Two sided printing from Word

I can print two sided from a pdf window but not from Word. How come?
In the printer dialog box the two-sided option is not there in Word, but it is there if I send it to a PDF and then print.
I have 10.8.4 and a HP Officejet 6500A

I found this on the HP site, seems to work for some.
http://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Mac-Printing-and-Scanning/Officejet-6500-will-not-d o-two-sided-printing-in-some/td-p/93091
http://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Mac-Printing-and-Scanning/Duplex-printing-with-HP-O fficejet-6500-Wireless/td-p/125689

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