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Q: How to STOP default two sided printing

I have a macbook air (2013) and a Canon 8350 all in one laser printer...it ALWAYS defaults to two sided printing and I NEVER want to print two sided as I print for business and have no use for it...I often forget to uncheck it and thus end up wasting paper and ink.

 

I have looked through all the settings and cannot figure out how to get it to NOT default to two sided printing. I know I can save the settings, however it doesn't default to that new profile, so I would have to select the profile every time to change it, which makes no sense as a solution (I still have to remember to do it EVERY TIME).

 

Anyone know of a way to stop this behavior?

Posted on Aug 17, 2013 11:22 AM

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  • by tetra89,

    tetra89 tetra89 Feb 28, 2015 11:20 PM in response to PAHU
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    Feb 28, 2015 11:20 PM in response to PAHU

    Thanks PAHU... you saved me today setting up a new Canon for someone's first Mac... much appreciated!!!

  • by KAJ528,

    KAJ528 KAJ528 May 15, 2015 1:40 PM in response to PAHU
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    May 15, 2015 1:40 PM in response to PAHU

    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?

  • by PAHU,

    PAHU PAHU May 16, 2015 12:23 AM in response to KAJ528
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    May 16, 2015 12:23 AM in response to KAJ528

    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.

  • by csmackey,

    csmackey csmackey May 20, 2015 12:12 PM in response to PAHU
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    May 20, 2015 12:12 PM in response to PAHU

    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.

  • by PAHU,

    PAHU PAHU May 20, 2015 4:43 PM in response to csmackey
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    May 20, 2015 4:43 PM in response to csmackey

    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.

  • by csmackey,

    csmackey csmackey May 21, 2015 6:44 AM in response to PAHU
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    May 21, 2015 6:44 AM in response to PAHU

    Brilliant! I will give this a try, and perhaps even write a script to replace this file. Shouldn't break anything right?

  • by PAHU,

    PAHU PAHU May 21, 2015 6:00 PM in response to csmackey
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    May 21, 2015 6:00 PM in response to csmackey

    csmackey wrote:

     

    Shouldn't break anything right?

    No it shouldn't. You're just replacing a text file.

  • by KC928,

    KC928 KC928 May 28, 2015 12:30 PM in response to Sachino
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    May 28, 2015 12:30 PM in response to Sachino

    YES! Thank you!!  I had the same issue - I clicked "draft" at one point and all of the sudden, everything was printing two sided.  Switching back to default settings fixed my problem!

  • by Umberto Uno,

    Umberto Uno Umberto Uno Jun 24, 2015 12:05 AM in response to Linc Davis
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    Jun 24, 2015 12:05 AM in response to Linc Davis

    I know your's is an old post, but wished to record your suggested solution worked for me.   I have kept a copy as my permanent source for how to fix the 'problem' in the future.

  • by scribbleme2,

    scribbleme2 scribbleme2 Sep 8, 2015 3:47 PM in response to mcdonsco12345
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    Sep 8, 2015 3:47 PM in response to mcdonsco12345

    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.

  • by aristoniii,

    aristoniii aristoniii Oct 17, 2015 12:33 PM in response to Linc Davis
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    Oct 17, 2015 12:33 PM in response to Linc Davis

    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 !

  • by hbo3,

    hbo3 hbo3 Nov 1, 2015 6:00 PM in response to Sachino
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    Nov 1, 2015 6:00 PM in response to Sachino

    This is the answer.

  • by buzzybee70,

    buzzybee70 buzzybee70 Dec 1, 2015 6:03 AM in response to mcdonsco12345
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    Dec 1, 2015 6:03 AM in response to mcdonsco12345

    Thanks Pahu, your instructions solved my issue. I was able to turn off the "forced" duplex printing which apparently was caused by my recent update to El Capitan.

     

    Great stuff!

  • by mamabearbouch,

    mamabearbouch mamabearbouch Feb 25, 2016 7:24 AM in response to mcdonsco12345
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    Feb 25, 2016 7:24 AM in response to mcdonsco12345

    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!

  • by auscan,

    auscan auscan May 26, 2016 7:05 PM in response to mcdonsco12345
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    May 26, 2016 7:05 PM in response to mcdonsco12345

    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. 

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