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HP Deskjet Printers - How to Print with the Two-sided Printing Accessory

Introduction
Configuring the Windows system to automatically print two-sided documents
Printing using the two-sided printing accessory

Introduction

The two-sided printing accessory provides automatic two-sided printing capability. If there is no two-sided printing accessory, two-sided documents can still be printed using the manual method.
The two-sided printing accessory is compatible with the following HP Deskjet series printers:
Product
Part number
Printer compatible
Figure : HP Automatic Two-Sided Printing Accessory
C8955A
HP Deskjet 5150 color inkjet printer.
HP Deskjet 5151 color inkjet printer
HP Deskjet 5145 color inkjet printer
HP Deskjet 5650 color inkjet printer
HP Deskjet 5652 color inkjet printer
HP Deskjet 5652 color inkjet printer
HP Deskjet 5850 color inkjet printer
Figure : HP Automatic Two-Sided Printing Accessory
Q5712A
HP Deskjet 6520 color inkjet printer
HP Deskjet 6540 color inkjet printer
HP Deskjet 6543 color inkjet printer
HP Deskjet 6620 color inkjet printer
HP Deskjet 6840 color inkjet printer
HP Deskjet 6843 color inkjet printer

Installing the two-sided printing accessory

Follow the steps below to install the two-sided printing accessory:
  1. Turn off the printer.
  2. Push the two latch handles on the printer rear access door toward each other, then remove the door.
    Figure : Removing the rear door of the printer
  3. Insert the two-sided printing accessory in the back of the printer until both sides snap into place.
    Figure : Inserting the two-sided printing accessory
  4. Turn the printer on.

Configuring the Windows system to automatically print two-sided documents

There are different methods of enabling two-sided printing accessory:
  1. During printing installation
    Two-sided printing is automatically enabled during printer installation if YES is selected when the question Do you have a two-sided printing module? displays during the installation process.
  2. Three-Tab Toolbox
    1. Right-click the Taskbar Printer icon.
    2. Select the Services table.
    3. Click the Service this device button.
    4. Select the Configuration tab.
    5. Click the Automatic Two-Sided Printing Module box.
    6. Click Apply.

Printing using the two-sided printing accessory

HP Deskjet 5100, 5600 and 5850 series printers

  1. Replace the rear access door with the two-sided printing module.
  2. Open the file to be printed.
  3. Click File, then Print.
  4. Open the Properties dialog box.
  5. Select the Finishing tab.
  6. Click Print on Both Sides..
    Figure : Windows Properties dialog box
  7. Deselect the Automatic checkbox, then do one of the following:
    • For book binding, verify Flip Pages Up is not selected.
    • For tablet binding, select Flip Pages Up.
  8. Change any other desired print settings, then click OK to print the document. The printer will pause before printing the second side of the document to allow the first side time to dry.

HP Deskjet 6500, 6620 and 6840 series printers

  1. Replace the rear access door with the two-sided printing module.
  2. Open the file to be printed, then open the printer Properties dialog box.
  3. Click the Printing Shortcuts tab, and then click Two-sided, duplex, printing (see Figure below).
    Figure : Windows Properties dialog box
  4. In the Print on both sides drop-down list, click Automatically (see Figure above).
  5. Select any other print settings wanted, and then click OK.
  6. The printer will print the first side of the page, then, the printer pauses while the ink dries. When the ink is dry, the paper is pulled back into the duplexer and the reverse side of the page is printed.
    note:
    Do not remove the paper from the printer until both sides of the page have been printed.

Media support

  1. Paper
    • U.S. Letter 216 x 279 mm (8.5 x 11 inches)
    • Executive 184 x 267 mm ( 8.5 x 10.5 inches)
    • A4 210 x 297 mm
    • A5 148 x 210 mm
    • B5 182 x 257 mm
  2. Cards
    • 127 x 203 mm (8.5 x 11 inches)
    • 102 x 152 mm (7.25 x 10.5 inches)
    • A6: 105 x 148.5 mm
    • Hagaki: 100 x 148 mm
    • L size: 89 x 127 mm
  3. Second Paper Tray
    • U.S. Letter 8.5 x 11 inches (216 x 279 mm)
    • U.S. Legal 8.5 x 14 inches (216 x 356 mm)
    • U.S. Executive: 7.25 x 10.5 inches (184 x 267 mm)
    • ISO A4 8.27 x 11.7 inches (210 x 297 mm)
    • JIS B5 7.2 x 10.1 inches (182 x 257 mm)
    • Cards: up to 160 g/m2 (90 lb index maximum)

Minimum printing margins

Media size
Left and Right Margins
Top and Bottom Margins
Letter and Executive
6.4 mm (0.25 inch)
11.7 mm (0.46 inch)
A4
3.4 mm (0.134 inch)
11.7 mm (0.46 inch)
A5, B5, 5 x 8-inch Card, and user-defined size
3.17 mm (0.125 inch)
11.7 mm (0.46 inch)

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