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‎04-04-2016 12:44 PM

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Product: HP OFFICE JET PRO 8600
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit)

I need to print a reverse image of my text on transparency paper because the print side is textured and I want the text to show properly through the smooth side. There is no option for printing mirror image under preferences.

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‎04-04-2016 02:51 PM

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The Deskjet 6980 driver supplied through Windows Update is compatible with the Officejet Pro 8600 and provides a number of features not available in the standard driver, including:

 

  • Mirror Imaging
  • Page Order
  • Page scaling
  • Watermarks
  • Poster Printing
  • Advanced Color Control
  • HP Digital Photography Real Life technologies

To install a new driver click Start, Control Panel, Devices and Printers, right click on the Officejet Pro 8600, Printer Properties, Advanced, New Driver, Next, Windows Update, (wait a few minutes for the updated list to appear), select HP (not Hewlett-Packard) for the manufacturer and then select HP Deskjet 6980 series (HP), Next, Finish, General, Type in a new printer name - it will have changed to HP Deskjet 6980, you will probably want to change it back to HP Officejet 8600, Apply, OK.  

 

"Mirror Image" will now be available on the "Finishing" tab in the driver.

 

dj6980.png

 


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‎04-04-2016 02:51 PM

HP Recommended

The Deskjet 6980 driver supplied through Windows Update is compatible with the Officejet Pro 8600 and provides a number of features not available in the standard driver, including:

 

  • Mirror Imaging
  • Page Order
  • Page scaling
  • Watermarks
  • Poster Printing
  • Advanced Color Control
  • HP Digital Photography Real Life technologies

To install a new driver click Start, Control Panel, Devices and Printers, right click on the Officejet Pro 8600, Printer Properties, Advanced, New Driver, Next, Windows Update, (wait a few minutes for the updated list to appear), select HP (not Hewlett-Packard) for the manufacturer and then select HP Deskjet 6980 series (HP), Next, Finish, General, Type in a new printer name - it will have changed to HP Deskjet 6980, you will probably want to change it back to HP Officejet 8600, Apply, OK.  

 

"Mirror Image" will now be available on the "Finishing" tab in the driver.

 

dj6980.png

 


Bob Headrick,  HP Expert

I am not an employee of HP, I am a volunteer posting here on my own time.

If your problem is solved please click the "Accept as Solution" button 

If my answer was helpful please click "Yes" to the "Was this post helpful" question.


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‎12-25-2016 12:23 PM

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Hi,

 

Thanks @Bob_Headrick for heaps of information. For purely mirror printting, HP Photo Creations has this option (recently added):

 

        mirror.png

 

Regards.

BH
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