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[Johannes Meixner <jsmeix@xxxxxxx>]

Hello,

On May 1 17:57 Jens Hansen wrote (shortened):
> ... look if there is the possibility to choice paper-orientation in the
> printer-properties-menu, but it still lacks.
> In the past I installed the openoffice.org version which has the choice.
> I need it for brochure-printing.

Brochure-printing is not supported directly by the CUPS printing system.
Therefore there is no such option in generic printing dialogs.
The CUPS printing system supports only "N-Up Printing", see
http://www.cups.org/documentation.php/doc-1.3/options.html

But application programs can support brochure-printing.
Therefore a brochure-printing option could be in the printing
dialog of a particular application or elsewhere in the menue
of a particular application which supports brochure-printing.

"Brochure-printing" means reordering of the pages
plus "N-Up Printing" plus duplex printing.
For example to print the document pages 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 as a brochure,
print document pages 8 and 1 on the front side of the first sheet,
print document pages 2 and 7 on the back side of the first sheet,
print document pages 6 and 3 on the front side of the second sheet,
print document pages 4 and 5 on the back side of the second sheet.
The CUPS printing system does not support page reordering in one
print job and therefore it cannot support brochure-printing.

Unfortunately it is not possible to use CUPS options like
-o page-ranges=1,8 -o outputorder=reverse -o number-up=2
to print e.g. only the front side of the first sheet because
http://www.cups.org/documentation.php/doc-1.3/options.html
--------------------------------------------------------------------
The page numbers used by page-ranges refer to the output pages
and not the document's page numbers. Options like number-up can
make the output page numbering not match the document page numbers. 
--------------------------------------------------------------------
I.e. "number-up=2" happens first which gets document page 1 and 2
on the first printed page which is then selected by "page-ranges=1"
to be actually printed.
I used the following command to test it (on one single line):
--------------------------------------------------------------------
echo -e "1\f2\f3\f4\f5\f6\f7\f8\f" | a2ps -1 -o - | lp -d queue_name
 -o page-ranges=1,8 -o outputorder=reverse -o number-up=2
--------------------------------------------------------------------

There are big PostScript printers whith additional units for
duplex printing and a stapler plus folder so that the printer
can do brochure-printing on its own.

In the end for brochure-printing either use an appropriate
application program (plus duplex printing of the printer)
or an appropriate big PostScript printer.


Kind Regards
Johannes Meixner
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