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Old 02-17-2007
Steve Urbach
 

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Re: Duplex printing bug head to toe - HP printer
On Fri, 16 Feb 2007 07:42:08 -0800, Saving
<Saving@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>Huh, not sure what you're driving at there Steve?
>The Windows Vista driver has a setting of "Flip Pages Up" under the
>Finishing section of the Printing Preferences. When this is set the duplex is
>supposed to be lengthwise and when it isn't it's widthwise. The problem I'm
>having is the printer will not print anything other than lenghtwise duplex.

Interesting :^)
I have no "finishing" settings.
Duplex offers 3 choices: None, Long, short.
This is consistent among my printers.
Maybe this is a international (non-USA) thing?

>Cheers
>
>Nigel
>
>"Steve Urbach" wrote:
>
>>
>> Weird!
>> Both my duplex capable printers use the terms:
>> My HP Deskjet:
>> "Flip on long edge" and "Flip on short edge"
>> The terms do not change when I change the print processor setting for
>> the printer from: "Winprint" to "hpzpplhn"
>>
>> My other printer is a Brother MFC8820DN
>>
>> Both print Portrait mode Long edge flip properly.
>> (sometimes refereed to as Long edge Binding)
>>
>>
>> On Fri, 16 Feb 2007 01:08:08 -0800, Saving
>> <Saving@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>>
>> >Hi,
>> >I have an HP Officejet 6110 which is using the Vista built in driver (there
>> >is no driver from HP). I have the duplex unit attached but Vista refuses to
>> >allow me to print duplex in Portrait with the pages back to back. Instead it
>> >insists on printing "Flip up pages" i.e. the pages are head to toe so you
>> >read the first page and flip it lengthwise instead of widthwise. There is a
>> >setting "Flip Pages Up" which is supposed to control this but it has no
>> >effect. I have seen other people with different HP printers but the same
>> >problem (google). Apparently it does work correctly in landscape but I
>> >haven't tried that.
>> >I do try not to print things out often but when I do I use duplex so this is
>> >painful.
>> >Are there any plans to fix the driver or any workarounds (no manual duplex
>> >is not a workaround by the way!)
>> >
>> >Thanks in advance
>> >
>> >Saving

>>

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