2-sided Printing to a Canon IR 3220 (networked)
Hi all,
I'm trying to resolve a situation with my small office regarding 2-sided printing to a networked Canon IR 3220, as in the option for this in "layout" is greyed out and I cannot find anything that will allow me to turn it on despite the fact that the copier can in fact print 2-sided. I've combed through the discussion forum hoping to find an answer and have not been able to. Here's the specs:
Based on what i have read and examined on the printer, I do not have ImagePASS (no metal box close to the ethernet connection).
There are three computers that are networked to the 3220. One is an iMac running Tiger, one is an iMac running Leopard, and one is a Mac Mini running Snow Leopard.
All three computers have no issues actually printing to the 3220. We all regularly send jobs to there. The printer is currently being networked via Appletalk which i did by using the standard Print & Fax. In the "Default" list, the two forms of printing to the printer (Printer_S and Printer_D) appeared with a "kind" listing of "Appletalk", and i just picked that from the list.
Of the three computers, the Mac Mini running Snow Leopard used to be able to do 2-sided printing, but this option disappeared. I believe this is a driver issue. Initially, I believe i set all of the printers up using just the Generic Postscript option because the driver was not installed and full functionality of the printer specs were not essential to our use of it. The Mac Mini had an option with the Geneic Postscript to say "Duplex Printing" which my co-worked checked, which allowed the "Layout" option of "2-sided" to be not grayed out (although my memory on this is fuzzy - i may have picked a driver that was "close enough" that offered the Duplex option). On my computer running Leopard and my other coworker's computer running Tiger, there was no duplex checkbox option for the Generic Postscript, so we did not have the ability to print this way automatically.
Because of a separate issue concerning the ability to print on Tabloid paper that the Generic Postscript could not handle, I downloaded and installed the 3.40 driver found here: http://usa.canon.com/cusa/support/office/color_imagerunner_copiers/color_imageru nner_c3200_c3220_c2620/color_imagerunner_c2620_c3220#DriversAndSoftware
This resolved the issue of being able to print on tabloid (as well as other issues that we had just dealt with by workarounds), but this has also eliminated the Mac Mini from being able to print 2-sided directly anymore - now his option for 2-sided in the Layout menu of printing is always greyed out.
Is there another driver or something else that I need to do in order to make 2-sided printing functionality happen?
Thanks very much!
Cheers,
-darknotezero