With all the printing I do in law school (almost a thousand pages last term), duplexing can be a great way to reduce the number of trees you cut down and at the same time, lighten your book bag. Since Snow Leopard came out, Mac-using students at schools using ePrint for campus wide printing may have noticed their ability to print double-sided has vanished.
Here at Duke we were told that it was due to Snow Leopard’s 64-bit upgrade. This is only partially true. When using Leopard, the printer was able to tell your Mac that it had a duplexer and turn it on by default. With Snow Leopard, this no longer happens automatically, but the option still exists. You can easily get back to saving trees with a couple of simple steps:
Open System Utilities then Print and Fax:
Next select your network printer. For me it’s Duke OIT.
Open the Print Queue then select Printer Setup
Click on the Driver pane and check to see if you have a duplex option.
