HPPCL5A.DRV: Duplex Printing Overrides Mixed Bin Selection

ID: Q98500

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows 3.1
Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 2.0, 2.0a, 2.0a-CD, 2.0b, 2.0c

SYMPTOMS

If you format a print job so that page one and page two print from different paper trays and if you select a duplex printing option, page two prints on the back of page one if the following are true:

You are using the HPPCL5A.DRV version 31.3.89 printer driver, which is supplied with Windows version 3.1.

Your are printing to a Hewlett-Packard (HP) LaserJet Series IIID or IIIsi printer.

The paper source setting should override conflicting duplex settings, so that page two of the above print job should not print on the back of page one.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the HPPCL5A.DRV version 31.3.89. This problem was corrected in the HP LaserJet Series III version 2.0 and 2.1 printer driver (HPPCL5MS.DRV), which is supplied with Windows for Workgroups version 3.1.

MORE INFORMATION

In Microsoft Windows for Workgroups version 3.1, the filename of this printer driver is changed from HPPCL5A.DRV to HPPCL5MS.DRV. If you want to use version 31.3.89 of the driver with Windows for Workgroups, manually decompress the HPPCL5A.DR_ file from the Windows version 3.1 disks and then rename the file to HPPCL5MS.DRV.

Additional query words: wfw wfwg 2.00a 2.00a-CD 2.00b 2.00c w4wprint IIID IIISi hpiiid hpiiisi hplj duplexed duplexing

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Version : WINDOWS:2.0,2.0a,2.0a-CD,2.0b,2.0c,3.1
Platform : WINDOWS
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