Printing On Both Sides Of The Paper; Automatic 2-Sided Printing Guidelines; Binding Edge Options - Xerox Phaser 6500 User Manual

Printing on Both Sides of the Paper

This section includes:
•

Automatic 2-Sided Printing Guidelines

•

Binding Edge Options

• Automatic 2-Sided Printing
• Manual 2-Sided Printing
Note: Automatic 2-sided printing is available for the Phaser 6500DN printer configuration. Manual
2-sided printing using Tray 1 is available for both Phaser 6500 configurations. The PCL 6 print
driver for Windows is the only one that supports manual 2-sided printing. For details, see
Performing Manual 2-sided Printing from Tray 1
feed slot to print 2-sided pages one sheet at a time using the PostScript driver. For details, see
Performing Manual 2-sided Printing from the Manual Feed Slot
Automatic 2-Sided Printing Guidelines
Before printing a 2-sided document, verify that the paper is a supported size for the tray. For a list of
supported sizes, see
Do not use the following media for automatic 2-sided printing:
• Transparencies
• Envelopes
• Labels
• Any die-cut specialty media, such as business cards
• Cardstock
• Glossy cardstock
Binding Edge Options
When you use the print driver to select 2-sided printing, you also select the binding edge. The binding
edge determines how the pages turn. The actual outcome depends on the orientation (portrait or
landscape) of images on the page, as shown in the following illustrations.
Flip on Long Edge
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on page 82
on page 82
Supported Paper on page 48.
Portrait
Flip on Short Edge
on page 82. However, you can use the manual
on page 83.
Landscape
Flip on Long Edge
Phaser 6500 Color Laser Printer
Printing
Flip on Short Edge
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