Its also frustrating when you forget to turn the option off when you dont need it.

Its the ecologically friendly thing to do, we supposeat least, in theory.

Weve personally thrown out more than a few documents because of this default.

Many of the things we bother to print these daysairline or event tickets, for exampleneed to be on their own pages.

Often, well quickly try to print some tickets, see that theyve come out two-sided, swear under our breath, and then re-print the tickets one-sided.

That way, your printer will print one-sided pages unless you turn the Two-Sided option on.

Changing this default requires opening the Terminal, and then accessing a browser-based user interface.

Its a bit convoluted, but dont worry: its not as hard as it sounds.

Users can change CUPS settings with a browser-based interface, but this interface is disabled by default.

The second word, cupsctol, is the name of the command that can change CUPS settings.

The third word, WebInterfaceyes, tells the command to enable the web interface.

Clicking that link should work, but copy and paste the URL if it doesnt.

If everything is working, youll find yourself at the CUPS settings home page.

Youre accessing this through a browser, but the page isnt online: everything youre seeing is on your computer.

Click the printer for which you want to change settings and youll be taken to the printers configuration page.

And, of course, you can still use two-sided printing when you actually want to.

He also runs the Hillsboro Signal, a volunteer-driven local news outlet he founded.