Printing Issue in smartform!!

Hi All,
I am running Driver prog as Background job, which is creating a Spool as Smartform Output. I can see in spool output that pages are position in Landscape.
Even when i download the spool id to pdf file using 'RSTXPDFT4', pages are in Landscape.
But when i try to print spool, then pages are printing in Portrait position. Even at the time of printing spool, i am giving page format as 'X_65_255'. I have set smartform pages to be print in Duplex printing with landscape by setting page Property to 'D'.
Now if remove this 'D' option from Page property, Spool output is printing in landscape positions correctly but not getting printing back to back. I need to print spool output back to back.
How to overcome this problem?
Thanks in advance.

Thanks Nick for your reply.
If i print normal word doc in duplex mode, Printer is printing. So i can printer can support duplex printing. Even i try to find OSS Note, 96102.(this note is applicable for Sapscript, but i am assuming it will is also applicable to Smartforms).
As per this note, if Standard Text SAPSCRIPT-PRINTMODETEST can give u result in duplex mode, then Printer is configure for duplex mode.
So i Tested this standard text, printing yet did not come in Duplex mode.
So i am still confuse, where is problem?
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