Double Sided printing? Envelope size? Label printing? I was looking at this printer because of the "built in double sided printing" feature, but the more I'm reading the more it seems it's not automatic double sided printing. Please fill me in. Does anyone know what the the process is for double sided printing with the workforce 600? Do you have to print one side and then manually feed the paper through to print side 2? Is there a way to do it without having to take out the paper tray? If not I don't see how they can advertise built in double sided printing. Also, is the tray adjustable for different sized envelopes? And finally, does this printer support label printing? Thanks for your help. Double Sided printing? Envelope size? Label printing? I was looking at this printer because of the "built in double sided printing" feature, but the more I'm reading the more it seems... » Read More Double Sided printing? Envelope size? Label printing? I was looking at this printer because of the "built in double sided printing" feature, but the more I'm reading the more it seems it's not automatic double sided printing. Please fill me in. Does anyone know what the the process is for double sided printing with the workforce 600? Do you have to print one side and then manually feed the paper through to print side 2? Is there a way to do it without having to take out the paper tray? If not I don't see how they can advertise built in double sided printing. Also, is the tray adjustable for different sized envelopes? And finally, does this printer support label printing? Thanks for your help. « Show Less
74909
I can answer the part about double sided printing, having fallen into the trap. Built in means you print one side and then manually feed the paper through to print side two. I can't answer to the envelope and label question.I am pretty steamed about the built in part though. That is why I bought this printer. I thought it meant automatic double sided printing.
74910
Does it allow you to scan documents to an PDF file? I work as an inspector for a utility company and need a scanner to convert docs to PDF files to send to Project Manager from my home office. I used a flat bed scanner at Kinko's and was going to purchase an Epson V500 until I saw this all in one. Which one? Thanks.
74911
Big misleading. Built in is NOT, repeat, is NOT automatic double side. I got it for that reason and got an upseting result. One has to re-feed the sheets to print the other side. I call that manual! Avoid this printer if that is a purchasing factor as it was mine. Off course one cannot tell until open so there it goes the return.
74912
It sure was difficult finding out if this thing "Workforce 600" has full duplex scanning/printing. I guess it does not automatically scan and print double sided documents. No mention of this on the Epson web site. Very frustrating. What Epson All in one machines have this feature, does anyone know?
74913
All inkjet and laser printers support printing labels, as long as you have the sheet of labels at 8-1/2" x 11". If you don't use up the whole sheet, however, you end up with left over labels. We recently used 3 column x 10 row of labels on this printer and it worked fine.
492720
I have not had any luck with printing multiple envelopes, when I did print envelopes , I fed them one at at time. Otherwise, they would get jammed or the machine would take multiple envelopes at once. Good Luck.
1861650
If you print envelopes a lot, like I do, I think it works well using the two-tray 8630 version. Here's how I did it. Plain Paper goes into tray two, envelopes in tray one (only place they are supported). Now, on the display choose your Default Tray as Tray 2 and Lock Tray 1. This will make sure regular print jobs go to plain paper in tray 2 and if it runs out of paper the printer won't automatically pull from tray 1 (that's what tray lock means). Now, via the Web Interface for the printer I told it that Tray 2 has plain letter size paper, and Tray 1 has my envelopes (you specify size there). Now, when I print an envelope it knows to pull from Tray 1 and everything else goes to Tray 2. On my Mac I've never had to tell it what tray to use, the printer just knows and pulls from the correct location. Your mileage may vary, etc.
382616
I have not printed envelopes on this model as yet but tray 2 under the machine can be set to hold the envelopes in the middle of the tray & since it appears to work in a similar manner to my former 3500a officejet I have no doubt it will work. So far I have done letter (single & double sided), legal (single & double sided) using tray 1 with has a side entry, as well as booklet using legal paper in tray 1. All printed without any issues & with a speed I used to just dream about. The 3500a was fast at over 30ppm but it slowed down a lot when doing double sided & could only do double sided with letter paper. This printer slows very little when you consider each sheet is 2 pages & does a great job. Since the envelopes are a single sided process I will have to test that just to find out but I suspect they will print at nearly full speed as well. I also just purchased the $129 5 cartridge ink set from the other estore & have just run a few test sheets with the black cartridge, much larger than the startup cartridge included with the printer, & there seems to be no issues there, so far. Time will tell but the price is worth the test. All in all, at this time, I couldn't be happier with this printer & its performance. I paid $300 for the 3500a about 5 years ago & printed many times the pages recommended & have now paid, it finally failed, the same for this printer so am looking forward to at least 5 years of great performance.
1650739
You can select 2-sided printing when using the printer, but you have to manually turn the paper over and place it back in the feed tray.
1899327
No it can not do automatic two-sided printing (duplex printing). If you lower the print quality then it becomes fast. If you max out the quality then it can become dead slow (like many other printers out there I would say that this is normal)... So it's neither fast nor slow. It's hard to give an example to the print quality and the corresponding speed here. Try to find some video reviews to see some examples or take a look at the PPM (page per minute) numbers that could be found over the internet (manufacturer page, review pages, etc.).
284603
I am confused - it says on the specs above that it has automatic double side printing. Did they change it?
