3-Hole Punch Paper and Double Sided Printing

[tigerrr]

Loading 3 hole punch paper with holes on the right.  Printer set to duplex flip on long side.  Printing document with one page the holes end up correctly on the left side of the paper.  Printing document with 2 pages, the holes end up incorrectly on the right side as the printer prints page 2 FIRST!  So page 2 has holes on the left and the flip side, page 1, has holes on the right.  

Really HP?  I see this has been a longtime problem and the only solutions I have seen involve MANUALLY flipping the paper.  I haven't tried 3 pages, etc. to see what happens with longer documents as I am printing emails for a file and they are mostly short.  (Yes, I know, paper, sigh...  Condo Association where people are not capable of or willing to use technology, so don't blame me or suggest options people.)

[Jay_G24]

Hi @tigerrr,

I'd like to help!

What's the application you are trying to print from? Have you tried printing from a different application or devices? 

Meanwhile, try using the binding orientation in the printer settings.

For instructions, you may refer to -Print Driver Settings Guide (Windows)

Hope this helps! Keep me posted. 

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