HP PSC 1300 Series

[janmayen]

I am trying to print double sided. All is fine right up until the
point of clicking on the Continue button to print the second side.
At this point, on about 50% of occasions (seemingly random, word
docs, adobe docs, online web pages, no discernable pattern), the
cursor has turned into the egg timer and the double-sided printing
option is not responding. The only way out of this is to completely
shut down both PC and printer, and restart, hoping the document has
been cleared - clearing it through the print manager has no effect.

I have been through this all with HP help desk, who could provide no
solution. The only thing I have found that works is completely
unloading the printer, and reloading the drivers, but this is a very
time consuming business and impractical on a regular basis.

The only clue I have as to why, is that the problem may occur after I
have switched the printer off. I'm not sure about this as I haven't
made a thorough investigation. The whole point is that my budget is
tight and I'm trying to save paper - with this problem I am using an
extra tree a week in getting half a document!

Any ideas what I can do to stop double-sided printing stalling like
this?

Further info:

XPPro laptop, fully updated
HP PSC 1350, fully updated

Many thanks

jm

 

[TJ]

I am trying to print double sided. All is fine right up until the
point of clicking on the Continue button to print the second side.
At this point, on about 50% of occasions (seemingly random, word
docs, adobe docs, online web pages, no discernable pattern), the
cursor has turned into the egg timer and the double-sided printing
option is not responding. The only way out of this is to completely
shut down both PC and printer, and restart, hoping the document has
been cleared - clearing it through the print manager has no effect.

I have been through this all with HP help desk, who could provide no
solution. The only thing I have found that works is completely
unloading the printer, and reloading the drivers, but this is a very
time consuming business and impractical on a regular basis.

The only clue I have as to why, is that the problem may occur after I
have switched the printer off. I'm not sure about this as I haven't
made a thorough investigation. The whole point is that my budget is
tight and I'm trying to save paper - with this problem I am using an
extra tree a week in getting half a document!

Any ideas what I can do to stop double-sided printing stalling like
this?

Further info:

XPPro laptop, fully updated
HP PSC 1350, fully updated

Many thanks

jm

The same thing happens with my PSC 2110 under Windows 98SE. The only
solution I've found is to do double-sided printing manually. Do two
runs, odd-numbered pages first, then even-numbered pages reverse-order
on the second run. Be careful with your paper-loading technique, because
the printer sometimes picks up two sheets of paper if you aren't. If
that happens in the middle of the second leg of a multi-page print run,
well, I don't have to tell you what will happen to the rest of the pages.

Come to think of it, I did have another solution - I found some cheap
paper at a garage sale once. Worked fine for everyday printing.

I had hoped that the problem would have been eliminated in the XP
driver, but I see that's not the case. The problem is with the driver -
or Windows - not the printer. Linux doesn't crash like that.

TJ

 

[janmayen]

Thanks T

The problem is that, in my urge to be frugal, I want to print mos
stuff 2 pages per side, double sided. If I try to do that manually
seem to end up with the mother of all confusions with pages apparentl
printed completely randomly wherever they fancy

It seems that I will have to bite the bullet and use more paper, I di
just find a very cheap supply since my first post, so maybe I nee
worry less now, apart from my environmental concience that i
muttering in the background

Otherwise I could maybe wait for HP to sort their drivers out so tha
they do what they say on the tin - but I fancy it might be quicker t
go out and plant a few more trees.....

 

[measekite]

BUY A CANON IP5200 AND IT WILL PRINT BOTH SIDES OF THE PAPER
AUTOMATICALLY. AND BE SURE TO USE CANON INK.

 

[zakezuke]

The problem is that, in my urge to be frugal, I want to print most

stuff 2 pages per side, double sided. If I try to do that manually I
seem to end up with the mother of all confusions with pages apparently
printed completely randomly wherever they fancy.

It's rather simple.

Print pages 1,3,5-9999
Followed by 2,4,6,10000

I believe that's the correct syntax. Doesn't depend on Microsoft's
manual duplex feature, any duplex feature the printer might have, just
prints odds, followed by evens. The result is a stack of paper with
the bottom sheet page one, unless your printer prints copy side down
then just reverse.

 

[TJ]

Thanks TJ

The problem is that, in my urge to be frugal, I want to print most
stuff 2 pages per side, double sided. If I try to do that manually I
seem to end up with the mother of all confusions with pages apparently
printed completely randomly wherever they fancy.

It seems that I will have to bite the bullet and use more paper, I did
just find a very cheap supply since my first post, so maybe I need
worry less now, apart from my environmental concience that is
muttering in the background.

Otherwise I could maybe wait for HP to sort their drivers out so that
they do what they say on the tin - but I fancy it might be quicker to
go out and plant a few more trees......

I understand environmental concerns. I've been self-employed in the food
industry since the age of 12, and I know the food is only as good as the
environment it's grown in.

That said, tell your conscience that trees are a renewable resource,
like sweet corn or tomatoes. It isn't like we have a certain number of
trees, and when they're gone, they're gone. Trees can be replaced. Some
trees grow faster than others, and those used for pulpwood are usually
fast-growers. Enlightened paper producers are making sure replacement
trees are planted. Otherwise, they'd be out of business long before they
need to be.

TJ

 

[janmayen]

Thanks measekite and zakezuke

Don't suppose there is anyone out there that can RTFQ and answer it

How canI fix my my HP PSC 1300 so that it prints 2 pages per page an
double sided?

At present, simply following the instructions on the print option
causes the printer to stop responding and leaves me with half a prin
run, and only a full shut down and restart un-stalls the system

There is no option to enable a full manual feed of 2 pages per side
double sided

TV

 

[Modelflyer]

"janmayen"

tight and I'm trying to save paper - with this problem I am using an
extra tree a week in getting half a document!

Any ideas what I can do to stop double-sided printing stalling like
this?

Clear out the Windows\temp folder. The spooler uses a lot of space on the
drive and if your drive is stuffed with tempory files the print file get's
fragmented. I have had several computers in with up to 15,000 redundant
tempory files causing allsorts of havoak (spell checker does not work, nor
does mine) with several programs.

Try that first, excessive tempory files cause all sorts of problems with
printing and creating invoices with several clients machines.

Model Flyer.