Printing Methods
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Duplex printing
2
The supplied printer drivers for Windows
®
2000 or greater and Mac OS X 10.3.9 or greater all enable duplex
printing. For more information about how to choose the settings, see the
Help
text in the printer driver.
Guidelines for printing on both sides of the paper
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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 130. If you have a print quality
Note
• The screens in this section are based on Windows
®
XP. The screens on your computer may vary
depending on your operating system.
• Use A4 size paper when you use the automatic duplex printing function.
• Make sure that the back cover is closed.
• Make sure that the paper tray is completely inserted into the printer.
• If paper 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™ emulation) does not support manual duplex printing.
If you are using the Macintosh Printer Driver, see
Manual duplex printing from the paper tray
2
a
In the printer driver choose the
Basic
tab, and choose the
Duplex
printing mode from the
Duplex /
Booklet
setting, and then from the
Basic
tab choose the Paper Source to be
Tray1
.
b
Click the
Duplex Settings...
button, the
Duplex Settings
will appear.
c
Choose
Manual Duplex
from
Duplex Mode
settings, and click
OK
on the computer screen.