What's the easiest way to force duplex on a networked HP 4000 or 8000
printer? Looking through the docs, the answer seems to be "depends on
printer model; ask on the mailing list", and I haven't seen this mentioned
recently in the archives.
I want to force duplex, even if the user specifies simplex. There'll be a
simplex-only queue, too, but I'm hoping I can just do s/duplex/simplex/
once I have duplex working.
ifhp supports all of the printer models that we use, so a mechanism that
tells ifhp "always print duplex" seems simplest. I had high hopes for the
-Zduplex option, but either it doesn't work or I'm doing something wrong.
I have the following printcap file, and it works, but it only prints
duplex when the client specifies it:
.duplexcommon:
:sd=/var/spool/lpd/lprng/%P
:af=/var/spool/lpd/lprng/%P.log
:create_files=TRUE
:ar=TRUE
:mx=0
:lpd_bounce
:filter=/usr/local/libexec/filters/ifhp -Z duplex
test-waldec:client:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
test-waldec:
:server
:lp=waldec.cc.cmu.edu%9100
:ifhp=model=hp4000
:tc=.duplexcommon
Advice, tips, suggestions?
Willie Beegle
Computing Services
Carnegie Mellon University
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