I'm using an sr mbp and I'm typing up a lot of notes for a class with mac office. In order to save paper I want to do duplex prints but I can't seem to find the option in page setup. How do I get to this feature? Thanks!
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Duplex printing with Canon MP530 on Mac office 04
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Your All-In-One is not a duplex printer. To do duplex printing, you have to print the even-numbered pages, flip the pages, and then print the odds or vice-versa. Check the settings of your File/Print for even/odd printing.
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Duplex printing with Canon MP530 on Mac office 04
Dcorban-- I've heard the auto-duplexing function can be slow, and that in practice you end up just manual duplexing if you want two-sided prints. Can you advise about your experience w/the 530? I badly want auto-duplexing, but only if the implementation is good. thanks for any info.
Dcorban-- I've heard the auto-duplexing function can be slow, and that in practice you end up just manual duplexing if you want two-sided prints. Can you advise about your experience w/the 530? I badly want auto-duplexing, but only if the implementation is good. thanks for any info.
Use Gutenprint for two-sided / duplex printing
The Canon-supplied MP530 driver doesn't have duplex printing as a print option. Mac OS 10.5 has Gutenprint drivers built-in for a number of popular printers, including the Canon MP500 which is a near match for the MP530 and includes the two-sided option for printing.
With the MP530 plugged into your Mac (or, presumably, available over the network) go to the Add Printer wizard ( System Preferences > Print & Fax > + ). Pick MP530, name the printer something like "MP530 Gutenprint" and under "Print Using:" choose "Select a driver to use...", select "Canon PIXMA MP500 - Gutenprint v5.1.3" and then Add the printer.
The MP500 Gutenprint driver isn't a perfect substitute for the MP530 one, however, so you should do this in addition to installing the proper MP530 driver from the Canon website and adding the printer using that driver with a name like just "MP530" or "MP530 Canon". In a year or two of using the Gutenprint driver I've only once had a print job that wouldn't render correctly (some missing lines on the printout), and for that one time I had to switch to the Canon-supplied driver to get it to work. All the other times I find it very convenient to have two-sided printing available as an option.
The two sided printing isn't particularly fast, but it's a whole lot more convenient than manually printing the odd pages and then the even pages.
The Canon-supplied MP530 driver doesn't have duplex printing as a print option. Mac OS 10.5 has Gutenprint drivers built-in for a number of popular printers, including the Canon MP500 which is a near match for the MP530 and includes the two-sided option for printing.
With the MP530 plugged into your Mac (or, presumably, available over the network) go to the Add Printer wizard ( System Preferences > Print & Fax > + ). Pick MP530, name the printer something like "MP530 Gutenprint" and under "Print Using:" choose "Select a driver to use...", select "Canon PIXMA MP500 - Gutenprint v5.1.3" and then Add the printer.
The MP500 Gutenprint driver isn't a perfect substitute for the MP530 one, however, so you should do this in addition to installing the proper MP530 driver from the Canon website and adding the printer using that driver with a name like just "MP530" or "MP530 Canon". In a year or two of using the Gutenprint driver I've only once had a print job that wouldn't render correctly (some missing lines on the printout), and for that one time I had to switch to the Canon-supplied driver to get it to work. All the other times I find it very convenient to have two-sided printing available as an option.
The two sided printing isn't particularly fast, but it's a whole lot more convenient than manually printing the odd pages and then the even pages.