How to Check and Use Duplex Printing in HP Printer?

Duplex printing means that printing on the both sides of paper. Most printers like HP offer the option to automatically print on both sides of a sheet of paper which is known as automatic duplex printing. Rather, other printers offer directions so that you can manually re-insert the pages to get print of other side which is known as manual duplex printing. If you want to use duplex printing in your HP printer then you need to first check whether your printer supports automatic duplex printing or not. For this, you can also contact HP Printer Support and take assistance from well-knowledgeable professionals. 

How to check HP printer supports automatic duplex printing?

• Under the main menu of word, click on the file tab and then tap on print.
• Now, click print one sided under the settings. If print on both sides is available, then your HP printer is set up for automatic duplex printing.  

Setup your HP printer to print on both sides of a sheet of paper

If your HP printer doesn’t support automatic duplex printing, then you have two other options to print on both sides of paper. Either you can choose manual duplex printing, or you can separately print the odd and even pages.

Print by using manual duplex method

If your printer doesn’t have automatic duplex printing feature, then in order to get print on both side of the page you need to first print one side of the paper. After that, you will be prompted to turn the stack over and feed the pages into your HP printer again.

In simple words, do the following:

• From the word menu, click on the File tab and then click print.
• Under the settings column click print on one sided and after that click manually print on both sides.
• Whenever you start printing, word will automatically prompt you to turn over the stack of paper to feed the pages into the printer again when the one side printing is done.

Use print odd and even pages method

You can also try to use this procedure to print on both sides of a paper: 

• From the word, click on the file tab and tap on print.
• Under settings column, click on print all pages. From the bottom of the gallery, click only print odd pages.
• At the top of the gallery, click on the print button.
• When the odd pages finish printing, flip the stack of pages over.
• After that under the settings, click on print all pages.
• Click only print even pages, from the bottom of the gallery.
• After that, tap on the print button at the top of the gallery to start printing on the second side of the page.

After trying these measures, you can easily check and use duplex printing in HP printer. However, if something goes wrong and you are seeing Printer in Error State issue with your printer, then we suggest you to take aid from ingenious professionals. They will not only resolve your issues, but also assist you to print both sides on paper.