Find out whether your printer supports automatic duplex printing
To find out whether your printer supports duplex printing, you can check your printer manual or consult your printer manufacturer, or you can do the following:
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Click the File tab.
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Click Print.
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Under Settings, click Print One Sided. If Print on Both Sides is available, your printer is set up for duplex printing.
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If you are printing to a combination copy machine and printer, and the copy machine supports two-sided copying, it probably supports automatic duplex printing.
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If you have more than one printer installed, it is possible that one printer supports duplex printing and another printer does not.
Set up a printer to print to both sides of a sheet of paper
If your printer doesn't support automatic duplex printing, you have two other options. You can use manual duplex printing, or you can print the odd and even pages separately.
Print by using manual duplex
If your printer does not support automatic duplex printing, you can print all of the pages that appear on one side of the paper and then, after you are prompted, turn the stack over and feed the pages into the printer again.
In Word, do the following:
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Click the File tab.
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Click Print.
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Under Settings, click Print One Sided, and then click Manually Print on Both Sides.
When you print, Word will prompt you to turn over the stack to feed the pages into the printer again.
Note:When you print with the manual duplex option, you might want to run a test to determine the correct way to reload the pages for the printer you’re using.
Print odd and even pages
You can also use the following procedure to print on both sides:
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Click the File tab.
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Click Print.
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Under Settings, click Print All Pages. Near the bottom of the gallery, click Only Print Odd Pages.
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Click the Print button at the top of the gallery.
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After the odd pages are printed, flip the stack of pages over, and then under Settings, click Print All Pages. At the bottom of the gallery, click Only Print Even Pages.
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Click the Print button at the top of the gallery.
Note:To make sure that pages print in the correct order when printing odd or even pages, click File, Options, Advanced, and under Print, click either Print on front of the sheet for duplex printing or Print on back of the sheet for duplex printing.
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Find out whether your printer supports automatic duplex printing
You can use the following methods to determine whether a specific printer supports duplex printing:
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Check your printer manual or consult your printer manufacturer.
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In Microsoft Office Word, click the Microsoft Office Button
, click Print, click Properties, and then click the tabs in the Document Properties dialog box and review the options. The options in the Document Properties dialog box vary depending on your printer options and configuration. If you see options on any of the tabs for printing on both sides of the paper, duplex printing, or two-sided printing, the printer probably supports automatic duplex printing.
, click Print, click Properties, and then click the tabs in the Document Properties dialog box and review the options. The options in the Document Properties dialog box vary depending on your printer options and configuration. If you see options on any of the tabs for printing on both sides of the paper, duplex printing, or two-sided printing, the printer probably supports automatic duplex printing.If your printer supports duplex printing, follow the directions in the printer manual to create duplex copies.
Notes:
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If you are printing to a combination copy machine and printer, and the copy machine supports two-sided copying, it probably supports automatic duplex printing.
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If you have more than one printer installed, it is possible that one printer supports duplex printing and another printer does not.
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Set up a printer to print to both sides of a sheet of paper
If your printer doesn't support automatic duplex printing, you have two other options. You can use manual duplex printing, or you can print the odd and even pages separately.
Print by using manual duplex
If your printer does not support automatic duplex printing, you can select the Manual duplex check box in the Print dialog box. Microsoft Office Word will print all of the pages that appear on one side of the paper and then prompt you to turn the stack over and feed the pages into the printer again.
Print odd and even pages
You can also use the following procedure to print on both sides:
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Click the Microsoft Office Button
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In the lower-left corner of the Print dialog box, in the Print list, select Odd pages.
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Click OK.
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After the odd pages are printed, flip the stack of pages over, and then in the Print list, select Even pages.
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Click OK.
Note:Depending on the printer model, you might have to rotate and reorder the pages to print the other side of the stack.
