{"id":195,"date":"2013-06-04T15:17:13","date_gmt":"2013-06-04T15:17:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cartridgegreen.ie\/cms\/?p=195"},"modified":"2014-03-14T15:18:30","modified_gmt":"2014-03-14T15:18:30","slug":"seeing-things-from-both-sides-all-you-need-to-know-about-duplex-printing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cartridgegreen.ie\/cms\/seeing-things-from-both-sides-all-you-need-to-know-about-duplex-printing\/","title":{"rendered":"Seeing Things From Both Sides \u2013 All You Need To Know About Duplex Printing"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Duplex printing<\/strong>\u00a0is a feature of\u00a0computer printers<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0multifunction printers<\/a>\u00a0(MFPs) that allows the automatic printing of a sheet of paper on both sides. Print devices without this capability can only print on a single side of paper, sometimes called\u00a0single sided printing<\/strong>. Consumer and low-to-medium volume office printers use a duplexing unit that reverses a piece of paper after the first side has been printed.<\/p>\n

Duplex print devices, depending on options, software, and printer settings, can print single-sided page to single-sided page (1:1) or double-sided page to double-sided page (2:2).<\/p>\n

Duplexed documents can be printed as if to be bound on either the short edge or the long edge. This functionality is mostly available on printers that come with a duplexer. It can be verified in the printers properties whether or not a specific printers supports the settings.<\/p>\n

Single sided printers can still print duplex jobs; however, the user has to manually turn the print job over and re-initialise the printing of the document. In that process it is important to determine which edge and side the printer prints on. If the pages are re-initialised on the wrong side and print face the printing will occur on the wrong direction. A simple print test is required to define the print face by writing a letter on a blank sheet and running it through the printer.<\/p>\n

Whether at\u00a0work<\/a>, school, church, or elsewhere, printing on both sides of\u00a0paper<\/a>\u00a0ensures that you cut your paper use nearly in half. This protects forests, avoids pollution, and saves money.<\/p>\n

\u00a0How to encourage double-sided printing in your office<\/h1>\n