Officejet Pro 8000 not printing duplex from Mac OS X

[psheldrake]

Hi,

I can find no way to print duplex to the Officejet Pro 8000 from Mac OS X. (I want to do so to be more environmentally friendly and save money.)

I have followed the instructions here but when I get to point 6 of step 3, there is no "Two-sided Printing panel" available to me.

The printer is connected over USB, and I am running HP Device Manager 1.5.8 which assures me my software is up to date. In Settings, Printer & Fax, it tells me I have driver version 1.2, and both "HP Two-sided Printing Accessory (Duplexer)" and "Optional Paper Input Tray" are ticked.

Thanks in advance for your help.

[psheldrake]

Hope you don't mind but I have to bump this. I'm sure I must be doing something stupid. Any and all help much appreciated.

Thanks.

[psheldrake · Accepted solution]

OK, feeling stupid, but coming back here in case anyone else suffers from the same blind spot. There's a blue square / triangle icon top right of the print dialogue pop-up. Click it.

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[wrbcwrbc]

I just got my 8000 set up wirelessly after 1.5 hours on the phone with an HP person.  Thankfully, the 2 sided printing works automatically.

Make sure you printer knows it is two-sided:

Apple Icon/System Preferences/Print & Fax

Double Click on the 8000 printer

Click the blue I (info) button

Click driver tab

Check HP two-sided Printing Accessory

Under textedit choose:

File/Print

Then under the TextEdit dropdown, select Two-Sided Printing

Check Print Both Sides Checkbox

Print

Under MS Word:

File/Print

Then under the Copies & Pages dropdown, select Two-Sided Printing

Check Print Both Sides Checkbox

Print

Hope this helps!!

[chrispurvis]

This is daft...

I've followed your advice but I can't find any duplex option under the copies and pages tab!

Please help