About Printing Surfaces

Depending on the setting, printed copies are fed as follows:

Side 1 is the surface of the paper printed during one-sided printing, or the surface of the first print during duplex printing.

Side 2 is the surface of the paper printed on the back side of Side 1 during duplex printing.

Single-sided printing: Printed side face down

illustration of paper feed direction

A. Side 1

B. Paper feed direction of Side 1

Single-sided printing: Printed side face up

illustration of paper feed direction

A. Side 1

B. Paper feed direction of Side 1

Duplex printing

illustration of paper feed direction

A. Side 1

B. Paper feed direction of Side 1

C. Side 2

D. Paper feed direction of Side 2