How To Set Up Double-Sided Printing

These instructions may vary slightly depending on the driver that is installed. If you have any questions please contact the Computer Help Desk.

Setup Your Laptop to Print on Both Sides of the Page

  1. On the Start menu, select Printers and Faxes.
  2. Right-click on your printer icon and select Properties.
  3. Steps 1-6. Go to the Device Settings tab and scroll down. Change the Duplex-Unit to Installed if it isn't already. You may see the option called Allow Manual Duplexing, if so please change this to Disabled and click Apply. (Vista users will not see this option)

    • Note: If it does not have 'Duplex: Installed' as an option, you may be using the wrong printer driver for this printer. Please contact Jewel Makda at x1776 or email jewel.brueggeman-makda [at] washburn.edu for support.
  4. Step 7 Open the General tab and click Printing Preferences at the bottom.
  5. Step 8 Under the Finishing tab check the box next to Print on Both Sides. Click Apply then OK.

NOTE: You can setup one printer for duplex printing and one without duplex printing. This provides you with the freedom to chose when you want to use the duplex feature without changing any more settings. Remember to rename your printer, for example "Wireless 1 Duplex", so you know which one is setup for duplex printing.