Printing double sided

[Loretta]

I have a workbook that is now available as a digital download. I want to offer it as a tangible gift that I would print out and mail myself. I'm hoping there is an affordable printer that does this automatically so I would not have to take out the pages and reinsert them to print the other side. (The book is almost 200 pages.) Can anyone give me advice?

 

[Ian]

What you need is a "duplex" laser printer I don't know if you need colour or not, but there are some colour lasers for around £150 that can do this now

However, if you are going to be doing a significant volume I'd make sure you get a printer with cheap toners (or refills) to keep costs down.

I've got a Samsung CLP-500 (a few years old now), that was under £200 and does duplex printing. I've printed thousands of pages on it and only just had to change the toners. Saved me a fortune in thesis printing costs over the years

 

[muckshifter]

You need a "duplex" printer ...

I have only ever seen laser versions, no ink-jets, unless they are available these days.

Make sure it is a duplex-printer and you do not have to buy the duplexer separately.

Here is an example ... http://docs.sun.com/source/802-2637-10/duplex.html

 

[chelseafc2005]

there are quite a few duplex inkjets around these days. They are probably a bit slower than the laser ones though, they need to let the ink dry a bit before it flips the page. My canon pixma ip4000 does this very well i bought it for £80 around 2 tears ago.