Printing Methods
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Duplex printing 2
The supplied printer drivers for Windows® 2000/X P/XP Professional x64 Edition , Windows Vista™, Windows
Server® 2003/Windows Server® 2003 x64 Edition and Mac OS® X 10.2.4 or greater all enable duplex printing.
For more information about how to choose the settings, see the Help text in the printer d river.
Guidelines for printing on both sides of the paper 2
If the paper is thin, it may wrinkle.
If paper is curled, straighten it and then put it back in the paper tray or the MP tray.
If the paper is not feeding properly, it may be curled. Remove the paper and straighten it.
When you use the manual duplex function, it is possible that there may be paper jams or poor print quality.
(If there is a paper jam, see Paper jams and how to clear them on page 148. If you have a print quality
problem, see Improving the print qualityon pag e 160.)
Note
• The scree ns in this section are from Windows® XP. The screens on your computer may vary depending
on your operating system.
• Use Letter, Legal or Folio size paper when you use the auto matic duplex printing function.
• M ake sure that the back cover is closed.
• M ake sure that the paper tray is completely inserted into the pr inter.
• If pap er is curled, straighten it and then put it back in the paper tray.
• You should use plain paper, recycled paper or thin paper . Do not use bond paper.
Manual duplex printing 2
The BR-Script printer driver (PostScript® 3™ emulatio n) does not support manual duplex printing.
If you are using the Macintosh® Printer Driver, see Duplex Printing on page 57.
Manual duplex printing from the paper tray 2
aIn the printer driver choose the Advanced tab, click the Duplex icon, an d then choose the
Manual Duplex printing mode, and from the Basic tab choose the Pape r Source to be Tray1.
bSend the data to the printer.
The printer will automatically print all the even-numb ered pages on one side of the paper first.