Option for Automatic two sided printing no longer available

Win 7 and HP c7280, Word 2010. Everything worked fine yeasterday but today when I tried to change from one sided to automatic two sided printing I got only two choices, one page or manual two sided. It is set for automatic in the printer properties but in the panel where it asks what you want to print I put in entire documant and then below that it asks for one sided or drop down menu used to say manula or automatic two sided, now it only says manual. What happened and how to I fix it. Printer Setup says the extra atachment is "installed"

Welcome back to the HP Community , I read your post about the print settings that seem to be missing from Word 2010. I have a few ideas in mind that may help you below. 1. Run the Print and Scan Doctor. This diagnostic tool will check for any conflicts that could be causing the issue. The tool will show you a report at the end. If there was a problem that the tool could not fix, you will notice it in the results. 2. Uninstalling the Printer Software, restart the PC and reinstall the printer. 3. Print from other programs, and if you find the issue only in Microsoft Word 2010, post this issue in the Microsoft Forums to see if an expert there can help! Microsoft Support Forums: Ask Community I hope this helps!Show thanks for my reply to help you today by hitting the "thumbs up" icon below!

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Hi:
I am using an HP laptop running Windows Vista 32-bit Home Premium.
I had previously fully uninstalled my HP Photosmart C6280 all-in-one printer.
Today, I reinstalled it using the CD-ROM that came with the printer.
When I went to print an MS Word document, I was not presented with the normal set of
Print options/settings to choose from.
I could not select Automatic doubled-sided printing: it wasn't in the drop-down menu.
When I selected Print from Word's File menu, a print dialog box opened: it's title was HP Photosmart 6200 Series Document Properties. From within this, I selected:
Properties > Printing Shortcuts Tab > General Everyday Printing.
in the lower right area of this panel, is a drop-down menu titled, "Print on both sides".
It offered the following options to select from:
Off, Manual, Left-edge booklet, Right-edge booklet.
The option, "Automatic" was missing from this list: previously, it was directly below Manual.
I do not remember if the Left/Right edge options were there before.
Directly below this drop-down menu is that for selecting Orientation: Portrait or Landscape.
So now, I am unable to do automatic 2-sided printing.
If I click on Duplex instead of General Everyday , I briefly see the word Automatic in the menu, but is replaced with Manual. Also, for this Duplex mode, the Orientation drop-down me u is missing/hidden. I do not know if it is supposed to be that way.
The Problem: Why do I no longer have the option to do Automatic 2-sided printing ?
Any ideas ?
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DaleBr
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The duplexer needs to be enabled in the driver as discussed in the Vista/Win 7 Duplex Printing Troubleshooting Guide here.
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HP Photsmart Printer D5360 Stopped automatic two sided Printing

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The default is the duplexer is set to "not installed", you will need to set the duplexer hardware as installed. See the Vista/Windows 7 Duplex Printing Troubleshooting Guide here for details.
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Problem with two sided printing

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Go to the first post in the link I gave and read the details. In particular:
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Hi,
Please try the following settings:
1.From the application used to print, click the File menu, then select Print. The Print window appears.
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Sorry, this is not an option. When printing the front page of a duplexed page the black is underprinted with color to make the print "set" and dry faster. As a result "black only" is not an option when printing automatically duplexed pages.
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