Manual Duplex printing with Canon ip4200

Martin ©¿©¬ @nohere.net wrote:
Hi
I read the earlier thread about manually duplexing on the canon ip to
provide better print outs
Can anyone tell me how to do this please?
I can do it with Word, but not with Excel, Publisher and downloaded
instruction manuals or web pages.
The option isn't available on my printer preferences

NO NO NO!
ATTENTION!

People here suggested you that you use the driver option for manual
duplexing.

"Just below the checkbox where you choose duplex
there is another checkbox named "automatic"."
If you decheck this...
... I suppose you could call this "manual duplex"

This is not correct. Unfortunately in my tests (ip4300), the print
quality of this kind of manual duplex IS THE SAME OF THE AUTOMATIC
DUPLEX. That is, grey dithered prints, using dye based black and colors
to emulate the grey. (you might want to check this by yourself because I
don't have the printer near me now, but I am 90% positive)

In order to have "normal" prints with the pigment black, you have to NOT
USE the duplex from the driver at all. Unchecking the "automatic" is not
enough.

So you are correct: if Excel, Publisher etc... don't allow you to print
only even or odd pages (which I am unsure because I don't use these
programs), you are screwed. Your only other option would be to really
print 1 page at a time with only 1 loaded sheet, so that the printer
goes out of paper each time and you have the time to reinsert it, turned.

There is another option: you can buy the FinePrint software. This was
the way I was manually duplexing with earlier printers which didn't
provide the duplex option in the driver. It allows you to manually
duplex a batch of print jobs in one shot, print booklets, preview
prints... I kinda recommend it, I used it for years and it was good for
its purpose. (no affiliation)

Niels Erik wrote:
Martin ©¿©¬ @nohere.net skrev i en meddelelse
...
I have a pixma ip5200R and I think the printerdriver is similar to yours.
Just below the checkbox where you choose duplex there is another checkbox
named "automatic".
If you decheck this....

ATTENTION: THIS WON'T SOLVE THE OP'S PROBLEM!!
Please read my other post in this thread.

Hi igfg
By coincidence I have FinePrint too, but I was interested to see if I
could manually duplex with the ip4200 software to give me another
option. Having tried, I think I'll just stick with FinePrint
Thanks for your reply
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Regards
Martin
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Martin ©¿©¬ @nohere.net wrote in news:3m3ka35nogpajea1urrb776s2snlefhg1f@
4ax.com:

Hi
I read the earlier thread about manually duplexing on the canon ip to
provide better print outs
Can anyone tell me how to do this please?
I can do it with Word, but not with Excel, Publisher and downloaded
instruction manuals or web pages.
The option isn't available on my printer preferences

It should be on your printer preferences, it is on mine (an ip5000)

Ifnot, you could try printing ethe odd pages, then the even pages in
bacwards order (with the aleady printed pages insterted into the top
feeder, printed pages top down, blank surface out).