How can I turn off the default double-sided printing on my HP OfficeJet Pro 8720?

[whippen]

How can I turn off the default double-sided printing on my HP OfficeJet Pro 8720?'

Thank you!

[ShlomiL · Accepted solution]

Hi,
Follow these steps to disable two sided printing:

Open the file you would like to print. From the File menu select Print. The Print window appears.

NOTE: The Print window might be minimized. Click the Show Details button to see all available settings.

Click the settings drop down, it will usually appear as the name of the program (e.g. TextEdit)
Will appear as Copies & Pages within Microsoft Office applications.

Select Layout from the drop-down menu.

Set the Two-Sided option as Off.

You may save the settings as a preset by clicking Presets > Save Current Settings as Preset...

By doing so and completing the print job these settings will remain default till another preset will be used in the future.

Regards,
Shlomi

[bgbevan]

There are a couple of steps that need to be added.

5.  When saving the preset, pick a name,  like “One-Sided” and then click “OK”.  The name, “One-Sided” should now display in the “Presets” menu.

6.  As a double-check, click on the “Presets” pull-down again and select “Show Presets”.  Make sure the “Resets Printing to Default Settings After Printing” IS NOT checked.  Click OK.

I couldn’t find any way to actually change the default setting.  The default profile will always remain as double-sided printing.  This procedure just builds another profile that replaces the default profile.