2-Sided Printing

If your printer has 2‑sided printing capability, you can set printing preferences to print your jobs on both sides of the paper automatically.

  • 1-Sided Print: Prints on one side of the media. Use this option when printing on transparencies, envelopes, labels, or other media that cannot be printed on both sides.
  • 2-Sided Print: Prints the job on both sides of the paper to allow binding on the long edge of the paper. The following illustrations show the result for documents with portrait and landscape orientations, respectively:

These pages are printed 2-sided portrait orientation for binding on the long edge. These pages are printed 2-sided landscape with long-edge feed.

  • 2-Sided Print, Flip on Short Edge: Prints on both sides of the paper. The images print to allow binding on the short edge of the paper. The following illustrations show the result for documents with portrait and landscape orientations, respectively:

These pages are printed 2-sided portrait orientation for binding on the short edge. These pages are printed 2-sided landscape with short-edge feed.