Re: Duplex printing using lpr-ppd
hi
I am the mantainer of the gnulpr suite, and I regularly
print duplex
I suggest that you install the whole suite, by
$ apt-get install gnulpr
then you configure the printers by
$ printtool
then you use
$ gpr file
to print
On Fri, Jan 25, 2002 at 11:00:42AM -0600, Martin Sanborn wrote:
> 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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