On Tue, 2007-02-13 at 13:09 -0500, Michael S. Peek wrote: > Michael S. Peek wrote: > > Hey guys, I think I may have found a bug. I wasn't able to find > > anything like it in the bug report list, and I wasn't sure how to file > > it as I don't know what package it would be associated with. > > > > Here's my bug: > > > > I have a remote printer connected to a remote machine that I am > > printing to via LPD with CUPS. > > > > In any application: > > Select: File --> Print... > > In the print window that appears, select the Job tab. > > In the Job tab, under Copies, set any number greater than 1. > > Select Print. > > > > Only one copy shoots out of the printer. It is as though the number > > of copies setting is ignored. I've noticed this on both Gnome under > > Etch and KDE under Sarge. I've not done more thorough testing yet, > > but I thought I would throw this out there and find out whether or not > > this is a bug or my own stupidity before I invested more time on it. > > > > Michael > > > > > > > Oh yeah, you know what, it occurred to me that it may have something to > do with the remote machine being a solaris box not running CUPS. Maybe > that'll ring a few bells with a guru out there somewhere. Make sure you have cupsys-bsd installed. Setup a local CUPS printer that prints the BSD/LPRNG queue properly. Also, the Solaris queue might be set to only print 1 copy, no matter the requested number. -- greg@gregfolkert.net Novell's Directory Services is a competitive product to Microsoft's Active Directory in much the same way that the Saturn V is a competitive product to those dinky little model rockets that kids light off down at the playfield. -- Thane Walkup
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