RayD wrote:
> On Wed, 28 Mar 2007 09:07:04 -0400, Harry Krause
> <harry.krause@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Harry Krause wrote:
>>> RayD wrote:
>>>> On Wed, 28 Mar 2007 07:59:04 -0400, Harry Krause
>>>> <harry.krause@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Ram_aries wrote:
>>>>>> I'm having trouble as well with this printer. It is there but not,
>>>>>> so to speak.. I can print things from Word or other applications
>>>>>> with no troubles, but I go to print a photo via the Windows Vista
>>>>>> Photo Gallery & the printer isn't listed. I have tried everything to
>>>>>> get this thing installed correctly with no success.. Is anyone else
>>>>>> here having issues with the photo printing?
>>>>> Not that it is going to make you feel better, but I have a 2605,
>>>>> pretty much the same printer you have, and it printed a photo from
>>>>> Vista Photo Gallery just fine. I've got it hooked up as a network
>>>>> printer, running through a router.
>>>>
>>>> Harry I have the 2605 dtn also, are you able to duplex with the Vista
>>>> driver? I looked for a switch to turn it on but unsuccessful in
>>>> finding one.
>>>
>>> Ahh, my friend...you have forgotten the first rule:
>>>
>>> Make everything as difficult as possible.
>>>
>>> My guess is that you downloaded the Postscript driver from those two new
>>> drivers HP listed available for VISTA. Apparently that driver does not
>>> support duplex.
>>>
>>> Go back to the HP site and download the PCL 6 driver. With that one, if
>>> you go to Properties, then Finishing, you'll see a check box for duplex
>>> printing. It works.
>>>
>>> Don't feel bad. The only reason I know this is because I had the same
>>> problem!
>>>
>>> :>]
>>
>> Forgot...if you want to use duplex, you have to select the PCL printer.
>> The PS printer driver remains available. On my setup, the PCL driver is
>> called UP Universal Printing PCL 6 driver.
>
> Actually I did not download any other drivers. I just tried the PCL 6
> driver and it works. Thanks for the tip & advise. I can now duplex.
> Yahooo!


Duplexing is great...you use half the paper per project, but twice as
much toner...keeps HP's shareholders happy.

How do you like your 2605? Mine is fine, though I am disappointed with
the difficulties involved in setting up the printer to properly handle
the few #10 envelopes we send out every day.