Duplex Printing Lost on Canon iP4500

When I had this printer directly attached to my MacBook Pro I was able to print both sides of the paper automatically. I've since moved the printer to a networked Mini but in doing so I've lost the ability to print duplex.
Is it possible to make this setup print duplex? How?
Thanks for any help you can provide.

First of all you need to ensure you have the same driver version on both Mac's. You can check this by opening Print & Fax, selecting the printer and then opening Options & Supplies. Under the General tab the driver version is shown.
Note also that if the Mini is using a different OS to the MBP, such as 10.5, then it is likely it is using the Canon driver while your MBP could be using the Gutenprint driver that is included with 10.6.
If the driver version are different, and I would guess that they are, then you should download the CUPS v10.26 from the Canon web site for the iP4500 and install this on both Mac's. Then you can delete your existing print queues and create new ones using this driver.
You can download the v10.26 driver via this link.
Pahu

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