Duplex printing second side upside down

I believe there is something in my InDesign file that is causing a few of my files to print the second side upside down. My files are vertical (portrait) layout/setting with the two sided option on long-edge binding. I don't think it is the printer because only a few files have this problem, and I just got a new printer and the same files are still printing the second side upside down.

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Office Jet 8000 -- Duplex Printing -- back side upside down

When printing a booklet on my Office Jet 8000 A809, using duplex printing, the back side of each page is upside down. Operating System is Windows Vista. I'm sure there is a simple solution, but I can't find it. HELP.

Choose the type of duplex - you probably have Short-edge binding enabled. Change it to Long-edge binding.
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Problem with duplex printing - alternate pages upside down

I have been trying to print 2 per side, double sided from Adobe Reader. I have tried this as two up, duplex and also as booklet printing. Whatever I do, the second side is upside down. "Flip on long/short edge" appears to make no difference.
Trying to resolve it in the printer properties is worse: Adobe Reader seems to override them and I get single sheets single sided. If I select both "two sided" in the Reader dialog and "Duplex" in the printer dialog, the second side overprints the first side (but is the right way up!.
I am using Reader 10.1.2 with Windows 7 and an HP Deskjet 6980 printer with duplex unit using the Windows 7 default drivers. I have installed the "AdobeReaderPatch10.1.2_cpsid_92870.zip".
There must be a combination of settings which works! Can anybody help? Please?

TThat is my problem also. You are flipping to the long side, you need to flip to the short side. I order to get the back one to be right side up. I was able to get windows 8 to do that today without doing anything beside selecting landscape and flip to short side. But when I use my iPad I donot have that selection. I need software to be able to have that option.

Duplex Printing - Page 2 upside down

I can duplex print, but the even number pages (second side printed) are upside down. Also, my properties tab options do not match the manual's description, so I'm not sure if I'm setting it up properly
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Hi shell75,
I would like to help you with this issue of page 2 printing upside down. Make sure that your Firmware is up to date.
Then follow these steps in the User Guide on duplex printing.
Print on both sides (duplexing)
You can print on both sides of a sheet of media automatically by using the HP
Automatic Two-sided Printing Accessory (duplexer).
NOTE: Two-sided printing requires an HP Automatic Two-sided Printing
Accessory (duplexer) to be installed on the printer.
TIP: You can perform manual duplexing by first printing only the odd pages,
flipping the pages over, and then printing only the even pages.
Perform two-sided printing (Windows)
1. Load the appropriate media. For more information, see Guidelines for printing on
both sides of a page and Load media.
2. Make sure the duplexer is installed correctly. For more information, see Install the
duplexer.
3. With a document open, click Print on the File menu, and then under the Print on
Both Sides options on the Layout tab, select either Flip on Long Edge or Flip on
Short Edge.
4. Change any other settings, and then click OK.
5. Print your document.
Depending on which flip you choose will determine how it prints on page 2.
Let me know how it goes or if you need any further help.
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Booklets prints second page upside-down

Good morning,
I find it quite impossible that nobody can answer if not solve this problem.
Certainly I make some mistake but please do tell me where.
This is driving me mad. Sorry. Following I put again the problem I posted few days ago:
facts: iMac27, OSX 10.8.3, Adobe Acrobat Pro 10.1.6, pdf generated from inDesign. Printer Xerox WorkCentre 7425
I select print booklets, page 1 to 4, paper size A3 landscape, print front/back, binding left.
When I print, the first page is OK, the back page is upsidedown.
I have already tried all the possible setups but I get the same result.
Thank you very very much.

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HP Officejet Pro 8000 WILL NOT PRINT PAGE TWO IN CORRECT ORIENTATION. SECOND PAGE UPSIDE DOWN.

Cannot booklet print in duplex mode. Prints second and third side of page upside down and
page 4 as original page. Does't worlin any mode, even booklet mode. Had a HP5400 previously,
which did booklet printing just fine. Can the driver from the 5400 be adjusted work on the 8000?

