How do I set the MX700 for bidirectional printing? It sounds like it is only printing in one direction.

Bidirectional Printing - A means of printing by a computer printer which prints one line from left to right, then the following line from right to left. Such printing is faster than printing in one direction only, as there is no need to wait for the carriage or other imaging mechanism to return to the left margin before starting a line.
how to enable bi-directional printing.here's how:

1. -click on start
2. -click on printers and faxes (control panel->printers and faxes)
3. -right-click on Dell Photo All in One Printer 964 All-In-One icon
4. - click on properties
5. -click on ports tab
6. -down at the bottom there's a small box before bi-directional support
7. -tick the box to enable it then click apply,ok
8. -try printing again

note: in vista , printers and faxes is printers.in win 7 ,it's devices and printers.
and properties in win 7 is printer properties

hi
change your default printer your mx700
1 - start menu
2 - printer and faxes
3 - right click on your printer
not on your fax icon

Turn off bidirectional support. This should be in the printer properties under the ports tab. Uncheck the "Enable bidirectional support". If the printer is through a print server, you'll probably need to change this setting on there, otherwise if it is installed on each computer as a direct IP print to the printer, you'll need to change it on each computer.

If you know the ip address of your printer, you can add that manually from add printer wizard copy first driver to your local drive.

Bi-directional operation is a facility of the BIOS port you might use. it usually refers to a parallel port which can be set in the bios as uni directional or bidirectional so in the bios under PERIPHERAL DEVICES you would set to bi-directional.. so it is not something you can set in the printer settings. when it connects to the port the printer tests to see if it can use bidirectional transfers or not. If it can't it just means its a bit less efficient so will take long to transfer data. A similar error message might be issued for a network/wifi connection if a FIREWALL prevented communications. Or if you had used an OLD driver meant for a different older parallel printer. your printer is too new and should be wifi connected. You may have used a wifi ad-hoc pc-printer direct connection which could be causing the issue. preferred method is always printer-router-pc non ad-hoc using tcp/ip ports. so check your firewall settings http://support.lexmark.com/index?page=content&id=SO3908&locale=en&userlocale=EN_US

Change the black ink cartridge.

In your print dialogue box should be a setting to tell printer to print black only

To enable bi directional printing:
Open Printers and Faxes in control Panel
Right Click on the Printers Icon
Select PROPERTIES
In the Properties dialog box select the PORTS tab
Near the bottom there is a check box to enable Bi-directional printing
Make sure it is checked
Click OK to exit the dialog box

You will need at least a USB connection for bidirectional support.

Your printers alignment is out that is why it prints only in one direction.
Dezzi