2-Sided Printing - Canon Laser Shot LBP5970 User Manual

2-sided Printing

You can perform 2-sided printing with the standard equipment of this printer.
Automatic 2-sided printing can be performed on plain paper at sizes of A3, B4, A4,
B5, A5, Legal, Ledger (11 x 17), Statement, Letter, Executive, 8K, and 16K. The
following custom paper sizes of plain paper can be used for automatic 2-sided
printing.
For Multi-purpose Tray
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- When loading paper in portrait orientation: Width 210.0 to 312.0 mm; Length
210.0 to 431.8 mm
- When loading paper in landscape orientation (Only when UFR II Printer Driver is
used): Width 210.0 to 297.0 mm; Length 148.0 to 297.0 mm
For Cassette 2, 3, and 4
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- When loading paper in portrait orientation: Width 210.0 to 297.0 mm; Length
210.0 to 431.8 mm
- When loading paper in landscape orientation (Only when UFR II Printer Driver is
used): Width 210.0 to 297.0 mm; Length 148.0 to 297.0 mm
IMPORTANT
You cannot perform automatic 2-sided printing on heavy paper, coated paper, labels, and
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envelopes.
You can perform 2-sided printing on Statement size paper only from the multi-purpose
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tray.
You cannot perform 2-sided printing on 8K and 16K size paper from the paper cassette
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(Cassette 1).
When 2-sided printing is specified, and a job with odd number of pages is printed, the
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printing surface of the last page are as follows according to the setting for ALT.METHOD
(See p. 5-42) or the paper source.
- When printing from the paper cassette
If ALT.METHOD is set to ON, the printer prints on the upper side of the loaded paper.
If ALT.METHOD is set to OFF, the printer prints on the underside of the loaded paper.
- When printing from the multi-purpose tray
If ALT.METHOD is set to ON, the printer prints on the underside of the loaded paper.
If ALT.METHOD is set to OFF, the printer prints on the upper side of the loaded paper.
Set ALT.METHOD to OFF when you want to match the setting of the orientation or
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printing side for the last page with those for its previous page, such as when you want to
print previously printed paper etc. whose printing orientation or printing side is fixed.
During automatic 2-sided printing, do not touch the paper until it is output to the output
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tray completely. In automatic 2-sided printing, the paper is partially output once after
printed on its surface and is fed again to be printed on its reverse side.

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