iOS26 Offset front/back - double side printing

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Use AirPrint to print from your iPhone or iPad - Apple Support

When using AirPrint, the available print options - including duplex printing and page size - are advertised by your printer. When using the print dialogue on your iPad, you can only select from the advertised options.

Ensure your HP Printer has itself been updated to its most recent version. If still using a [now deprecated] older version of the AirPrint protocol, your updated Apple devices may not work properly with the printer.

jwilson1347 wrote:

Agree, DUPLEX printing does not work on my iPhone or iPad after upgrading to IOS26 / iPad26.

having been in software QA for MANY years

There has been no change in printing to my HP OfficeJet 5740 printer where there still is the option for Duplex printing in iOS 26. The only place where I have seen it not work has been acknowledged by HP with using their HP app and was the result of an update in that app, not the iOS update.

As I am sure you know, the printer has to support duplex printing. Not all HP printers support duplex printing and I have seen posts from some with the HP Smart Tank 5100 series printer not being able to print 2 sided, and that has always been the case. There are certainly some with that printer that will add a "me too" post where they think it is iOS related not realizing they never had the option. Some of the budget HP printers only support duplex printing manually, meaning you have to actually turn the page over instead of selecting a Two Sided print option where the printer will print both sides automatically. A driver can provide a prompt to tell you to flip the page over and feed it into the printer again, so don't know if that is what you are referring to that is lacking when using AirPrint.

I don't know which printer you are referring to, but in order to track down any problem that seems to affect some and not others, it would seem plausible to at least attempt to track it down to any particular model.

jwilson1347 wrote:

Agree, DUPLEX printing does not work on my iPhone or iPad after upgrading to IOS26 / iPad26.

having been in software QA for MANY years, it just seems that apple was too involved with getting the “Liquid glass” working and not enough QA on getting many of the other things we do. PERHAPS they got a directive from above, that it HAD to be released by a certain date, working or not.????

My own HP 7605 printer works just fine with iOS/iPadOS 26.x; duplex printing works as expected.

Ensure that your printer firmware is updated to its most recent version.

Agree, DUPLEX printing does not work on my iPhone or iPad after upgrading to IOS26 / iPad26.

having been in software QA for MANY years, it just seems that apple was too involved with getting the “Liquid glass” working and not enough QA on getting many of the other things we do. PERHAPS they got a directive from above, that it HAD to be released by a certain date, working or not.????

You are not using the HP Smart app are you?

https://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Mobile-Printing-Cloud-Printing/New-HP-app-no-longer-allows-double-sided-printing-from/td-p/9533422

There was no change in my AirPrint interface after updating to iOS 26 and printing to my HP printer.

Same for me! Used to work perfectly with iOS 18, upgraded to iOS 26.1 and stopped working with the same printer. Cant double side print with my iPhone anymore… 😵‍💫

I have exactly the same issue. Very, very irritating. Printer software is definitely up-to-date. Finding other minor glitches with iOS 26 that are unrelated to this.