Duplex printing using lpr-ppd

[Martin Sanborn <m-sanborn@nwu.edu>]

Does anyone have much experience setting up a printer with duplexing under 
linux? I don't think my problem in necessarily alpha-specific, but it's hard 
to say for sure. And, there's no debian-printing mailing list. :)

I have a HP LaserJet 2200d connected to an Alphastation 250 running Debian 
woody with a 2.4.14 custom kernel (parport is built-in). Using the normal lpr 
command prints text and postscript just fine. What I'd like to do is take 
advantage of the options available through the ppd file, including 
resolution, tray select, paper type, and especially duplexing. It kind of 
works with,

lpr -Plp0 -o Duplex:DuplexNoTumble [filename]

except for the fact that it's printing landscape instead of portrait! It 
appears to do this whenever I pass options with the -o flag, even if I don't 
specify duplexing. For example, specifying the upper tray as a paper source,

lpr -Plp0 -o InputSlot:Upper [filename]

prints in landscape mode. 

Any ideas what the problem might be, or how I might go about forcing it to 
print in portrait mode? There's nothing that I know of in the /etc/printcap 
file that would cause this, and the default option in the .ppd file is 
"DefaultLeadingEdge:Short".

Thanks for the suggestions.

Marty Sanborn

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