Duplex Printing ML 1640 not available

[jcdavies]

Hi Guys i recently brought my first mac mini

I have a Samsung ML 1640 Laser printer

THis printer on a windows machine has a duplex printing option which i found great even though i had to manually put the paper back in the tray. but it saved paper and it organized the pages properly.

I cant find this option on Snow Leopard is there anything I can do?

thanks for your help

 

[mlb fr3ak]

Bestbuy bro

 

[jcdavies]

really theres nothing i can do?

 

[MisterMe]

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I have a Samsung ML 1640 Laser printer

THis printer on a windows machine has a duplex printing option ....

Assuming that you installed the driver for your printer, then you should find the duplex options under the Layout popup menu selection.

 

[jcdavies]

i installed the drivers again just in case and it just has the two sided option faded out

 

[Chupa Chupa]

Make sure you have the most current driver. Also try removing the existing driver and any other Samsung drivers from your system. Restart. Reinstall the current driver.

Also search Apple's support forum. Someone was bound to have the same issue and perhaps a solution was posted.

 

[jcdavies]

tried that still not working gonna search some more any one else get any ideas please send them my way thanks

 

[gsahli]

I don't have that printer, but is that an option that has to be enabled by highlighting the printer in Print & Fax, clicking Get Info, and then selecting Driver?

 

[Sheps]

I've been trying to figure this out as well. I still can't access the two-sided option, but I found a workaround. In the Print dialog box, click on the menu where it says 'Layout' and choose Paper Handling. Under 'Pages To Print' choose 'Odd pages' and under 'Page Order', choose 'Reverse'. Print the pages. Bring up the Print dialog again, go to 'Paper Handling' and this time choose to print the even pages. Put your pages printed side down in the print tray and print away.

It's a bit of a pain because you have to go through and configure the print dialog twice, but it works.

 

[ActionableMango]

This request is confusing. According to this review, your printer doesn't have an automatic duplexer.

http://www.cartridgesave.co.uk/news/samsung-ml-1640-monochrome-laser-printer/

The 2-sided printing option in the print dialog box is for printers that have a duplexer.

If you were 2-sided printing in Windows by first printing the odd page sides, then the even page sides, there is no duplexer involved unless you count yourself as the duplexing unit. As mentioned above, you can do that manual method in OS X as well.

 

[jcdavies]

On my windows machine you can select double sided printing it prints everything on one side then asks you to turn the pages over and hit ok so every thing prints out correctly, its great havent been able to get it to work on my mac though which is a huge shame

 

[MisterMe]

On my windows machine you can select double sided printing it prints everything on one side then asks you to turn the pages over and hit ok so every thing prints out correctly, its great havent been able to get it to work on my mac though which is a huge shame

I don't have your printer. However, I am willing to bet dollars to donuts that your printer allows you to print only the even pages, flip the printout stack, and then print only the odd pages. Do you really need to be told what to do before you can flip the stack?

 

[motaylor]

Sumsung doesn't support two-sided printing on Mac

On my windows machine you can select double sided printing it prints everything on one side then asks you to turn the pages over and hit ok so every thing prints out correctly, its great havent been able to get it to work on my mac though which is a huge shame

As far as I am concerned, you are right to point out this issue. I have several Macs running several Samsung printers and even to date, you cannot select "manual two-sided" (duplex) printing, wheres as you can, using the same printers on a PC using the PC drivers/software.

If anyone knows any different, I would very much appreciate your insight.

Thanks

 

[blueroom]

Thread is now over a year old.

Anyway, sounds like a driver issue. I'm use a Brother DCP7065DN and everything works like a charm on OSX Lion from the scanner to duplex printing.