Two sided printing with HP Laserjet P2055dn

[fvoss22]

I bought the HP Laserjet P2055dn because of its automatic 2 sided printing. This feature works just fine with PCs that are running Windows XP.

However, when I try to setup 2-sided printing from a PC with Windows 7 Professional (64 bit), it specifically says "2 sided printing (manual)"

How do I get back my automatic 2-sided printing option?

Thanks,

Fred

[HardCopy]

Hello fvoss22,

   I've seen this same issue with my printers (other HP printers) whereby the default setting to support the Duplexing hardware was set to 'off'.

  A quick method to check this is look at what the setting is for Duplex hardware in the Device Settings tab, and if it's not set, correct it.

  Printer Properties:

  From the 'Start' orb -> [Devices & Printers] -> right click on your Printer icon -> select 'Printer Properties' -> click on 'Device Settings' tab.

 You should see a dialog similar to the mine (attached): look for the 'Duplex unit (for 2-sided printing)' and see if it's set to "Not Installed":

    --> in either case, click on 'Not installed' and from the dropdown box, select 'Installed'... Click 'OK' to accept the changes and close the dialog.

Printing Preferences:

 again, right click on your Printer icon -> select 'Printing Preferences' -> click on 'Advanced' tab.

 -->Check to see if there is a 'Duplex Hardware' or '2-sided printing' option in here: mine doesn't show one but thougth I'd mention it nonetheless.

  Click on the 'Finishing' tab and select 'Print on both sides'...or simply test print a multi-page document and set those preferences on-the-fly.

  Hope it helps! 🙂

HardCopyTed

[fvoss22]

Ted,

I am away from the printer until the weekend. Will check out your suggestion then

Thanks!

Fred

[JHicks]

Wonderful!

Excellent!

Worked exactly as you described.

Thanks,

[KenshinLVB]

thanks alot, now  can print two side auto. :manvery-happy:

[bunmilaw4real]

how can i setup my hplaserjet p2055dn to print two sided printing

[bunmilaw4real]

two sied printing

[ARGAZ]

thanks .. it's work

[rosie805]

Thank you so very much for this post! It worked perfectly. We are back to two sided again!

[KevinT-Maryland]

Worked perfectly. Also noticed on the same 'Device Settings' menu the 'Automatic Configuration' was set to off. I set it to ON and it seemed to make the change to Duplex Unit: Installed. Not sure why this HP Printer is the only one that ive ever had this issue.