Canon MP500 and two-sided printing

Hi all,
I have bought a Canon MP500, when I try to print something, Two-Sided options (off, long-edged binding, short-edged binding) in the Layout menu, aren't selectable.
Googling I found this is a "common" problem, tried some workarounds (like configure 2-sided printing in CUPS panel at http://127.0.0.1:631) but nothing works.. any suggestion ?

According to Canon support, their printers use Duplex Printing & Margin rather than Layout in the Print dialog. It is lower down in the list.

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Hi,
Based on the following information, no, it can not print duplex (auto)
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c02907978&tmp_task=prodinfoCategory&cc=us&dlc=en...
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