What is a double-sided printer?

[Florencia123]

 

[grammatim]

For some printers, you can buy an accessory (it can cost more than the
printer itself) that lets you print on both sides of the paper
automatically.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Also referred to as a "duplex" printer, it is a printer with the capability
to print on both sides of the paper without human intervention (you've
probably experienced this with photocopiers). The duplexer, which
mechanically turns the paper over, can be built into the printer or can be
an extra that is added on; in either case, as grammatim suggests, it is
either relatively expensive or significantly increases the cost of the
printer.

At least that has been true in the past. I recently got an e-brochure from
Office Depot advertising an HP Officejet Pro K5400 printer that prints 36
ppm black and up to 35 ppm color (laser quality is 12 ppm and 10 ppm) at
1200 dpi and has many other nice features, including a duplexer. After a $50
mail-in rebate, it costs just $99!

 

[Jay Freedman]

For some printers, you can buy an accessory (it can cost more than the
printer itself) that lets you print on both sides of the paper
automatically.

For some printers, no accessory is needed. For example, the Canon Pixma
iP4600 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16828102317)
costs less than US$100 and can print both sides (the feature is also known
as "duplex printing"). It does that by printing one side, then pulling the
paper back into the printer on a path that flips the paper over, and
printing the other side.

Other printers (sorry, I don't have any names, but you're more likely to
find this in a laser printer rather than an inkjet) may be able to print on
both sides at the same time; or it may print all the front sides and deliver
them to a special tray, then run them through again and print all the backs.

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[Dan Freeman]

It boggles the mind how cheap hardware has become just since I bought my
LaserJet specifically for that feature. The consumables almost cost more
than the printer!

Dan

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Yeah, the K5400 uses four ink cartridges, and Barney and I both said it
would probably be cheaper to buy a new printer than to replace all four
cartridges. <g>

 

[Graham Mayor]

Ink is where the profit is made. You should be able to find perfectly
acceptable and relatively inexpensive third party inks that work just as
well as the printer manufacturer's branded inks for far less money - which
is why printer manufacturers keep introducing new printers with ever more
ingenious attempts to prevent you from using such inks.

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[Tom [Pepper] Willett]

Your question is the answer.

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[grammatim]

Your question is the answer.


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Does Zen often help in word processing?

 

[Jay Freedman]

Does Zen often help in word processing?

In many cases, it helps as much as anything else would.

 

[grammatim]

In many cases, it helps as much as anything else would.

Now you're doing it, too.