing in your organisation we would love to hear from you about how that has worked for you, so please leave a comment below. I have been working in the printing industry with TonerGiant for over 12 years and am the resident technical printer expert.
I'm also a big fan of all gadgets and technology. I want to print on 5. I have to put the paper back in after the first side prints. They tend to run the paper through twice but auto would prevent you from needing to re-feed the paper back in yourself. What sizes will a Duplex printer handle, would they print to A5 for instance.
I am an author so it is useful to run off a book before going to publication. Will a Duplex achieve this or are page numbers limited? If the printer can print in A5 and has auto duplex capability, I would imagine this is possible. Your email address will not be published. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.
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