printing double-sided, two pages per sheet. last two pages are up side down.

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printing double-sided, two pages per sheet. last two pages are up side down.

I'd like to print double sided with two pages per side with the goal being able to flip the page (as if it was bound along the whole left side of the paper). that means that the orientation is the same on both sides of the paper.

the current out put is that the back of the page is up side down. (as if I wanted to just staple the papers on the top left edge)

Is this possible without going into the PDF documents and manually rotating every 3rd and 4th page?

(I have a Brother HL-2270DW with the duplex turned on. I have the latest driver. OSX 10.11.1)

MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Late 2013), OS X El Capitan (10.11.1), null

Posted on Dec 1, 2015 1:45 AM

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Answer 1

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alex alex alex Author

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Jan 4, 2016 1:18 PM in response to alex alex alex

actually....

(it's a few weeks later and I'm printing again and ran in to the same problem)

some of the instructions from Brother support were about the order of selection the options.

My new answer is:

After selecting to print:

goto Layout
select two-sided as Short-Edge binding
select Pages per Sheet as 2
(in my case) set Page, From: as X to Y (where X and Y are the beginning and end pages)

This works for me.

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Answer 2

Jeff Shenk

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Dec 1, 2015 6:56 AM in response to alex alex alex

You probably have to change the setting for the printer from "Long edge binding" to "Short edge binding." On my (different) Brother printer that setting is found under Layout in the Print dialog.

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Answer 3

Dec 2, 2015 1:48 PM in response to Jeff Shenk

Nope, that's not it. Tried both the long and short edge binding.

I have the same options for the printer from my work Windows 7 machine and there it prints out ok.

Picture of what I'm seeing. (the sheet is rolled over so you can see what's on the back....the 4 should be right side up)

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Answer 4

Dec 13, 2015 11:41 PM in response to alex alex alex

Emailing Brother support was great.

The solution ended up being deleting the printer and reinstalling the driver.

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