Problems printing greeting cards to duplex printer

When I try and print a card to a duplex HP printer, it prints but the front and back pages are incorrectly aligned and the card can't be used.
Do Apple not intend for you to print on your own printer but send away and buy the finished article?
What should the page settings be to get proper results? Is duplex printing not supported?
Powermac G4 Mac OS X (10.4.4) HP Deskjet 990cxi (duplex)

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