| Every time a print operation is executed, both paper | | | | from doing all the manual feeding is by getting a duplex |
| and ink is being used and, depending on the type of | | | | printer instead. |
| printer, this takes a certain number of seconds to | | | | General Overview |
| complete. This may not be a big deal for small printing | | | | Regular printers may be referred to as simplex |
| operations, but when it comes to printing lots of | | | | printers, but duplex printers have the advantage of |
| documents, the period may last several minutes and | | | | printing on a sheet of paper on both sides |
| you may find yourself running out of paper rather | | | | automatically on a single pass. This generally doubles |
| quickly. | | | | the printing speed while reducing paper usage in half |
| Smart people would cleverly flip the paper after the | | | | as long as it is okay for ink to be on both sides of the |
| first page is printed so the second page will go on the | | | | paper. |
| back side. This can be a very handy method in saving | | | | Duplex printers are not really a separate category of |
| valuable paper especially if dozens of pages need to | | | | printers, but rather a feature that can be present in |
| be printed. The only problem is that these types of | | | | both standard printers and multi-function printers. All of |
| operations take a lot more time to complete and | | | | the commercial printers that support duplex printing use |
| requires a lot of manual effort on the user's part. In | | | | lasers since inkjets need to rely on a cartridge that |
| fact, after you queue up all the pages to be printed, | | | | sprays ink on the top surface of the paper only. |
| you need to load one paper at a time, wait for that | | | | Looking for a Duplex Printer |
| page to print and then get the same page and reload | | | | Ordinary printers should have the word "Duplex" right |
| the paper with the other side facing up. After that | | | | on the title so it should be easy to identify which printer |
| page is finished, you must set it aside and manually | | | | has duplex printing capabilities. Most higher-end |
| feed in another paper for succeeding pages. Quite an | | | | multifunction printers have a duplex printing feature, but |
| arduous process. | | | | may not have the "Duplex" word on the title. |
| Another trick would be to print all of the | | | | Therefore, if you want to find a multifunction printer |
| even-numbered pages all in one go and then flip all of | | | | with this feature, you will need to take a closer look at |
| the pages over and restack to print all of the odd | | | | the list of features and see if it is supported. |
| numbered pages. While this requires less effort, any | | | | These types of printers are generally more expensive, |
| printing errors and paper jams can cause some | | | | but can save a lot of time and money for people that |
| confusion and possibly waste more paper, ink and. The | | | | need to do lots of printing on a daily basis. |
| real way to save money by using less paper and time | | | | |
