Posted by Ilene C. Seidel on 8/17/09 9:00am
Msg #300300

Double sided printing?

Do any of you print double sided and does the title/mtg companies have a problem with it?
Thinking of buying a new printer but have never considered a double sided printer. Thanks

Reply by Linda Juenger on 8/17/09 9:05am
Msg #300301

I don't have a double sided printer and personally hope I never need one. I have only done 1 loan that was printed that way and it had me all messed up. When I flip the pages it is so weird to see writing. I was afraid I was going to miss something. I kept going back and forth and had myself so confused (but that's easily done with me) lol.

Reply by jba/fl on 8/17/09 9:07am
Msg #300303

I have heard of some doing as BO copy.

Reply by 101livescan on 8/17/09 9:45am
Msg #300307

I always print double sided the borrower's copy only, on toner saver mode, letter size. Most borrowers do not have legal size file drawers. They appreciate not having 3-inches of paper to stick away on a flat surface or doubled in their file drawer. For the first time in a long time, I had a double side printed deed of trust and note...Suntrust refi loan on Saturday. I didn't print it, the package was overnighted to me.

Reply by PAW on 8/17/09 9:48am
Msg #300309

Problem with double sided printing (duplex) is ...

(1) What happens if you need to replace a page in the document set from the borrower's copy? (Assuming that the signed copy is printed only on one side of a page.

(2) If printing the settlement copy (lender's pages and title company's pages) in duplex, may have disastrous consequences. For example, the back side of the 3rd page of the Note may end up being the 1st page to the Mortgage. IMO, it would be more of a hassle trying to keep one document from printing on the reverse side of another document. Probably wouldn't go over too big with the lender or settlement company.

Reply by Bob_Chicago on 8/17/09 9:51am
Msg #300310

Man, talk about great minds thinking alike. n/m

Reply by PAW on 8/17/09 9:57am
Msg #300312

I was thinking the same thing! n/m

Reply by HB/CA on 8/17/09 2:51pm
Msg #300397

Re: Problem with double sided printing (duplex) is ...

Thanks for pointing this out! I always give the borrowers the exact same paper, size, and print quality as the docs they execute. I feel it's only fair, if I were the borrower that's what I would want. The previous posts sound very reasonable and convincing, but you raised two good points, thanks.

Reply by Keystone_SA on 8/17/09 10:49am
Msg #300318

I have never thought of that. That would save a lot of paper by printing the borrowers' copy double sided. Thanks for that!

Reply by Ilene C. Seidel on 8/17/09 1:23pm
Msg #300364

Good Idea Linda, Thanks

Reply by Bob_Chicago on 8/17/09 9:43am
Msg #300306

My printer came with a duplex setting, but I seldom

use it for signing dox.
First you need premission. Second, very difficult to make sure
that one doc does not start on the reverse side of another doc
(eg. signature page on note on one side and w-9 on the other.
Even if you just use it for bwr copies, you have a problem if you need to use
one of the copy pages because bwr screwed up a signature.

Reply by Margaret Paddock on 8/17/09 11:48am
Msg #300328

Re: My printer came with a duplex setting, but I seldom

I've had overnighted docs sent that way. I would not do it without asking and even then unless you were really good at it well................
Great idea though for the borrowers docs. Thanks for that.

Reply by Doris_CO on 8/17/09 12:12pm
Msg #300332

Re: My printer came with a duplex setting, but I seldom

It's much easier to copy the docs if everything is printed on just one side, which is why most title companies want the docs single sided. Plus, as Paul and others have noted, if an error is made you won't be able to switch the page out with the borrowers clean copy if it's printed differently from the original.

Reply by MW/VA on 8/17/09 2:16pm
Msg #300382

Many of the new printers have a duplex option. When & if the industry requests it, I'll do it.
Until then, I see too many issues, as stated in some of the posts here. I know some who shrink bo's copy to letter. I don't get that--how do you pull a copy from their package if you need it. I can't tell you how often I need to do that. IMO it's not worth the cost savings for the hassle.

Reply by JanetK_CA on 8/17/09 3:18pm
Msg #300406

I recently picked up a back-up printer (mostly for scanning and copying) that prints duplex without me having to touch the paper. (It's a Canon MF4150 I got used on ebay for $50 + handling - one of the best investments I've ever made!) I've never even thought about printing documents duplex for reasons well covered above, but I've been using it to print all my confirmations and other misc. that way ever since. Not only does it save paper, it reduces filing storage space.

BTW, these printers are available new for pretty cheap. It has the super G3 fax capability someone mentioned previously and it prints pretty fast for a small, inexpensive printer. Scanner and fax feed much better than my old HP and I can easily scan directly to PDF. Only issue I've seen is that the scan quality seems to be a bit faint. So far, I haven't found a way to adjust that, but I haven't tried too hard yet. Don't know if it's just my machine or a problem with the model, but when I researched this, I didn't see it mentioned. (Most people probably bought it for the printing rather than scanning, though.)