On 01/26/14 16:36, Regina Henschel wrote: > Hi Gary, > > Gary Aitken schrieb: >> On 01/26/14 06:00, Regina Henschel wrote: >>> Gary Aitken schrieb: >>>> On 01/25/14 15:59, Maurice Howe wrote: >>>>> When you use "short edge" is there an "apply" tab or >>>>> anything like that? >>>> >>>> No. It's a dropdown, so it shows up once the menu is clicked; >>>> then an "OK" to dismiss the whole dialog, then a "Print" to >>>> actually set the process in motion from the main print dialog. >>>> >>>> Wish I could at least figure out whether it was the driver or >>>> AOO, as it was working a few weeks ago. Unfortunately, I don't >>>> have another printer that has duplex capability. I suspect >>>> it's the driver, but I'll be danged if I can figure out what's >>>> wrong with it. >>>> >>> Isn't there a setting in the driver or in the operating system >>> to print raw data? >> >> No. The only thing that looks like it could be raw output is the >> choice in the properties subdialog of the print dialog called >> "Printer Language Type" which allows selection of pdf (the default) >> and several levels of postscript, one of which is labelled "from >> driver" which I assume means use the driver says it likes ps. > > So why not try it out?
Already did that quite a while ago. > What information do you see in Cups? I've got a HP ColorLaserJet > (which understands postscript) and see: Defaults: job-sheets=none, > none media=iso_a4210x297mm sides=two-sided-long-edge Not sure what you mean by "in cups", but if you are referring to the subdialog of the print dialog that comes up when I hit "Print...", (i.e. the properties dialog from the "Properties..." button, Paper Tab: paper size orientation duplex (off, long edge (standard), short edge (flip)) Device Tab: Color Model Color Precision Media Type Print Quality Resolution Shrink Page If Necessary to Fit Borders and a whole bunch more which are color-correction related I've tried both duplex options, and they have the same effect (upside-down) > I'm a Linux novice and can not really help you. Isn't there a freebsd > forum? yes, and I'm pursuing that avenue also. But in order to do that, I need to know what the heck AOO does when it goes to print. I need to know how the system print mechanism is triggered from AOO, and what it is being fed. Otherwise, it's not clear where to look. <after some more experiments> Cups installs its own lpr command. On fbsd that is in /usr/local/bin; the system still has one in /usr/bin. Depending on the order in one's path, you get either the cups one or the system one -- unless a full path is specified. That's not particularly a good situation, but I don't think that's the problem; I think cups uses a full path (don't know if aoo does or not, or if it's even relevant, as I don't know how aoo interfaces to cups). If you take a proper .ps file set up for duplexing (below) and print it with the system lpr command, page 2 comes out right-side up. If you print it using the cups lpr command, page 2 comes out upside-down. If you take a 2 page OO document and print it duplexed via cups, it comes out upside down. If you first print it duplexed to a pdf file, and then: Using the system lpr command, it prints on two separate sheets. Using the cups lpr command, it prints duplexed upside down. That looks like there is something wrong with the cups lpr command. I'd be curious if anyone else sees the same behavior. <more experiments> If I move the cups lpr command out of the way and replace it with a symbolic link to /usr/bin/lpr, I still see the same behavior when printing from aoo. Which would imply that aoo is not using the lpr command to print. In the meantime, I'll go looking for some cups help. ============== duplex.ps ============== %!PS-Adobe-3.0 %cupsJobTicket: media=Letter sides=two-sided-long-edge %%BoundingBox: 36 36 576 756 %%Pages: 2 %%LanguageLevel: 2 %%Requirements: duplex %%DocumentNeededResources: font Times-Roman %%EndComments %%BeginDefaults %%PageOrientation: Portrait 0.0 setgray /Times-Roman findfont 24 scalefont setfont %%EndDefaults %%BeginSetup %%BeginFeature: *Duplex DuplexNoTumble << /Duplex true /Tumble false >> setpagedevice %%EndFeature %%EndSetup %%Page: (Front Page (1)) 1 % Page 1 text newpath 100 100 moveto (Page 1 Duplex.ps) show showpage %%Page: (Back Page (2)) 2 % Page 2 text newpath 100 100 moveto (Page 2 Duplex.ps) show showpage %%EOF % ------------------------------------------- List Conduct Guidelines: http://openoffice.apache.org/list-conduct.html To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
