HP Deskjet 6988dt Printer - Automatic two-sided printing

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Automatic two-sided printing

To print a two-sided document automatically, one of the following accessories must be
attached to the printer:

Automatic Two-Sided Printing Accessory

Auto Two-Sided Print Accessory with Small Paper Tray

The two-sided printing accessories only support certain paper types. For a list of
supported paper types, see the documentation that came with the accessory.
If a two-sided printing accessory is not attached to the printer or you are printing on an
unsupported paper type, use

manual two-sided printing

.

Binding type

Select the type of binding that you want for the two-sided document, and then follow the
steps for that binding:

Book binding

Tablet binding

Note

Book binding is the most common type of binding.

Book binding

Follow these steps to print a two-sided document with a book binding:
1.

Open the

Printer Properties

dialog box.

2.

Click the

Printing Shortcuts

tab, and then click

Two-sided, duplex, printing

in the

drop-down list.

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3.

In the

Print on both sides

drop-down list, click

Automatically

.

4.

Select any other print settings that you want, and then click

OK

.

After the first side of the page is printed, the printer pauses while the ink dries. When the
ink is dry, the paper is pulled back into the duplexer and the reverse side of the page is
printed.
Do not remove the paper from the printer until both sides of the page have been printed.

Tablet binding

Follow these steps to print a two-sided document with a tablet binding:
1.

Open the

Printer Properties

dialog box.

2.

Click the

Finishing

tab.

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3.

Select the

Print on both sides

check box.

4.

Select the

Automatic

check box.

5.

Select the

Preserve layout

check box.

6.

Select the

Flip pages up

check box.

7.

Select any other print settings that you want, and then click

OK

.

After the first side of the page is printed, the printer pauses while the ink dries. When
the ink is dry, the paper is pulled back into the duplexer and the reverse side of the
page is printed.
Do not remove the paper from the printer until both sides of the page have been
printed.