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 > > -- > | Martin Sanborn - Dept. of Chemical Engineering - Northwestern University | > | [EMAIL PROTECTED] - (847)467-1653 - http://zeolites.cqe.nwu.edu/marty | > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Andrea Mennucc "E' un mondo difficile. Che vita intensa!" (Renato Carotone)
