My printer is capable of printing 2 sided but the option remains off on my mac print preferences. How do i turn it on? It's greyed out and i can't select it?

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My printer is capable of printing 2 sided but the option remains off on my mac print preferences. How do i turn it on? It's greyed out and i can't select it?

It doesn't matter if I'm in Pages, Firefox, Preview etc, it's never available. I have to email documents to my father to print from his computer (the same printer I'm connected to) so he can use the 2 sided function. I don't get it. Why can't i select 2 sided?

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Posted on Jun 9, 2020 4:06 PM

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Barney-15E

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Jun 9, 2020 8:16 PM in response to VeronicaPMU

Is there anything in Printers & Scanners System Prefs under the Options & Supplies button? Some printers have settings for when a function is a separate option for the device.

If you are using the AirPrint driver, see if the printer company has another driver. Or, if using the manufacturer driver, try the AirPrint driver.

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Jun 9, 2020 9:16 PM in response to Barney-15E

Thankyou for your reply. 2 sided printing does appear in the Printers and scanners presets but i can't select it or change it. Do you know how to change the presets?

I'm connecting to the printer through our home wifi. I've uninstalled the Epson Driver and restarted the computer, then reinstalled the driver but still no change.

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Barney-15E

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Jun 10, 2020 4:50 AM in response to VeronicaPMU

I’m not speaking of the presets nor anything else on a print dialog.

It would be in the System Preferences under the Options & Supplies button. If your printer has “presets” there, I’ve never seen that.

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My printer is capable of printing 2 sided but the option remains off on my mac print preferences. How do i turn it on? It's greyed out and i can't select it?

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