When Print on Both Sides is selected, the document preview image changes to show a spiral binding
along either the left edge or the top edge of the page. In addition, a folded-over corner appears in the
lower-right portion of the preview image, indicating that printing occurs on the back side. An arrow on
the folded-over corner points in the direction that the pages would be flipped if they were bound together.
Short-side binding is for print jobs with pages that read by flipping over like the pages of a note pad.
Long-side binding is for print jobs with pages that read by turning like the pages of a book.
Booklet layout is
The Booklet layout is drop-down menu is visible when Print on Both Sides is selected and a supported
media size is selected in the Size is: drop-down menu on the Paper/Quality tab. The Booklet layout
is drop-down menu offers choices that are based on the current media size. The default setting is Off.
The other settings have the following format, where [paper size] depends on the media size that is set
on the Paper/Quality tab.
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Left edge binding
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Right edge binding
When you select Left edge binding or Right edge binding, the document preview image changes to
show the location of the binding. If you change the Pages per Sheet setting manually to 4, 6, 9, or 16
pages per sheet, the booklet setting is disabled. For more information, see the
Pages per Sheet section
of this STR.
Booklet printing is disabled when unsupported media sizes (such as envelopes) are selected as the
media size, and an incompatibility error message appears when you click OK to close the driver.
The Booklet layout is drop-down menu appears only when the following conditions exist:
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Print on Both Sides (on the Finishing tab) is selected.
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% of Normal Size (on the Effects tab) is 100.
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Pages per Sheet (on the Finishing tab) is 1.
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Size is: (on the Paper tab) is set to Letter, Legal, or A4.
Book and Booklet Printing
The HP Color LaserJet 3600 printer supports both book and booklet printing.
A book is a print job that consists of at least two pages and that can have a different media type for the
front cover, first page, other pages, last page, or back cover. Use the First Page and Other Pages
settings on the Paper/Quality tab (available when you select the Use different paper for check box)
to select different printing options for the book. For more information, see
Paper/Quality tab features of
this chapter.
A booklet is a print job that places two pages on each side of a sheet that can be folded into a booklet
that is half the size of the media type. Use the Booklet layout is drop-down menu on the Finishing tab
to control booklet settings.
To print a booklet
Complete the following steps to print a booklet in most software programs.
1. In the software program, click File, click Print, and then click Properties.
2. Click the Finishing tab.
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