HP LaserJet 2420 'Print on both sides (manually)' is missing from the current Windows 7 PCL6

Dear Support,
I have a HP LaserJet 2420 printer connected to my home network and I would like to use it from my desktop PC (connected with cable to the network) and from my notebook (connected with wifi to the network). I use Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 (EN) on both of them and I installed the current Win7 PCL6 (v5.7.0) driver downloaded from the official HP site.
I would like to print on both sides, but the 'print on both sides (manually)' option is missing from the 'Finishing' tab of the Printing preferences option.
If I turn to 'Installed' the 'Duplex Unit (for 2-Sided Printing)' under the 'Device Settings' tab of the Printer properties it doesn't work because this printer doesn't support the automatic print on both sides.
I don't want it work automatic only manual, but it is still missing. I have never experience it with much simple printer.
Please help to solve the problem! Thank you!
And what is the difference between the PCL5 and PCL6 and PostScript drivers?
Kind regards,
Szilárd Kurunczi

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