11-17-2021 06:21 PM
Hi,
I have a Macbook Pro running Big Sur 11.3.1 and I've recently gotten an MF642Cdw printer. This thing prints EVERTHING 2-sided even though it's turned off. I saw an entry using the TextEdit app to manipulate the settings, however, in my version of macOS, the dialogs displayed in the example are not present.
It's infuriating to have to print doc's one page at a time.
How can I turn off 2-sided printing permanently. Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thank you!
- Phil
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11-18-2021 11:26 AM
11-18-2021 10:41 AM
Hello Phil,
Did you install the Big Sur drivers avaialble fro your product?
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You can also disable it from the Printer's menu:
<Menu> <Function Settings> <Printer> <Printer Settings> <2-Sided Printing> Select <Off> or <On>
~Rick
Bay Area - CA
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11-18-2021 10:55 AM
Thank you. I'll look into the newer driver. Also, do you know if the drive you referred to can be used on Montery? I'm planning an upgrade to it in the next few weeks.
Thank you for your time and feedback. Its greatly appreciated.
- Phil
11-18-2021 11:23 AM
The link above takes you to your products support portal.
Support and driver availability is broken down by OS.
~Rick
Bay Area - CA
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11-18-2021 11:26 AM
Thank you so very much Rick. Have a great day!
11-22-2021 10:37 AM
Hi Rick,
Hope all is well with you. I've installed the drivers and things are still the same.
The printer settiing itself has had 2-sided printing turned off all along. I found that setting day-1 when setting this up a few months back.
<Menu> <Function Settings> <Printer> <Printer Settings> <2-Sided Printing> Select <Off> or <On>
The setting above is compelely ignored by the software/firmware settings on the printer. It's a fake menu item. If it had worked, I suppose there'd be no need for this thread.
I might have to go back and resurrect my old HP and take the hit on the printer cartridges. The inability to turn off 2-sided prinitng is becoming a problem. I do a lot of Tech writing and produce fairly large documents and not being able to print them on sigle pages is getting old. Nothing works/
Thanks for your assistance Rick. Have a great Thanksgiving holiday.
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