Printer problem

[lafrancaise]

My HP PSC 1510 printer prints from back to front ie if there are two pages to print it prints no 2 first. If I'm printing from the internet I don't usually need both pages. Is there a way of it automatically printing number 1 first, without going into File then print and select Page1 then Page 2 etc.
Hope somebody can help and hope I'm not showing myself up as it's so easy!!!

[Buenchico]

Go to your Printers folder. (In Windows Millennium, that's Start > Settings > Printers. It will probably be twice as hard to find in XP and 10 times as hard in Vista. Nothing ever gets easier with Windows!).

Right-click on the icon for your printer. Select 'Properties'.

Now things get a bit tricky because exactly what you'll see is specific to your make and model of printer. (i.e. I use a Canon printer, so what I see won't be exactly the same as you do). However, you need to look for a tab which is something like 'Page Setup'.

Once you've found the right tab, there should be a couple of boxes labelled along the lines of 'Reverse Order' and 'Collate'. Depending what's already alongside 'Reverse Order', either place a tick in the box, or remove it, as appropriate. (i.e. reverse the current setting). If you want, you can also change 'Collate' but it's probably best to keep the current setting unless you're sure that you want to change it.

Then click 'Apply' followed by 'OK'.

Chris

[lafrancaise]

Thank you for that Buen chico but found it and it was already on first to last so clicked it onto last to first (you never know with computers do you?) and no luck either. Clicked back to first to last and it's still printing in reverse. Real strange......

Thank you anyway.

[gina32]

i know this isnt the answer you want but mine does the same, i think it must just be the make and model of the printer.

[lafrancaise]

Thanks gina, so it isn't just me. it really does get on my nerves as I've been used to just clicking on the print icone and now when I do that I end up using a load of ink and paper for nothing.

[gina32]

ive just tried mine again and ive changed it, go to printing preferences and then press on basics and the (on mine) click back to front. let me know if it works, ive tried and it does

[lafrancaise]

Wow! it's working! Thanks gina. I find this strange as when I tried that the other night it didn't. Keep fingers crossed it doesn't go back to its old habits.
Thanks again

[gina32]

glad its ok