Duplex printing allows reports to use both sides of your paper. This option provides support for manual duplex printing for printers that do not support duplexing natively.

 

Below are the duplex printing windows with their use. Also see: Duplex Printing, Second Pass

 

 

 

Introduction

 

Back

 

When enabled, allows you to return to the previous question.

 

Next

 

Accept current option setting and continue to next question.

 

Finish

 

When enabled, accepts options and begins printing process.

 

Cancel

 

Cancel duplex print request and return to viewer.

 

Help

 

Open this help file.

 

 

 

 

Hand Feed

 

Yes or No

 

Some printers do not feed correctly with pages that have already been printed. You can elect to feed second pass sheets one at a time if preferred... see: Duplex Printing: Second Pass

 

 

 

 

Printed Page Order

 

Yes or No

 

If you select No for manually feeding the second pass you must indicate the page order of the report after it has completed pass one.

 

Most laser printers result in a natural page order where page one(1) is seen as the first readable page. Occasionally a printer reverses the natural page order leaving page one(1) face up on the bottom of the stack.

 

If you have a printer that prints page one(1) face up with page two(2) face up on top... then answer Yes to this prompt.

 

 

 

 

Paper Tray Orientation

 

Yes or No

 

This question is used to set the proper printing sequence during the first pass to result in a natural page order once the second pass is completed.

 

This is asking which side of the paper, as it is placed in the tray, is actually used during printing.  For most printers the answer will be No meaning the side of the paper you see in the paper tray, whether laying down or standing up, is not the side that is printed.  If your printer does not follow this method, answer Yes.

 

 

 

 

Finish

 

To begin printing, click this button. You will be prompted when it is time to begin the second printing pass.

 

Keep in mind that your program will probably be ready well before your printer is ready.

 

 

 

Duplex Printing, Second Pass