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Re: Duplex tumble options missing since CUPS upgrade



"Gareth Evans" <donotspam@fastmail.fm> writes:

> Hi Kushal,
>
> Thanks for your reply.
>
> It seems in my case the Brother drivers didn't reinstall properly, but
> after reinstalling again I now have the tumble options, as before:
>
> [system-config-printer] > MFC-L2740DW > Properties > Printer Options >
> Duplex (None, DuplexTumble, DuplexNoTumble)
>
> - this is also adjustable per document in eg. LibreOffice Print > Properties
>

Good to know you've solved your problem.

> The Brother website doesn't seem to mention the tumble feature in
> relation to either MFC-L2710DW or 2740DW.
>
> Are you using Brother drivers?
>
> Tumble/NoTumble doesn't seem to be available with driverless printing,
> where [long-edge/short-edge] or [portrait/landscape] options appear
> under the Duplex dropdown instead.
>

I'm not using the Brother drivers for printing.

> Kind regards,
> Gareth
>
>
> On Wed, 1 Jul 2020, at 16:05, Kushal Kumaran wrote:
>> "Gareth Evans" <donotspam@fastmail.fm> writes:
>> 
>> > Hello,
>> >
>> > The duplex tumble option seems to have disappeared for me when
>> > printing, I think since a recent CUPS upgrade on Debian 10.4
>> >
>> > No matter whether I use driverless or Brother drivers with MFC-L2740DW
>> > the only options are "short edge"/"long edge" or
>> > "portrait"/"landscape" respectively, but alternate pages are always
>> > upside down, which seems to suggest tumble is permanently on, but
>> > there is no longer a way to turn it off in the printer properties UI.
>> >
>> > Has anyone else noticed this?  I can't find a recent bug report,
>> > though there seem to be similar issues historically and on other
>> > distros.  Is there a config option to bring it back?
>> >
>> > I would be grateful for any thoughts/advice.
>> >
>> 
>> I have a Brother MFC-L2710DW, which I assume is similar to your
>> hardware.  I've never noticed the term "tumble" in the printer options
>> before, but I do have the "2-sided Printing" configuration, with a
>> choice between Off/On (Portrait)/On (Landscape).  I use On (Portrait)
>> and it gets me book-style duplexing; I've only printed actual
>> portrait-oriented pages.  I had assumed it used these as aliases for
>> "Flip on Long Edge" (Portrait) and "Flip on Short Edge" (Landscape), and
>> things would be the right way around as long as your actual documents
>> were in the appropriate orientation.
>> 
>> Are your pages portrait? And are you using the "On (Portrait)" duplex
>> setting?
>> 
>> I'm on up-to-date buster as well.
>> 
>> -- 
>> regards,
>> kushal
>> 
>>


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