How to STOP default two sided printing

This worked perfectly thank you so much! i could not find out what the problem was and everyone else's answer was far more complex than what the real solution is. All you need to do is go back to the default settings and everything is back to normal (:

The action via CUPS changes the driver default. So you can view the result by opening a document to print and with the driver selected, check the respective menu used by the driver for two sided and single sided printing. If it is still set to two sided, then your changes via the CUPS web interface did not work for this driver.

This did not work for me. When I went into the setting on the CUPS page the default was already set to one-sided. I tried saving those settings anyways, didn't work. Tried changing it to a different setting, saved it, then changing it back and saving it again, still didn't work. I have been to the webpage connected to my printer and that was also set to one-sided. I can't find any way to fix this problem, and it's very annoying. I usually remember to change it to one sided before printing, but sometimes I don't. I'm not allowed to print front and back for school, so I just have to throw it away and end up wasting paper and ink. Very frustrating, anyone have any other suggestions?

KAJ528 wrote:

This did not work for me. When I went into the setting on the CUPS page the default was already set to one-sided.

If the printer is already showing 1-sided in CUPS, but not via some application print dialog, then are you sure you are looking at the same printer or at the correct menu? CUPS is the core printing system of OS X so what you see here will be shown in the print dialog.

KAJ528 wrote:

I have been to the webpage connected to my printer and that was also set to one-sided. I can't find any way to fix this problem, and it's very annoying.

The settings in the printer will be invoked when there is no over-riding command. This is often the case with text-based printing, such as from the command line or from mainframe systems. In the case where a print job is sent from an operating using a supported driver, then these printer defaults will be over-rided.

KAJ528 wrote:

I'm not allowed to print front and back for school, so I just have to throw it away and end up wasting paper and ink. Very frustrating, anyone have any other suggestions?

What brand and model of printer do you have? I would like to install the supporting driver to determine what is happening for you.

PAHU I just want to say thank you, you're the man! I've had several techs in the office the past 2 weeks and no one could figure this out. Your solution from the first page worked perfectly.

Now since you seem to have the knowledge, is there some sort of way – other than by sharing the printer on the network – to package up these driver settings and install to the other macs in the office? Or even possibly to run a script that can go through these steps for each computer? I've had about 10 people so far and I anticipate they'll all be back after they waste their first ream of paper mistakenly printing 2-sided.

csmackey wrote:

Now since you seem to have the knowledge, is there some sort of way – other than by sharing the printer on the network – to package up these driver settings and install to the other macs in the office?

Your ability to achieve the desired result will depend on the printer driver. If it is not already installed on the other Mac's, then depending on its install process, it may not be easy to package it with the modified PPD from this Mac to install on other Mac's.

But if the printer driver is already installed on the other Mac's then all need to do is copy the modified PPD from this Mac to the other Mac's. In case you're not aware, every printer that is created on the Mac has a PPD - Postscript Printer Description. When you use the CUPS web page to change the default setting for a printer the menus you see are from the PPD for that printer. And this PPD resides in a hidden directory > /private/etc/cups/ppd. So once you locate the supporting PPD you can copy it and then replace the current PPD for the same printer on the other Mac's to get the same default setting - assuming the printer driver is already installed on these Mac's.

I FINALLY found a really simple solution on mine…not sure if it is printer dependent but I went into the print menu and then under "copies and pages" selected "xerox" and it gave me the option to change double sided to single sided.

I tried PAHU suggestion but the two-sided settings was already turned off.

Used suggestion from Linc Davis

And it worked!

I have OS X Yosemite

Choose "Show Presets" from the Presets pop-up menu.

Select “Reset Presets Menu to ‘Default Settings’ After Printing."

Thanks to Linc Davis !

Since 'migrating' from a PC to Mac recently, this has been driving my nuts, too, but I think I finally figured it out! To get around the '2-sided default', I had to set a NEW PRESET, which is thankfully easy to do. (I am using an HP 8600 All-in-One printer - hopefully yours has similar options). When the print dialog came up:

1. I Clicked on the 'Copies & Pages' bar; from the list, I chose 'Layout'.

2. There is a 2-sided option at the bottom of that box; click on arrows & select 'Off'.

3. Go back to the bar at the top that now says, 'Layout' and return to the 'Copies & Pages' tab.

4. Click on 'Black & White' & it will take you to a drop-down menu. Choose 'Save current settings as Preset'.

It 'named' the preset for me & I just left mine 'Black & White 1' which is easy to remember it's for single-sided in B & W; I also created a

Color 1, for 1-sided color copying.

5. Each time I print, I click on the 'Black & White' tab & choose the 'Black & White 1' or 'Color 1' preset to have 1-sided copies.

A little bit of a pain, but not too bad. It will become routine pretty quickly. 🙂 Hope that helps!

If you're using InDesign go under File - Print Presets - Define - Edit - make sure you have the "Default" highlighted, then push the printer.... button at the bottom and then select your printer in the pull down menu.... change your settings depending on your printer - Konica has the layout / finish. Simply click okay and your preset will be whatever you have chosen.

This worked, but with a few tweaks. Under OS 10.12, I did not have to enter the terminal command to change the settings at http://localhost:631. However, after making the changes, a dropdown asked for the username and password for the admin account on my computer (MacBook Pro 2013) in order to save the changes as the Default.

So when mine does the same thing with a brother it must be the printer driver? Was working fine yesterday and prints fine on the other printers. The iMac and the other MacBook Pro are having no issues today. All it needs, and all he asked was how you unset the default being double sided.