Thank you Peter for your prompt response. I've spent the day trying to get a proper result in vain. I was using Acrobat 1.5 output out of ignorance -- Bigger is Better? Gads, thought I was past that fallacy. So I tried 1.3. No change. Yes Scribus is set up to use cups. I used kprinter and did succeed in getting both Scribus and Accro 7 to print single sided. Tried ooo, now it prints single sided. Downloaded driver rpms from SuSE's ftp site. No change. Tried printing the pdf file through a laptop running XP to the same printer. Very nice, thank you but no duplex today. Tried other files that printed duplex in the past. No go. I did read the link you included and clarified some terminology.
It appears my problem is between the machine and the printer. So I will mauger at that and let you know if I get any where. Many thanks, again, for your help. --ml I blog at dumluks.blogspot.com
