HP Deskjet 5650 Printer series - two-sided printing

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two-sided printing

Use one of the following methods to print two-sided documents:

manual two-sided printing

automatic two-sided printing (duplexing)

manual two-sided printing

printing instructions

Follow these steps to print a two-sided document manually:

1. Open the

Printer Properties

dialog box.

2. Select the

Finishing

tab.

3. Select

Print on Both Sides

.

4. Deselect the

Automatic

checkbox, then do one of the following:

For book binding: Verify that

Flip Pages Up

is

not

selected.

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1. landscape 2. portrait

For tablet binding: Select

Flip Pages Up

.

1. landscape 2. portrait

5. Select any other desired print settings, then click

OK

.

The printer prints the odd-numbered pages first.

6. Once the odd-numbered pages have printed, reload the paper, with the printed side

facing up, according to the binding type and orientation selected:

Book binding with portrait orientation: Reload the paper as shown below:

Book binding with landscape orientation: Reload the paper as shown below:

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Tablet binding with portrait orientation: Reload the paper as shown below:

Tablet binding with landscape orientation: Reload the paper as shown below:

7. Click

Continue

to print the even-numbered pages.

automatic two-sided printing (requires accessory)

To print a two-sided document automatically, the

Two-Sided Printing Accessory

(duplexer)

must be attached to the printer.

The Two-Sided Printing Accessory (duplexer) only supports certain media types. For a list
of supported media types, see the documentation that came with the accessory.

Use

manual two-sided printing

to print on an unsupported media type.

printing instructions

Follow these steps to print a two-sided document automatically:

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1. Open the

Printer Properties

dialog box.

Select the

Finishing

tab.

2. Select

Print on Both Sides

.

3. Verify that the

Automatic

checkbox is selected.

4. Do one of the following:

To automatically resize each page to match the document's onscreen layout:
Select

Preserve Layout

.

Not selecting this option may result in unwanted page breaks.

To not resize each page to fit two-sided margins: Verify that

Preserve Layout

is

not

selected.

5. Select a binding option:

For book binding: Verify that

Flip Pages Up

is

not

selected.

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1. landscape 2. portrait

For tablet binding: Select

Flip Pages Up

.

1. landscape 2. portrait

6. Select any other desired print settings, then click

OK

.

After the first side of the page is printed, the printer pauses while the ink dries. Once the
ink is dry, the paper is pulled back into the duplexer and the reverse side of the page is
printed.

Do not remove the paper from the duplexer until both sides of the page
have been printed.