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Recent print driver updates for Windows 11
Your situation with the HP LaserJet M478f printer and driver issues on your different devices is understandable. Since the driver update caused the duplex printing capability to be lost and you can't directly roll back via Device Manager.
I've managed to resolve this issue.
This printer is a network printer. I use an ethernet cable to connect it to my local network, using a fixed IP address (set it the router).
I looked at the printers web server properties, accessing that using printers IP address in a web browser. From there the Network Properties of the printer display Internet Printing Protocol Properties (IPP). I disabled this option, then power cycled the printer.
Once the printer was back on the network, I removed the printer from the ARM based Windows laptop, then added it. This time Windows installed the non-IPP print driver (which I recognised from before the automatic update that happened on this device), and found the duplex option was available again, and was automatically selected. Problem solved. Disable IPP in the print servers properties. I didn't know IPP was a thing.
On a general note I've read various reports that IPP based drivers do have a tendency to miss device functions like duplexing. I don't think of duplex printing as being an advanced option as I've been using this on my printers for at least 20 years now. Seems like this is something that needs addressing by Microsoft, as the idea of Microsoft IPP class drivers seems a good one, IE, security, reliability, simplification, standardisation of protocols etc.
