How do I stop my printer printing out instructions for Two-Sided print

anndon

New member
Local time
12:25 AM
Messages
6
I have recently installed Windows 7 Home Premium 32bit and when I print anything on my Lexmark E120 laser printer and select Two-Sided printing, it prints out instructions for doing this.
As I already know how to use my printer, I would like to stop it printing out instructions and wasting paper. Does any one know how to do this?
 

My Computer My Computer

At a glance

Windows 7 Home Premium 32bit
OS
Windows 7 Home Premium 32bit
try resetting the printer Or Holding down the Power Button.
 

My Computer My Computer

At a glance

Windows 7 Home PreQ8200 Intell 2.333DDR3 1333 4gigAti HD4870
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Home Build.
OS
Windows 7 Home Pre
CPU
Q8200 Intell 2.333
Motherboard
Asus P5Q3 Delux
Memory
DDR3 1333 4gig
Graphics Card(s)
Ati HD4870
Sound Card
Onboard Soundmax. 7.1
Monitor(s) Displays
1, 20" Samsung
Screen Resolution
1600/900
PSU
Good enough
Case
Le Shark
Cooling
FAN FAN FAN FAN, Thermaltake Minitype 90 with speed fan 4.
Keyboard
Standard, Gaming Wolfking
Mouse
Cm-storm-inferno-wired-gaming-mouse
Internet Speed
Sky Crappy upto 20meg I get a whapping 5.8mbs.
Some time ago, I had a printer that did the same thing. There was a setting someplace where I could choose to not let it do that. I think it was in the same area where I would choose to print on both sides. Check your settings. It should be somewhere where you can turn it off.
 

My Computer My Computer

At a glance

Desk Top with Win 7 Home Premium 64 bit and L...8Gig
Computer type
Laptop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
HP Pavilion g7-1260us Notebook
OS
Desk Top with Win 7 Home Premium 64 bit and Lap Top with Windows 8.1 Pro 64 bit
Memory
8Gig
Screen Resolution
1600x900
I have recently installed Windows 7 Home Premium 32bit and when I print anything on my Lexmark E120 laser printer and select Two-Sided printing, it prints out instructions for doing this.
Never had a Lexmark printer, so I actually no nothing about it firsthand.

But do you think this is coming from the PC's driver, or from the setup of the printer itself using its own display panel and settings dialog button?

I know what HP printer drivers look like when you do Start -> Devices and Printers, and then right-click on my HP printer and select "Printer properties". If I then click on the Device Settings tab and explore the various options, and also the Advanced tab (and then also click the Printing Defaults button to go deeper into the settings) and look around there as well, I discover nothing that appears related to duplex-mode "instruction page" available for selection or not.

This suggests it might be coming from your printer itself, and exploring the manual for setup instructions or calling Lexmark for support might reveal what you have to change in its setup to disable this extra instruction page from printing whenever you do choose to print in duplex mode.

Perhaps this is something like specifying the wrong paper (in the default or explicit preferences setup), say for "A4" instead of "Letter". If you then try to print something in "Letter" when "A4" is the default you have to push the START button on the printer each time you print, to tell the printer that you've now installed the non-default paper type. Maybe this duplex-instruction issue is similar, and can be eliminated if you just set the default printer preferences on the driver to say that duplex-mode is the default. You can always choose to NOT print in duplex mode for a given job if you do want one-sided printing. Or, just let it print the single page in duplex mode and let the paper flow as if you printed on both sides, but only one side will actually get printed since your document only has one side.

Sorry I can't be any more helpful than this.
 

My Computer My Computer

At a glance

Windows 7 Pro x64 (1), Win7 Pro X64 (2)i5-3350p 3.1Ghz/6MB-cache (1); E8400 3.0Ghz/6...8GB PC3-12800 DDR3 (1); 4GB PC3-10600 DDR3 (2)ATI HD7750 (1), (see TV cards); ATI R7 250 (2)
Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Home-built, two systems (1) and (2)
OS
Windows 7 Pro x64 (1), Win7 Pro X64 (2)
CPU
i5-3350p 3.1Ghz/6MB-cache (1); E8400 3.0Ghz/6MB-cache (2)
Motherboard
ASUS P8Z77-V Pro (1); ASUS P5Q3 (2)
Memory
8GB PC3-12800 DDR3 (1); 4GB PC3-10600 DDR3 (2)
Graphics Card(s)
ATI HD7750 (1), (see TV cards); ATI R7 250 (2)
Sound Card
Realtek ALC892 HD Audio (1); Realtek ALC1200 HD Audio (2)
Monitor(s) Displays
Eizo HD2441W LCD, Eizo S2433W (1); Eizo 24" S2433W (2)
Screen Resolution
1920x1200, 1920x1200 (1); 1920x1200 (2)
Hard Drives
(1) 1TB SATA-II (7200RPM), 2x2TB SATA-III (7200RPM), 250GB SATA-III (10000RPM) for OS; 2x2TB external USB 3.0

(2) 320GB SATA-II (7200RPM), 750GB SATA-II (7200RPM), 150GB SATA-II (10000RPM) for OS; 2TB external USB 3.0
PSU
Nesteq ECS-6001 600W (1); Nesteq ECS-5001 500W (2)
Case
Acousti-Case 360 (1) and (2)
Cooling
Noctua NH-U12P SE2 for CPU, 2x120mm case fans (1) and (2)
Keyboard
IBM PS/2 (1) and (2)
Mouse
Logitech MX Revolution wireless (1); Microsoft wired (2)
Internet Speed
100mbps down / 10mbps up
Antivirus
Microsoft Security Essentials; Malwarebyte Anti-Malware Pro
Browser
Firefox
Other Info
Ceton InfiniTV 4-tuner cablecard-enabled TV card as well as Hauppauge HVR-2250 OTA/ATSC 2-tuner TV card in (1), running under Win7 WMC
Back
Top