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FAQs
Why isn't Word giving me the option to print double sided? ›
Click "file" and then click "page setup." In "page setup" click "paper size". Change the paper size to correspond to what you actually have in your printer tray. This should solve the problem. I was able to immediately print double sided.
What is the difference between duplex printing and double sided printing? ›Duplex Printing, also known as double-sided printing, is a term used for printing on both sides of the paper. This is achieved either automatically if your printer supports duplex printing, or even manually if you decide to flip the pages and print both sides. Why is it important?
How do you print double sided so it matches up? ›- Open the Word file to align and click on the Layout tab. ...
- In the Page Setup window, in the Multiple Pages interface, you need to select Mirror Margins. ...
- Next, click the Paper tab, under Size paper, and choose A4 paper size.
- Click anywhere in a paragraph you want to align, or select multiple paragraphs.
- Click an alignment option in the Paragraph group. Shortcuts: To align left, press Ctrl + L. To align right, press Ctrl + R. To align center, press Ctrl + C. To justify, Ctrl + J.
- Start menu > "Control Panel"
- Choose "Printers and Faxes"
- Right click your primary printer.
- Choose "Printing Preferences"
- Choose "Finishing" tab.
- Check "Print on both sides"
- Click "Apply" to set as the default.
So if you opt for single-sided printing, one side counts as one page. If you select double-sided printing (i.e. you want your work printed on the front and back of a single leaf), then that will count as two pages or two sides.
What is the opposite of duplex printing? ›Duplex printing is a feature of some computer printers and multi-function printers (MFPs) that allows the printing of a sheet of paper on both sides automatically. Print devices without this capability can only print on a single side of paper, sometimes called single-sided printing or simplex printing.
How to print double sided on a printer that does not print double sided? ›- Open the file to be printed, and then select Print from the File menu. ...
- Select the required printer, and then click on the Preferences or Properties button. ...
- Make sure 1-Sided Print is selected from the 2-Sided Printing pull-down menu. ...
- Click on OK.
- Click on OK again to send the job to the printer.
If you don't see a Print on Both Sides pane, then your selected printer doesn't support duplex printing. Or, the feature is turned off (see Verify that printer features are turned on).
How do I make a front and back page in Word? ›Open the document that you want to print double-sided. In the Ribbon, click File, then click Print. Under Settings, click the down arrow on the right side of the Print One Sided option. Select the Double-sided or Two-sided option.
What allows you to print on both sides of the paper? ›
Print on both sides of the paper (Windows)
Open the document, and then click File > Print. Select your printer, and then click Printer Properties, Preferences, or Printer Setup. From the print settings, select the option for a two-sided print job. Menu options vary by printer model.
Image: Susan Harkins/TechRepublic. Simply click tab between the two entries. You can use a right-aligned tab to align content at the left and the right margins just about anywhere in a Word document. That's because tabs are part of the paragraph formatting.
What is 2 sided duplex printing? ›Duplex printing means that your printer supports printing on both sides of the paper. Printers that are only capable of printing out documents single-sided are sometimes called simplex printers.
What is duplex printing manual vs automatic? ›Manual duplex printing can achieve the same result as automatic duplex printing — the only difference is that you will have to turn the page over yourself to print the other side. On the other hand, in auto duplex printing, the printer does the flipping for you. This saves you time, money, effort, and paper!
Why is the double sided option not showing Mac? ›Here's how to check that: Open System Preferences ➙ Printers & Scanners. Choose your printer and then click Options & Supplies… In Options, check the Double Printing Unit feature.
Why won't my Mac let me print double sided? ›Click on the Apple menu at the top of the screen and click System Preferences. Click on Printers & Scanners. Select your printer and then click Options & Supplies. In Options, make sure that the Double Printing Unit feature is checked.
Why Windows 10 Cannot print double sided? ›Find the check box that says Automatic Duplexing unit. If it's unchecked, click in it to mark it as checked, and then click Apply. If necessary, cancel the search again, and you should be set!