Turn off double sided printing Excel on Mac using HP office jet pro 8600

[Trickey75]

I see loads of forums re this problem but with no real solution.  

I have an HP officejet Pro 8600 plus.  I used to have a smaller HP but never had this problem.

I agree that in word you get the box to untick if you don't want double sided printing. BUT when in Excel you do not get the same printer option and I cannot find anywhere to stop it printing double sided from Excel.  This is so annoying.

Can anyone help please?

Thanks in advance

[ShlomiL · Accepted solution]

Hi,
Please follow the steps below to dosable two-sided printing:

From  Excel, click the File menu and select Print. The Print window appears.
NOTE: The Print window might be minimized. Click on Show Details to see all available settings.

Click the Copies & Pages within the print dialog.

Select Layout from the drop-down menu.

Set the Two-Sided option as Off

You may save the settings for future use by clicking Presets > Save Current Settings as Preset... Any used preset will remain default till another preset will be used.

Regards,
Shlomi

[Trickey75]

Thank you so much yes it worked!  so simple but just couldn't find. really appreciate it.

[patricewith6]

This is driving me nuts! Somehow the preset is now for double sided printing - which I never want - and I can't get it to reset to single. You wrote:

"You may save the settings for future use by clicking Presets > Save Current Settings as Preset... Any used preset will remain default till another preset will be used."

but there is no "presets" or "save current settings as preset"

[billincolo]

The solution presented did not work for me

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@ShlomiL wrote:

Hi,
Please follow the steps below to dosable two-sided printing:

From  Excel, click the File menu and select Print. The Print window appears.
NOTE: The Print window might be minimized. Click on Show Details to see all available settings.

Click the Copies & Pages within the print dialog.

Select Layout from the drop-down menu.

Set the Two-Sided option as Off

You may save the settings for future use by clicking Presets > Save Current Settings as Preset... Any used preset will remain default till another preset will be used.

Regards,
Shlomi

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[wandering]

Tried all of the suggestions...turned off 2 sided printing options in excel and hp printer sys pref...downloaded latest driver...tried to uncheck duplex printing box in system preferences still no success with turning off this problem. 

Finally I found this web page and then this youtube tutorial and followed the steps and it worked:

https://www.ivanexpert.com/blog/2017/03/turning-off-double-sided-printing-by-default-on-a-mac/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOtD5iZTojg

Hope this helps others that have this problem.  It appears to be a Macintosh system preferences issue but it is totally unacceptable that HP tech support is unable to resolve this issue or to direct users to this solution!

Shame on you HP!