duplex printing disabled when I use my network printer remotely

new Home wireless network, using an ADSL router, connected to a Win98SE
machine upstairs with HP Deskjet 710C software on board.
Wireless link to a Win XP Home machine downstairs in my office with HP
Deskjet 710C printer attached. I can't install the HP software on the
machine the printer is connected to, as it is incompatible with XP.

Since moving up to XP I have had to settle for the fact that the
integral XP driver for my old printer is a bit deficient in the duplex
department (it will only print duplex from Word 2003 but no other program).
I had the bright idea while trying to print a complicated A4 folded into
A5 multipage booklet, from Publisher 97 (no fun without duplex printing)
that maybe I could print the file from my Win98SE machine using the
network, using the original drivers and this looked promising as the
driver interface that loaded up on the 98SE screen, was the old format
from Win 98SE. But alas, the Features tab for single/double sided"
printing option was greyed out, with the single sided option selected.

So the XP driver doesn't provide a duplex feature, and the Win98SE
driver has its duplex disabled if I print from that machine via the network.

Is this standard for network printing? Personally I would have no
problem starting the printing upstairs, and running downstairs to change
the paper round on the few occasions when I need to do this for a big or
complicated print job.

Is there a way round this (other than taking the printer upstairs to the
Win98SE machine, which I don't want to do, as my downstairs XP machine
is the one I use most) - and I'm not yet ready for a new printer that
has a proper functioning XP driver.

I suspect the answer will not be to my liking but...?


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