Selecting 2 sided Printing5-19Selecting 2 sided PrintingThe manual 2 sided printing (or duplex printing) feature allows you to print on both sides of a sheet ofpaper. You can use the Manual Feeder or Tray 1 for manual 2 sided printing. When you perform manual 2-sided printing, the printer first prints the even-numbered pages on the front side (side 1) of each sheet.Once the printer finishes printing all the even-numbered pages, remove the printed output from the outputtray, and load it in the Manual Feeder or Tray 1. Then, you can instruct the printer to print the odd-numbered pages on the reverse side (side 2) of each sheet.Performing Manual 2 sided PrintingThe following explains how to perform manual 2 sided printing.Note:• To use the manual 2 sided printing feature, set Electric Sort to Off under the Advanced Settings tab >Other Settings on your print driver. Also, if you select either 2 Sided Print, Flip on Short Edge or 2Sided Print for 2 Sided Print on the print driver, Electric Sort can be set to Off automatically.• When performing manual 2 sided printing, the Secure Print/Sample Print feature cannot be used.Operations on Your ComputerThe following procedure uses Windows XP WordPad as an example.Note: The method of displaying the properties dialog box varies depending on the application being used.Consult the documentation for your application.1. On the File menu, click Print.2. Select the printer from the Select Printer list box, and click Preferences.3. The Paper/Output tab appears.From 2 Sided Print, select either 2 Sided, Flip on Short Edge or 2 Sided Print to define the way 2-sided print pages are bound.4. From Paper Size, select the size of the document to be printed.5. From Paper Tray, select the tray where you loaded the paper.6. From Paper Type, select the paper type to be used.7. Click OK to close the Printing Properties dialog box.3456
