Printing not using requested duplex setting
I am using: Operating System: openSUSE Tumbleweed 20220728 KDE Plasma Version: 5.25.3 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.96.0 Qt Version: 5.15.5 Kernel Version: 5.18.11-1-default (64-bit) Graphics Platform: X11 Processors: 4 × Intel® Core™ i7-7500U CPU @ 2.70GHz Memory: 15.5 GiB of RAM Graphics Processor: Mesa Intel® HD Graphics 620 Manufacturer: Dell Inc. Product Name: Inspiron 15-7579 I never had a problem switching between none and duplex printing until recently. Now, whenever I request duplex print mode, it now always prints single sheet mode. The printer is a Brother HL-2270DW. I have upgraded to the latest Brother drivers, created a 'new' printer to use, yet the problem persists. I tried printing under Windows 10, which works perfectly, so it does not look like a H/W problem. I have reconfigured cups and the printer using YAST. It still does not work correctly. I have looked in CUPS configuration files but found nothing I could see to be a problem. To get it to print duplex I have to go to the printer (via IP address and browser) to specifically set duplex mode. Then I have to unset it back afterwards. Alas, I am not fully conversant with printer configuring so I am at the end of what I can try. Can anyone help or has anyone had this problem and got past it? It used to work fine but no longer. Help...... -- \ ^ / 0 Turtle / v \ wame nuttauwadtuongash
Hello Turtle, (BTW, Realname would be appreciated....) Am Samstag, 30. Juli 2022, 19:53:28 CEST schrieb Go Slowly Turtle: <snip>
The printer is a Brother HL-2270DW. I have upgraded to the latest Brother drivers, created a 'new' printer to use, yet the problem persists. I tried printing under Windows 10, which works perfectly, so it does not look like a H/W problem. I have reconfigured cups and the printer using YAST. It still does not work correctly. I have looked in CUPS configuration files but found nothing I could see to be a problem.
To get it to print duplex I have to go to the printer (via IP address and browser) to specifically set duplex mode. Then I have to unset it back afterwards.
I'm using basically the same setup, slightly different Brother printer. Please go to the CUPS management page (localhost:631) select the printer -> Management -> default settings (may be called different, I have german installation :-) Two-sided -> long-edge binding -> Save You may change this in the KDE print dialog as well, but this will not change the default setting. HTH Axel
Thank you for your response. I made the setting default to duplex print through cups printer management. Unfortunately it still prints as two single sheets even with the default and the 'print' interface window specifying duplex. But I should not have to go to cups management or to the printer web management to set duplex on or off. This surely is done by the system through the 'print' interface. It certainly used to do that. I could print a document from LibreOffice single sided and then another duplex without having to go through any printer management. It seems to me that the appropriate settings are not being sent by the 'print' interface as appropriate to the 'print' interface completed by the user saying duplex. It is frustrating. ps. I use my tribal, Native American name. In English it translates to 'Go Slowly! Turtle'. On Sun, Jul 31, 2022 at 5:32 AM Axel Braun <docb@opensuse.org> wrote:
Hello Turtle,
(BTW, Realname would be appreciated....)
Am Samstag, 30. Juli 2022, 19:53:28 CEST schrieb Go Slowly Turtle:
<snip>
The printer is a Brother HL-2270DW. I have upgraded to the latest Brother drivers, created a 'new' printer to use, yet the problem persists. I tried printing under Windows 10, which works perfectly, so it does not look like a H/W problem. I have reconfigured cups and the printer using YAST. It still does not work correctly. I have looked in CUPS configuration files but found nothing I could see to be a problem.
To get it to print duplex I have to go to the printer (via IP address and browser) to specifically set duplex mode. Then I have to unset it back afterwards.
I'm using basically the same setup, slightly different Brother printer. Please go to the CUPS management page (localhost:631) select the printer -> Management -> default settings (may be called different, I have german installation :-) Two-sided -> long-edge binding -> Save
You may change this in the KDE print dialog as well, but this will not change the default setting.
HTH Axel
-- \ ^ / 0 Turtle / v \ wame nuttauwadtuongash
Am Sonntag, 31. Juli 2022, 20:21:12 CEST schrieben Sie:
Thank you for your response. I made the setting default to duplex print through cups printer management. Unfortunately it still prints as two single sheets even with the default and the 'print' interface window specifying duplex.
Hm, then I feel I cant add to you problem any further. You may want to try it in the cups mailing list? (cups@cups.org)
But I should not have to go to cups management or to the printer web management to set duplex on or off. This surely is done by the system through the 'print' interface. It certainly used to do that. I could print a document from LibreOffice single sided and then another duplex without having to go through any printer management. It seems to me that the appropriate settings are not being sent by the 'print' interface as appropriate to the 'print' interface completed by the user saying duplex.
How are you connecting? via lpd://printer/binary_p1 ?
It is frustrating.
ps. I use my tribal, Native American name. In English it translates to 'