My printer won't respond to the double sided command from my iMac.

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! 🙂

Be sure you have the latest drivers, check Printer and scanner software for macOS Sierra, El Capitan, Yosemite, and Mavericks - Apple Support

On your Mac, Applications > Utilities > System Information; Software > Printer Software; PPD's for installed version.

At the print window, click 'Show Details'.

Set presets to Default. Select 'Layout', be sure 'Two-Sided' is not set to 'off'.

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! 🙂

Thanks for this feedback and information.