HP 9020 series inability to print double sided on legal 14.5” x 8.5” paper?

[Sycamore74]

Inability of 9020 series to print double sided on legal size paper 8.5” x 14.5”. Is there a fix?

[A_Gayathri]

Hi @Sycamore74 ,

Welcome to The HP Support Community.  

Thank you for posting your query, I will be glad to help you.

I understand the HP OfficeJet Pro 8035e and the HP OfficeJet 9020 series printers do not support automatic duplex (double-sided) printing on legal-size paper (8.5” x 14”). These printers can print double-sided automatically for certain paper sizes, like letter size (8.5” x 11”), but not for legal-size.

However, you can still manually print double-sided on legal-size paper by following these steps:
 

Manual Duplex Printing on macOS:

Open the Print Dialog:

• Open the document you want to print.
• Go to File > Print.

Select Printer and Paper Size:

• Make sure your HP OfficeJet Pro 8035e or 9020 series printer is selected.
• Choose the Legal (8.5” x 14”) paper size.

Enable Manual Duplex:

• In the Print dialog box, look for the Layout or Print Settings section (you might need to click Show Details).
• Under the Two-Sided option, select Off (for manual duplexing).

Print Odd Pages First:

• Choose to print only Odd pages first.
• Click Print.

Flip the Paper:

• Once the odd pages are printed, take the printed pages, flip them, and place them back into the printer’s input tray.

Print Even Pages:

• Go back to the Print dialog box, and now choose to print only the Even pages.
• Click Print to complete the double-sided printing process.

While this is a manual process, it allows you to print double-sided on legal paper when the printer’s automatic duplex feature does not support that size.
 

Refer to this document: HP OfficeJet Pro 8035e All-in-One Printer Product specifications
HP OfficeJet Pro 9020 All-in-One Printer series Product specifications
 

I hope this helps. 

Take care and have a good day.

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