I have a deskjet D1420 and officejet pro L7780 neither print back to front

I have a HP deskjet D1420 and a HP Officejet Pro L7780 and neither one will print the pages from the back to the front. The option to print back to front has been selected on both printers.
i.e. printing 2 pages and the last page prints first followed by the first page
Any help in resolving this issue will be greatly appreciated. Thanks

Please read this post then provide some details. What operating system?
I do not think the D1420 has an automatic duplexer, but the L7780 should be able to be configured for this. See the Vista/Windows 7 Duplex Printing Troubleshooting Guide here.
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