If you have HP software in your Applications folder that was not specifically meant for 10.7 (Lion), uninstall the software using the 'scrubber' option:
Go to Applications/Hewlett Packard/ click on HP Uninstaller
Click on Continue
Highlight your device on the left pane
Press and hold Control + Alt + Cmd keys on the keyboard simultaneously while you click on Uninstall <<<< This IS the Scrubber Option, there is no button labeled "Scrubber"
There will be a pop up that asks if you are sure you want to uninstall ALL hp software. (At this point, if you continue, any HP printers you have installed will need to be reinstalled)
Click Continue and let it finish
Restart your Mac
Download and install this: http://support.apple.com/kb/DL907
Now reset the printing system:
- Sys Prefs, Print & Fax
- Right (control) click in the rectangle listing your printers and select Reset Printing System.
WARNING - this will delete ALL of your printers!
- Select the plus sign to re-add it. Look for the printer, select it and wait until the "Add" button becomes available. Click it.
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Maxify MB5320 How do I make a duplex document flippable ( reverse side upside down)

I have a 40 page docuiment, in landscape mode, that I duplex. The doc. will be placed in a binder and when the reader reads it he/she will flip the pages top to bottom. I wish to print the reverse side of each page upside-down so the reader will not have to continually turn the binder over. How?

Inovich, because you've already set up your pages to be "two-up" on a landscape page from within FM, in my experience it's highly unlikely that any of the imposition software will be able to process the job, because for all intents and purposes that is just a single landscape page -- not two pages.
The only way I know that you'll be able to have any sort of correct imposition from software is to redo your file as a single page, in other words where only a single page number appears on each individual page.
The best way to do this is to
make a backup of your current doc, of course
create a brand new FM document, using 8.5x11 pages. This is a single page only. Don't worry about the actual physical page size being bigger than your eventual target of half of a landscape page, because Acrobat or the imposition software can handle that later. Set your document to be double-sided. Set the master page text frames and headers/footers to the correct sizes. SAVE this file as a different filename (e.g. BlankTemplate.fm).
Copy the BlankTemplate.fm to another new filename (e.g. Working.fm)
Open your original FM document. In Working.fm do File > Copy > Formats and bring in all of the formats EXCEPT the page layouts. Save this file as your new version.
In your new version, leave the pagination as it is, from first page to last page. The imposition software working on the PDF file will "slice and dice" these pages to rearrange them according to the requirements for duplex printing on a different sheet size (landscape).
When you make your PDF you may see differences in how the page size appears, or whether the page appears trimmed down to be 7 x 8.5, depending on what versions of FM and Acrobat you're using and on what options you have in your Distiller setup. The printing company will usually be able to adjust these.

Problem with printing-- logo comes upside down

Hi ,
We have some problem with printing.
While testing the print output for billing we are experiencing some problems. Every thing in the layout looks fine in the print preview but when i take a print out in my local printer , i see the client logo comes upside down and some lines are missing .
Can some body suggest me how to correct the same.
Regards,
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Hi Michael,
Thanks....
We have checked the printer earlier also and seems to be fine.
Aditional info:
1) We are getting this problem while printing Billing from "VF01" transaction.
2) In this also we have two invoice numbers given by functional guy out of which in for one we are getting the problem that "lines of the first box are not printing" and for second "logo is coming inverted & lines of the first box are not printing"
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Smartform/Script Preview Appears ok Printing is Inverse(Upside Down)

Hi Friends,
We are having number of Objects on which Company Logo and other Graphics has been added.
When I look at the Layout in Preview. It Appears OK.
But when I take Printing It comes INVERSE (Upside Down)
This issue has been obsered while taking coloured printing.
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Kindly suggest how to resolve these issue.
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This issue has nothing to do with the coding or the smartform. The problem is with the printer. If you try the same with other
printer it might work properly. Try installing the latest drivers for the printer. This should solve your problem.
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Sagar

How do I set up pages to print a 5x7 catalog using doubled sided printing. When I try this layout the inside pages are upside down?

I am trying to print a 5 x7 catalog. When I print it out using doubled sided the inside pages are upside down. Is there a way to setup and print using a 5x7 format?

If your printer does duplex printing (i.e. you're not re-feeding the pages manually), there may be a setting in the print dialog. My Brother color laser has these option when I check the two-sided box. If you see something similar, test the various options & make a note of what works. It took me so many tries to figure out what they meant by long- or short-edge binding!
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Duplex printing upside down !

