default 2 sided printing on officejet 8600

[itakexrays]

my firmware updated and now 2 sided copy/print is the default. this is very annyoing ! i dont use 2 sided printing.  how do you change this stupid setting to default to single sided printing

[RnRMusicMan]

Hi @itakexrays,

Welcome to the HP Forums!

I understand that you are trying to change to 1-sided printing as the default on your HP Officejet 8600 printer. I am happy to look into this for you! 

Go to print driver preferences (Start->Control Panel -> Right click on the Printer and select 'None' under print both sides option.

1. Select the Layout tab.
   Figure : Layout tab

   
2. On the Print on Both Sides Manually option, select Flip on Long Edge or Flip on Short Edge.
   Figure : Duplex printing options

   

Source: Printing and Changing Print Settings (Windows).

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Hope this resolves your issue, and have a nice day! 

[itakexrays]

i am sorry , the defallt for copies is set to 2 sided, not printing from my copmuter.

I dont know how it got like that. i only cope one sided docs, but it always flips them and copies a blank side.

i know i can manually change it to one sided, but why isnt that the default ?

[RnRMusicMan]

Hi itakexrays,

Thank you for your reply! 

On the home screen on the printer's display select Copy -> Look for Two Sided -> Select 1 Sided Original 1 Sided Copy. After this go back to the Copy screen and scroll until you see Set as New Defaults. 

This should allow for 1-sided copying to be the default again. 

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Hope these steps resolve your issue, and have a nice day! 

[itakexrays]

there is no scrolling on the copy menu ,  there is no option that says set as default. it automatically goes back to the copy menu after i select 1to1 sided but the next time i go to copy its back to 2 sided

[RnRMusicMan · Accepted solution]

Hi itakexrays,

You are right! My apologies. After setting the 1 Sided Original 1 Sided Copy option, select Settings, bottom left corner. Now you will see up and down arrows in the upper right corner. Keep pressing the down arrow until you see Set as New Defaults. 

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[itakexrays]

thank you

[Asglar]

I have same problem, on my Mac

MacOS ver. 10.12.1 (Sierra)

I cannot see where to configure default printing settings ?

I logon to printer LAN website - cannot find it.

I need the printer NOT to print 2-sided as default.

I cannot configure default settings from computer printer menu.

Please help

[MKazi]

@Asglar

Thanks for reaching out to us on HP Support Forums. 🙂 I read your post and understand that you have an HP OfficeJet 8600 printer and would like the printer not to print 2-sided as default. I'd like to help you with this case. 

I suggest you to refer to this link which contains detailed steps changing print settings in Mac (including duplex printing): http://hp.care/2gL7XWK

If you do not find the options for duplex printing in your Mac then please reset the printing system by viewing this video: http://hp.care/2gLf5lO

Once the printing system is reset,you may look for the duplex printing option again. Let me know how it goes. Cheers!