We used to setup two queues for each printer that has a duplex
printing unit installed, one for simplex and another for duplex
output. The way we achieved this was using the ifhp= options in
printcap file. For example

:ifhp=model=hp8100,simplex

for the simplex queue, and

:ifhp=model=hp8100,duplex

for the duplex queue.

After upgrading to versions 3.8.2/3.4.9 for LPRng/ifhp, LPRng stopped
honoring the simplex/duplex options in the printcap file.

Selecting the simplex or duplex mode still works with the command line
options  for lpr (e.g. lpr -P hp1 -Z duplex) However, this requires
replacing the standard lpr commands on all machines with the lprng
version and teaching the users about a new command line option
(another can of worms but I am considering doing that in the long run)
Is there a way to bring the old functionality back?

-akop




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