Cannot figure out how to print duplex with HP LaserJet 1320

Two-sided printing is usually chosen in the print dialog's 'Layout' panel. If those controls are disabled then perhaps the system doesn't know you hae a duplexer. You can check by going into Printer Setup Utility, selecting your printer, and then hitting the "Info button'. In the resulting window you will see aan 'installable options' panel.

I hope this helps.

I just bought an HP 1320 and have some advice for would-be and new buyers. On my main computer, a PowerMac G4 (with 10.4.2), I followed the HP instructions to the tee. Upon installing the Toolbox, I was prompted to restart. Did so, then was notified by OS X that it needed to fix security issues with the new startup items I had installed. I let it do that, it said I needed to restart, and did so. Upon restart, I was notified that the computer would be communicating with the printer and to let it do so. Clicked OK on that dialog box (the only option) and saw that "org.apache.catalina.startup.bootstrap" was running (with the icon of a Terminal command exec file). Let that go for a while (about an hour) and then saw that it was only using 0.5 percent of my CPU.

I decided to try to print, with no success (job stopped). Restarted jobs, it stopped again in a few seconds. Upon going to Common UNIX Printing System (CUPS) <http://localhost:631/printers>, found that "The process "usb" stopped unexpectedly with status 233." Cancelled the job, tried it again, job stopped. Fixed permissions, deleted the printer from Printer Setup Utility, readded it, tried printing again, job stopped for the same reason. Did this countless times with reboots and turning of the printer. Still no luck. Reinstalled the HP driver and toolkit. No luck.

Also tried printing with OS X's Generic Postscript Driver. Same problem: "The process "usb" stopped unexpectedly with status 233."

Than I remembered an open source HP driver for OS X, HPIJS <http://www.linuxprinting.org/macosx/hpijs/>. Installed EPS Gostscript then HPIJS Footmatic. Selected the HP LaserJet 1320 Footmatic as the driver, and the same problem happened upon printing: "The process "usb" stopped unexpectedly with status 233."

Now it was time to break out the iBook. I decided to plug the printer right in without the HP drivers. Printed like a charm (with Generic Postscript automatically selected by OS X). The problem was that I couldn't duplex with that driver. So, decided to install the open source driver since it supports the 1320, and it also works like a charm and duplexes (under Layout in the print dialog box). The other benefit I see in the open source driver (in addition to it actually working for me) is that it tells you what has gone wrong with the print job when it stops it.

So, I hope this helps those who want to duplex. If anyone knows how I can get my PowerMac to correctly print with the 1320, please let me know. Another thing - my PowerMac will no longer emit sound - not from the built-in speaker or to anything plugged into the headphone jack. Strange. I suspect it was the HP driver installation since my iBook's sound is fine.

More on duplexing on the HP LaserJet 1320:

On my iBook using the HPIJS driver <http://www.linuxprinting.org/macosx/hpijs/> I have successfully duplex printed PDFs from both Preview and Acrobat Pro 7.0.1. Good quality for both text and graphics (using the 600 dpi setting). With the HPIJS driver there does not seem to be a 1200 dpi setting.

I fixed my sound issue on my PowerMac from the previous post. The installation of the HP driver must have changed my sound preferences to have output going through my USB mic. I just changed it back to headphone jack and now it goes to my external speakers. It still cannot print to the HP LaserJet 1320 from my PowerMac G4, however. If anyone has ideas, please let me know.

-Ryan

Afternoon all,

I have been reading few posts about problems with the HP LaserJet 1320 and printing duplex, etc.

Does anyone know if these issues have been resolved with OSX 10.4.3?
We are thinking about purchasing a 1320 and would like to make sure it works.

Thanks,
Walt

Had same issue with a new 1320. This reply from HP support took care of it.
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Based on the details of the e-mail, we understand that within the Macintosh OS 10.4 environment a duplex option is not available for the HP Laserjet 1320 within the Installable Options dialog box.

Thank you for the description of the issue. While a variety of Installable Options are available for the Laserjet 1320 printer, it is necessary to select two-sided printing within the print dialog box. The duplexer for the Laserjet 1320 printer is not an available selection in the Installable Options menu. The following steps are provided to select two-sided printing with an open application:

1. Select Page Setup from the File menu.
2. Ensure the HP Laserjet 1320 is selected in the 'Format For:' drop down menu.
3. Click OK.
4. Click Print from the File menu.
5. Select Layout from the Copies & Pages drop down menu.
6. Select the appropriate binding option from the Two-Sided printing option.
7. Click Print.

I bought a 1320 a couple of months ago, and it has worked beautifully with all our machines (we have 5 macs in the house, one running 10.4, the rest 10.3). I did need to run the installer from the CD on each machine, and to get duplex printing, select two-sided printing on one of the print sub-menus. Rather than trying to find it each time, I saved that setting so it's available directly as an option on the print menu. On the print menu, there's a choice panel called presets which lets you save a combination of settings under a name of your choice.

I am having problems with my current printer under Panther and Tiger and I am thinking about buying a 1320. Did the setup work?
thanks,
trav

Yes, I am quite happy with the printer and would recommend it.

-Ed