on Sat, Sep 06, 2003 at 02:41:28AM -0400, Matt Price (matt.price@utoronto.ca) wrote:
> one more printing problem with cups before I switch to lpr
> (hopefully)... I'm having trouble printing multiple pages/printed
> page using openoffice. I'm running sid/i386 using CUPS. Normal
> printing (1 page/page) works fine with OOo and with other programs. 2
> pages/page works fine from the command line (haven't tested it with
> other programs) with the command:
>
> lp -o number-up=2 FILE
>
> However, the same command fails when executed from OOo.
>
> any clues?
I install mpage or a2ps, and use it as a filter on the 'lpr' command,
using CUPS for printer support:
mpage -2 | lpr
...as a print command works in pretty much all apps.
Peace.
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