duplex printing

[kopirmaster]

My costomer use ricoh mp 171/201 and he want duplex printig by default

how to stay duplex default, but when one sided sheet prints only on one side not to turn duplex unnecessary and prints a blank sheet
any ideas ?


how to stay duplex but when one sided sheet prints only on one side not to turn duplex unnecessary and prints a blank sheethow to stay duplex but when one sided sheet prints only on one side not to turn duplex unnecessary and prints a blank sheet

[rthonpm]

Re: duplex printing

Is blank page printing set to on or off in printer settings? Even with the paper going through twice, does the metre show one or two pages printed?

[kopirmaster]

Re: duplex printing

the problem is not to turn the page and needlessly wasting time.

[kopirmaster]

Re: duplex printing

[QUOTE=terramobil;541502]The second turn is required to place the sheets in correct order.but when original is only one side ?

[slimslob]

Re: duplex printing

[QUOTE=kopirmaster;541705]

The second turn is required to place the sheets in correct order.but when original is only one side ?

If you are talking about the document feeder, it does not know that the original is only one sided unless you tell it. If it is a one page document, turn OFF 2 sided to 2 sided. If it is the last page of a multi-page document, select "Duplex and Combine" and set for last page one sided. If you have single sided pages within the body of a multi-page document, you will have to use "Batch".

[Iowatech]

Re: duplex printing

My costomer use ricoh mp 171/201 and he want duplex printig by default

how to stay duplex default, but when one sided sheet prints only on one side not to turn duplex unnecessary and prints a blank sheet
any ideas ?


how to stay duplex but when one sided sheet prints only on one side not to turn duplex unnecessary and prints a blank sheethow to stay duplex but when one sided sheet prints only on one side not to turn duplex unnecessary and prints a blank sheet

That sounds like you'll need to adjust the print driver, and the procedure is dependent on both the type of computer you are printing from and the computer's operating system.
More input, please.

[kopirmaster]

Re: duplex printing

That sounds like you'll need to adjust the print driver, and the procedure is dependent on both the type of computer you are printing from and the computer's operating system.
More input, please.

windows 7 and 10

[Iowatech]

Re: duplex printing

windows 7 and 10

If the machines are hooked up to a network, it would probably be best to get their people to adjust the printing preferences in the computer device settings, otherwise if something goes wrong on the network you could get blamed for it, even if it is not your fault.

ONLY DO THE FOLLOWING IF THE PRIOR PARAGRAPH CAN'T POSSIBLY BE AN ISSUE:

On Win 10 computers, click the "Start" menu, click on the second to bottom icon on the left hand side (it looks kind of like a gear), click on the "Devices" icon (the second icon from the left on the top row), click on "MP 171" or "MP 201" under the "Printers and Scanners" heading, then click on the "Manage" button, and finally click on "Printing Preferences". The window that opens will be where you program the default printing behavior, including default simplex/duplex function.

I'm a little unsure about Win 7 computers as I haven't used them for a while, but I'll tell you what I do remember and you can use it at your own peril if you want.

I do know that the procedure starts with clicking on the "Start" button, then on the right hand side of the menu you should see "Printers and Devices" or something like that so click on that. From the window that opens right click on the icon for the "MP 171" or the "MP201" and then click on "Printing Preferences", and the window opens is for setting the default printing behaviors.

I don't have access to those machine's drivers, so that's as far as I can go now. But the ability to make the printers use duplex mode by default is in there.

These procedures will only affect the machine's printing behavior, not copying or faxing.

Also, you will probably have to do that to every computer that prints to that machine. If it is still possible, their IT people might be able to push those changes out over the network. But I've only seen that on a network that was running Win XP, so that's another thing I'm not sure about, and another reason to get their people at least involved.

Good luck!

[KenB]

Re: duplex printing

You can edit the driver install files to force duplex as a default. Depending on the specific driver, you may be able to even eliminate simplex printing completely. (Note that this is only for PCL 6 drivers.)

If you download and install Print Driver Packager NX from the Ricoh site, you can use it to edit the file. Technically, the file that will be edited is the .rcf file (where the first part of the file name is specific to the driver), and is a small .xml file.

[slimslob]

Re: duplex printing

You can edit the driver install files to force duplex as a default. Depending on the specific driver, you may be able to even eliminate simplex printing completely. (Note that this is only for PCL 6 drivers.)

If you download and install Print Driver Packager NX from the Ricoh site, you can use it to edit the file. Technically, the file that will be edited is the .rcf file (where the first part of the file name is specific to the driver), and is a small .xml file.

PDPNX is rather large to down and quite cumbersome to use for a couple of computers.It was designed for deploying packages drivers in a large corporate network. It's predecessor, Ricoh Print Driver Editor, is much smaller and easier to use. Even it is no longer available from Ricoh, it is available on Softpedia. As with any download, scan it prior to extracting.

[KenB]

Re: duplex printing

Very true, it's just under 500 mb to download, and is a bit cumbersome.

What I have done to edit just the rcf though, is this:

1. Run the tool on the driver of choice, and have the TCP port creator point to ANY IP address ( even 1.1.1.1 will work), as you will not be connecting to it.

2. Adjust the defaults as desired

3. Let the tool create the exe installer file.

3. Run a utility such as 7 zip (I'm not sure if WinZip will work) to extract the newly rewritten rcf file.

4. Substitute the changed ontents of the original rcf with that of the new.

5. You can then install the driver as normal, without needing to run the exe file that got created. The driver will install point and print off a server if desired.

6. Note that you will get a warning that the new configuration is not WHQL certifiied; this is expected, normal, and can be safely dismissed.

I do this quite often on Streamline installs, as the procedure works well on the universal PCL 6 driver. I normally set duplex to default to on, as well as monochrome printing.

I have also used it to disable color in circumstances where certain users are prohibited from printing in color. This beats using Streamline to prohibit color, as the (un)lucky user will never see color as being available, and won't get surprised when they go to release their print job.