HP Pro B8300 Printing booklets, Performing manual booklet printing

Printing booklets

Booklet printing automatically arranges and resizes the pages of a document so when the document is folded into a booklet, the page order is correct.

Performing manual booklet printing

For Windows

1.Load the appropriate paper (see Loading media in the input tray).

2.Open the printer driver (see Printing a document).

3.Click the Features tab.

4.On the Two-sided printing drop-down list, select Manual.

5.Select Flip Pages Up to change the page orientation, if desired.

6.Select a booklet layout from the Booklet Layout drop-down list.

7.See Performing manual duplexing, steps 7 through 10.

Performing automatic booklet printing

You can print booklets automatically if a duplex unit is installed on the printer (see Installing the optional automatic two-sided printing accessory (duplex unit)).

NOTE The duplex unit is an optional accessory that is available for the

HP Photosmart Pro B8300 series printer. It can be purchased separately in some countries/regions (see HP supplies and accessories).

For Windows 2000 and Windows XP, verify that the duplex unit is installed and that the auto-duplex feature is enabled. Open the print driver, select Properties and select Device Settings. Make sure that Allow Manual Duplexing is disabled.

You can also access this feature from the Printing Shortcuts tab. Open the printer driver, select the Printing Shortcuts tab, and select the feature from the What do you want to do? drop- down list.

For Windows

1.Load the appropriate paper (see Loading media in the input tray).

2.Open the printer driver (see Printing a document).

3.Click the Features tab.

4.On the Two-sided printing drop-down list, select Use Auto-Duplex Unit.

5.Select Preserve Layout.

6.Select a binding option on the Booklet Layout drop-down list.

7.Change any other desired print settings and click OK.

8.Print your document.

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