My 8710 is defaulting to Double-sided printing. How do you stop that?

[kujayhawk89]

I've searched and searched the boards, but all the postings are older and the illustrations don't seem to match.  I'm running Mac OS Ventura 13.3.1 on my 2021 MacBook Pro.  My HP 8710 keeps defaulting to double-sided printing.  I can't get it to go back to single sided at all times, unless I need double-sided.  Can someone help me to get the default set to 1-sided printing again??  Sorry for the dumb question.  As noted, all the comments I've seen on this are from 3-6 years ago.

Thanks in advance for any feedback!

[A_Gayathri]

Hi @kujayhawk89,

Welcome to the HP Support Community

I understand you are facing an issue with your HP Office Jet Pro 8710  you want to stop Double-sided printing. Not to worry I will help you to get a resolution to resolve the issue.

Click here and follow the steps 

Print on both sides (duplexing) To print on both sides of the page (Windows) 1. 

Load paper in the input tray. For more information, see the Load paper. 

2. From your software, select Print. 

3. Make sure your printer is selected. 

4. Click the button that opens the Properties dialog box. Depending on your software application, this button might be called Properties, Options, Printer Setup, Printer Properties, Printer, or Preferences. NOTE: To set print settings for all print jobs, make the changes in the HP software. For more information on the HP software, see Printer management tools. 

5. On the Printing Shortcut tab, select the Two-sided (Duplex) Printing shortcut. To change other print settings, click the other tabs. For more printing tips, see Tips for successful printing. NOTE: If you change the paper size, be sure to load the correct paper in the input tray and set the paper size on the printer control panel.

 6. Click OK to close the Properties dialog box.

 7. Click Print or OK to begin printing.

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I hope this helps! Keep me posted. 

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