Hi, For some reason duplex printing to a Xerox Apeosport C5540 has just started printing the second page upside down.
Changing the binding selection (long side or short side) has no affect.
Anyone have similar experience ?
I recently installed an HP J6480 printer driver - which is the only thing I can think of that has changed recently, other than OS X updates...
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What printer are you using? We have a Xerox 252 with a Fiery server and we were having problems getting consistent duplexing. We eventually discovered the setting that we were missing, but it wouldn't do me any good to tell you if you don't have that type of printer. Landscape printing usually requires a top/bottom duplex setting, which can also be called "flip on short edge" or "head to foot." This is set within the printer settings--usually under layout or printer features.
I have noticed with ID CS3 that even landscape pages are sometimes considered portrait when it comes to duplex orientation, so if your pages are still printing upside down, try changing the settings to the opposite (i.e. top/top, flip long edge, or head to head). This is only true in ID, all other apps should orient landscape with the other settings. This was exactly the problem we were having with our Xerox and ID. We could print duplex using the standard landscape settings from Acrobat but from ID, the results were unpredictable. We finally found in the printer settings where we could force the page to be oriented either portrait or landscape and that fixes the problem.

HP7310 all-in-one if automatic duplex option chosen every other page prints upside down, Fix?

Whenever automatic duplex printing is selected the printer prints the first page correctly then sucks the page bak into the printer bu it prints the reverse side with the second page upside down. How do I fix this?

What operating system? If Vista (or Windows 7 upgraded from Vista) then apply the patch available from a link here. For other operating systems see the Duplex Printing Guide here.
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Artboard 2 of 2 prints upside down - Windows 7

I use Windows 7 - when printing two artboards meant to be two sides on one sheet, the second prints upside down.
When printing pdfs for distribution and print-out, I am forced to turn the second artboard upside down, so that it prints normally.
I have seen posts on the forum stating that this is not an Illustrator issue. I'm sorry, but it is.
A thread about the matter saw the person with the problem 'resolve' it by having to tweak the print dialog EVERY time they print.
This just isn't good enough. In certain quarters this would be called a bug.
If the second of two artboards CAN indeed be made to print normally in Windows, then the feature making this possible is obviously VERY difficult to locate and the interface must be made more intuitive with respect to this issue.
I have experienced the issue on multiple machines and printers, so it isn't specific to one machine / printer.
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If it was a bug, everyone would have the same problem. I run Illustrator in Windows every day, and I've never encountered it.
I've no desire to argue over it, but I'll take one stab here at convincing you it is indeed a simple case of the default setting in the printer diver with respect to the flip direction of 2-sided printing. If you, (and the person with the same problem in that other thread), would change the printer defaults to flip or "tumble" the other way, it would solve the problem, and there would be no need to address it every time you print. Have you tried saving as PDF and printing from Acrobat?

Pages always prints envelopes upside down

When using Pages to print envelopes, my HP laserjet always prints the envelope upside down. Apple and HP indicate I shoudl feed the envelopes with the top to the right. This works properly with everyother piece of software I have used
I know, when I use Pages I could just change the orientation of the envelope in the envelope feed slot, or check "reverse page orientation" in the Print dialog (so the envelope is upside down in the print preview.) But I'd prefer not to have to remember random procedures to accomodate software malfunctions. Is there some preference I can set in Pages (or something) to fix this so it works correctly?
PS.I hate to post this as a question, but the Apple Support Communities (SW platform, not the people ) has sort of forces this.
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Get on the ball Apple. You broke the "Support Communities" website and the OS X built in "Help Center" years ago, and still haven''t fixed them.
Thank God for all the helpful Mac users out there, because Apple's help and support efforts (Help platforms, manuals, etc.) seem to have fallen by the wayside.

Hi John,
No help on your actual question, but some comments on the search function here.
Search offers the choice of limiting the searsch to a specific community/forum when the first results are presented. You can also limit the search to a specific user.
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Document prints in different language and upside down

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does it happen when you print from both laptops or only from one of them? and have you made sure the printer driver is selected properly? you can check it by right clicking on the printer icon and clikcing on Properties. the click on the 'Advanced' tab and see the name of the print driver. it HAS to be HP Officejet J5700.
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