102771
Under the listed features in printer properties it says "Double sided printing: no." This is with the latest drivers installed on a Windows 8 machine.
595439
Double print with the HP Deskjet 1000 by printing every other page. Example: 1,3,5,7,9,11, . . . Then turn over print 2,4,6,8,10,12, . . . Number of pages is limited to my guess 60-pages. It's a wonderful, low cost way of printing. I'm a law student and truly have enjoyed a quality printer at a bargain price. Please feel free to email me here or at my private email address rgd53@hotmail.com Robert G. Deardorff, Jacksonville, Florida
1543582
Thanks for the responses. Can it print something as small as a 4 x 6 card? I'm shopping for a nonprofit school, and we do a lot of mailings. So smooth envelope feeding is essential. Do you know how many envelopes you can load at a time?
608226
it doesn't print double sided. you will have to flip the paper over and print on the back yourself.
991577
Yes and No. I'll explain,This is the single sided model, it will print the back side if you turn the printed page over. The software included with it does offer DUPLEX printing as an option. In that mode it will print ever other page, (odd numbered) then you turn the printed pages over & it will print the even numbered pages. A neat feature, but a two step process. There is a higher priced model that automatically prints both sides, but I really like this model as I don't need dual sided printing often.
81627
Yes, that's the way I have mine setup. and I feed labels and envelopes through the manual tray. It knows what size paper is in each tray and automatically does it's thing. Great printer! there's even a wireless app for your tablet or phone. Scan and copy work well also.
1888635
It will print one envelope at a time from the slot at bottom front and center.....you will need to go into the printer setup -- for each envelope -- and click on the MS Word menu labeled "Copies & Pages," click again on "Paper Feed" and when "All Pages From:" appears click on the menu to the right to bring up "Manual Envelope" Then click again on Paper Feed and choose "Paper Handling" drop down and click on Scale to fit paper size, and then pick paper size (#10 business is default). Lexmark will tell you to save this printer setting with some name like ENVELOPE. In my experience, you need to do all these settings for every single envelope, even the ones immediately following each other. Pain in the ass, but it works. It will print one envelope at a time from the slot at bottom front and center.....you will need to go into the printer setup -- for each envelope -- and click on the MS Word menu labeled "Copies & Pages," click again on "Paper Feed" and when "All Pages From:" appears click on the menu to the right to bring up "Manual Envelope" Then click again on Paper Feed and choose "Paper Handling" drop down and click on Scale to fit paper size, and then pick paper size (#10 business is default). Lexmark will tell you to save this printer setting with... » Read More It will print one envelope at a time from the slot at bottom front and center.....you will need to go into the printer setup -- for each envelope -- and click on the MS Word menu labeled "Copies & Pages," click again on "Paper Feed" and when "All Pages From:" appears click on the menu to the right to bring up "Manual Envelope" Then click again on Paper Feed and choose "Paper Handling" drop down and click on Scale to fit paper size, and then pick paper size (#10 business is default). Lexmark will tell you to save this printer setting with some name like ENVELOPE. In my experience, you need to do all these settings for every single envelope, even the ones immediately following each other. Pain in the ass, but it works. « Show Less
471534
Garey, I think it does say it has two-sided printed but as MarkB says it is manually done. I rarely used the function, and when I did I had to ask myself "Now how do I reload this?" I recently bought the Epson WF-3540 series and have had it for a few weeks now, and it prints 2-sided with just a click of the button on the printout dialog. Imagine that!!! I was stunned and amazed. You can also easily choose to print in B/W or Color with just a click. It's the first time I've bought a printer that claims to do 2-sided printing that actually does it without having to have a degree in Printer Engineering. Garey, I think it does say it has two-sided printed but as MarkB says it is manually done. I rarely used the function, and when I did I had to ask myself "Now how do I reload this?" I recently bought the Epson WF-3540 series and have had it for a few weeks now, and it prints 2-sided with just a click of the button on the printout dialog. Imagine that!!! I was stunned and amazed. You can also easily choose to print in B/W or Color with just a click. It's the first time I've bought a printer that claims to do 2-sided printing that actually does it without... » Read More Garey, I think it does say it has two-sided printed but as MarkB says it is manually done. I rarely used the function, and when I did I had to ask myself "Now how do I reload this?" I recently bought the Epson WF-3540 series and have had it for a few weeks now, and it prints 2-sided with just a click of the button on the printout dialog. Imagine that!!! I was stunned and amazed. You can also easily choose to print in B/W or Color with just a click. It's the first time I've bought a printer that claims to do 2-sided printing that actually does it without having to have a degree in Printer Engineering. « Show Less
1691889
This printer doesn't do very well with envelopes. You can try the bypass tray, but in my experience it will jam every time. Your best bet is to adjust the paper tray to envelope size, load in 6-10 envelopes, flap side up and to the left. Mine still jams really frequently, expect to ruin 2 envelopes for every one you get to print correctly. Envelopes that print "correctly" still come out slightly crumpled.
2165147
I do print envelopes with this printer. They come out flattened, with a little crinkle in the upper left hand corner. I've only do one at a time. When I have a lot to do I print labels off a dot matrix printer. I've never had a laser printer that prints envelopes flawlessly. And I have had many, many, laser printers.