HL-2270DW

FAQs & Troubleshooting

FAQs & Troubleshooting

Print on both sides of paper (Auto 2-sided/Duplex Printing for Mac OS X 10.4.11 or later users).

Please follow the instructions below to print on both sides of paper.
NOTE: The steps and screens may differ depending on the operating system being used.

 

A4, Letter, Legal or Folio size plain or recycled paper that has a weight of 60 - 105 g/m2 (16 - 28 lbs.) may be used for automatic 2-sided(duplex) printing. If you use paper that is not A4, Letter, Legal or Folio size, you cannot use automatic 2-sided(duplex) printing. Please use manual 2-sided(duplex) printing. For the detail instructions of manual 2-sided(duplex) printing, please refer to FAQ at the end of this page.

 


For Mac OS X 10.4.x users:

  1. Open the Print dialogue. 
    (Please refer to the instructions, "Change the printer driver settings (For Mac OS X)".)
  2. Choose "Layout" from the pop-up menu.
  3. If you want to enable 2-sided(Duplex) Printing, choose "Long-edged binding" or "Short-edged binding" in Two-Sided.
    If you want to disable 2-sided(Duplex) printing, choose "Off."
  4. Print dialog- Layout

  5. Choose "Paper Handling".
  6. Choose "All pages" in Print and click Print. You can print pages on both sides of the paper.
    Print dialog- Paper Handling

For Mac OS X 10.5.x or later users:

  1. Open the Print dialogue. 
    (Please refer to the instructions, "Change the printer driver settings (For Mac OS X)".)
  2. Choose "Layout" option from the print options pop-up menu.
  3. If you want to enable 2-sided(Duplex) Printing, choose "Long-edge binding" or "Short-edge binding" in Two-Sided. Automatically the Two-Sided check box is checked.
    If you want to disable 2-sided(Duplex) printing, choose "Off."
    Print dialog- Layout


  4. Choose "Paper Handling".
  5. Choose "All pages" in Pages To Print and click Print. You can print pages on both sides of the paper.
    Print dialog- Layout


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