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Printing on Both Sides of Sheets

This section explains how to print on both sides of each page using the printer driver.

Types of duplex printing

You can select which way the bound pages open by specifying which edge to bind.

Orientation

Open to Left

Open to Top

Portrait

Illustration of duplex (open to left)

Illustration of duplex (open to top)

Landscape

Illustration of duplex (open to left)

Illustration of duplex (open to top)

Duplex printing precautions

  • The types of paper that can be printed on both sides are as follows:

    Plain (60 to 81 g/m2), Recycled, Special, Special 2, Special 3, Middle Thick (82 to 105 g/m2), Thick 1 (106 to 160 g/m2), Color, Letterhead, Preprinted, Prepunched, Bond

  • If the document contains pages with different original sizes, page breaks may occur.

Note

  • For details about setting the duplex printing function using the PCL 6 printer driver or PostScript 3 printer driver for Windows, see Edit.

  • For details about setting the duplex printing function using the PCL 5c/5e printer driver, see Setup.

  • For details about setting the duplex printing function using the PostScript 3 printer driver for Mac OS X, see Layout.