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How can I enable two-sided printing on my Mac with OS Yosemite?

I have been trying to print double sided and watched many of the videos online about how to enable this option in Office, however, most of the videos were not from the latest OS and are outdated. Is there a different way to enable this setting on OS Yosemite? The option in Office is grayed out, and I need to figure out how to change the printer settings, but when I try to go through the System Preferences, and then Printers and Scanners, and Printer Queue, and Settings, there are no options relating to printing two-sided.

MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Yosemite (10.10.4)

Posted on Sep 1, 2015 10:14 PM

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Zara1985

Level 1

9 points

Posted on Feb 27, 2017 11:36 AM

Hi guys! i just figured it out!!

I had the same problem for quite some time, the two-sided option was greyed out.

You have to do the following:

1. Go to "System Preferences" and further to "Printers and Scanners".

2. Hover over your printer title and right-click.

3. Click "Reset printing system..."

4. Click "+" to add a new printer.

5. Now attention please:

a) click the field "Use", ignoring the default setting (e.g. Secure AirPrint), and

b) select the original software for your printer (it may be Epson, HP etc...), there may be options, check them all out, one by one, until you find the one that explicitly offers you a "duplex" mode.

See the screenshots below! this is fantastic!! Good luck!

a) ignore the default setting (e.g. Secure AirPrint) and click the field "Use":

b) click the field "Use" and select the original software for your printer (it may be Epson, HP etc...)

c) click Add in the right bottom corner

d) then, in the opened up window, check "duplexer" option or sounding something like this

Et voila! you all set! 🙂

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Lanny

Level 6

13,207 points

Sep 1, 2015 10:30 PM in response to poppyandsprout

Two sided printing is only available if your printer has the capability. Since you didn't provide any information about the make and model of your printer, there is now way that anyone can help you.

Feb 21, 2016 6:54 AM in response to theatermacker

Select Finishing here:

Select Two-sided here:

Feb 20, 2016 5:12 AM in response to theatermacker

In Adobe Reader; click the Printer button at bottom of print box, in the print driver window, select a binding option in the Two Sided dropdown menu

Apr 25, 2017 12:22 PM in response to Zara1985

This did it. thx. didn't need to do any extra steps, just the first one of resetting the printer. phew. canon MG

kenzy100

Level 1

4 points

Jul 17, 2017 3:56 PM in response to Zara1985

thanks!!!!

Jan 14, 2018 3:01 PM in response to jweaver74

Forgot to mention that I can make two sided printing work in Word, but not anything else!

How can I enable two-sided printing on my Mac with OS Yosemite?