Cannot enable option to print double sides

When given the printing options in Apple Pages before pressing "print," the option to print 2-sided is set as off and I cannot change the option to print 2-sides.
To be more exact, in Pages, I go to file-print-layout-and the two-sided option is grey and unclickable.
I had to manually print one side and print the other side seperately but I would rather do it all at once.

Hi,
Do you see the option to perform manual duplexing but not being prompted to reload the printed sheets or may you do't see any such option anymore?
If you found the option but the device attention light bliks without showing any prompt on your Mac, reload the printed sheets faced down, then open and close the top cartridge access door to resume the 2nd side printing.
Hope that may help,
Shlomi
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