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How do I stop double sided or 2-sided printing on my Canon MF8300C

frose530
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I saw some replies for another MF series printer, but the instructions did not make sense to me.  I have gone through EVERY possible option in the print dialog boxes.  I think this is something set on the printer itself somehow.  

 

  THe weird thing is that on my old computer with the same printer, I had an option in the Print dialog box for "Finishing."  That allowed me to specify (and obviously I could save that setting in a preset).  But, with my new computer and new download of the drivers, etc., "Finishing" is not on the drop down menu.  I do see Basic (which someone mentioned in a post), but that doesn't deal with 2 sided printing.

 

Please help!!

 

Thanks,


Cameron

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Went through the steps and it worked!

Thanks gcervo for this.  However, this does not work my my MF733CDW printer.  There is no such option listed.  I can get to the administration menus, however nothing works.

 

Canon, you should be ashamed of your products with this.  I can't believe the poor quality of your products and support.  I have been on hold waiting for well over an hour this time - and this is the third attempt.  I've never ever been able to contact anyone.  This is not documented anywhere, and yet it's a known issue.  It's unfortunate that Canon is tarnishing the name and reputation with shoddy development and non-existent support such as this.  I suppose Canon finally got removed from my "approved vendors" list.  You know it's bad when Dell support is better than you, and you've hit that mark squarely Canon.

Hi there, I keep trying to change defaults using this CUPS thing, and it asks for a login.  I've used my computer login, my printer login, and even called my work's support line to get them to try the administrator login for my system.  I've tried 3 different browsers.  None of them work!!!!  ACK......so....... close.........  But, still can't change my defaults.  I'm on a Mac on Big Sur operating system v 11.1.  Any advice?

Doesn't work with MacOS 11 and MF445dw: General has only a Page Size drop down -- no Print Style menu.

 

EDIT: Print Style is in the FInishing section (not General). Setting it to 1-sided Printing, and then clicking Set Default Options underneath and entering my MacOS login, changed the setting there, but (after a power cycle) didn't change the behavior of the printer. I still can't get 1-sided printing.

I have an iMac and just upgraded to Calalina v 10.15.7.  Previously my OLD Imageclass D480 worked fine, but after the upgrade it only printed double sided.  I knew it was the driver, as I can copy single sided just fine.  I realize this post is about a different printer, but the instructions worked!!  i had to poke around a little bit as the layout of the utility is a little different, but I found it and am delighted that my 13 year old printer is alive and well.  gcervo, thank you very much for sharing this info, I have spent hours on this before I saw your post.

Try this: WIndows 10 OS

  • Settings > Devices >  Canon MF8300C > Manage > Printer Properties >  Advanced > Printing Defaults > Finishing > Print Style (Choose 1-sided Printing) > Apply > OK

It worked for me; hope it works with yours.

 

Cheers!

 

Artnkman, thank you! Have been dealing with this issue for a year + on Win 10

Thanks. this helped me also.............eugene

I am not sure if it is because i am running macOS 10.13.2 or if it is because the drivers arent correct but when i attempt to click on the settings in the layout I cant adjust them... Another thing that i noticed is there isnt a way to add more layouts if i so chose. Unclear if the issue is the mac side or if it is maybe a printer side. But i also notice my printer is MF216n model so unclear if my model has double sided printing.

I am not sure if it is because i am running macOS 10.13.2 or if it is because the drivers arent correct but when i attempt to click on the settings in the layout I cant adjust them... Another thing that i noticed is there isnt a way to add more layouts if i so chose. Unclear if the issue is the mac side or if it is maybe a printer side. But i also notice my printer is MF216n model so unclear if my model has double sided printing.

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