HP LaserJet P1006 won't print both sides (duplex)

I have been using my printer for two years now and haven't had a problem till i needed to print on both sides of the page. It tells me to do all of the steps for it and then at the end it says push the go button or ok and i have no such buttons on my computer that show up or on the printer. There is a cancel button and a power button on the computer.
Does anyone know how to make it work? I have tried reinstalling the drivers for it and still nothing works.
Thanks,
Nick

Ken Spiker wrote:
Yes, I just downloaded the Apple HP update 2.3. The driver that was showing in my Printer Setup Utility was 1.2.0.224. Now I downloaded and installed 2.3 but the Printer Setup Utility only shows 1.2.0.224. 2.3 is not listed in the driver list. Why is that?
2.3 is the version of the update, not the version of the driver.
According to http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3669, 1.2.0.224 is the correct version of the HP driver.
Final question: why do I have problems nobody else does?
People are having a variety of problems. It may be because of permissions, previous versions of the HP software that was installed and not deleted. Since there wasn't support for this printer on Snow Leopard until the 2.2 update, it's hard to guess what the issue was, but you're not alone - read some of threads here.
If you run into this problem again, delete the <hard drive>/Library/Printers/hp folder, delete your printer from Print & Fax, then run Software Update and re-add the printer.
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