topic PIXMA MX870 How do I correct odd page upside down while duplex printing? in Desktop Inkjet Printers

PIXMA MX870 How do I correct odd page upside down while duplex printing?

RMIGHTY1 — Thu, 20 Mar 2025 19:30:24 GMT

My MX870 prints every other page upside down while printing a catalog in duplex mode. How can I correct this? The catalog was written using MSWord 2007. Obviously, I can manually duplex the catalog. I am praying there is a solution to be able to automatically duplex.

Thank you.

Re: How do I correct odd page upside down while duplex printing?

Michael — Sun, 07 Apr 2013 15:49:01 GMT

Hello RMIGHTY1.

When you enable the duplex printing option, please choose the Page Setup tab in the printer settings. Then change the 'Stapling' setting to the desired 'Short-side'. This should correct the way the duplex printing is performed. The default option is Long-side left.

Re: How do I correct odd page upside down while duplex printing?

RMIGHTY1 — Sun, 07 Apr 2013 20:23:00 GMT

Thank you Michael for your response. I have tried that and it did not work. What I did do however is d/l and install the latest driver from the Canon website. Upon installation of the driver, windows7 automatically also installed their driver having a "WS" suffix. That driver did the trick and it is now duplex printing for me just fine. Thank you again for your response.

Re: How do I correct odd page upside down while duplex printing?

montyrosen — Tue, 21 May 2013 12:16:19 GMT

After 3 days of futile efforts to solve odd page upside printing in duplex print. The problem was solved as follows:

Go to the print menu

1. Go to quick setup

select "Preview - Duplex - Paper size - Orientation [make sure document and printer orientation are the same}

2. select "page setup "

on page layout select "normal size print" - "duplex automatic" - "stapling left side"

Print area setup "select - used reduced printing" Selection of " use reduced printing" is the key to solving the problem

3. Problem solved

Re: How do I correct odd page upside down while duplex printing?

yorkyeshine — Sat, 16 Apr 2016 12:49:54 GMT

Please, Please, can someone tell me if there is a setting to beable to change my canon Pixma 5650 from printing my alternate pages upside down.

Re: How do I correct odd page upside down while duplex printing?

CanonAE1 — Mon, 17 Oct 2016 18:57:19 GMT

Thank you a million for your tme and your awesome sharing. After many times of unsuccessful tries of printing all of sudden I met your solution here and it solved the problem perfectly. I appreciate you again for your awesome sharing. All my bests.

Re: How do I correct odd page upside down while duplex printing?

larrymummey — Thu, 23 Feb 2017 00:35:22 GMT

Solution didn't work for me

Re: How do I correct odd page upside down while duplex printing?

dbrunt — Wed, 19 Dec 2018 03:16:59 GMT

Thank you montyrosen!

This solved my duplex upside-down-reversed problem on MG7520 in 30 seconds!!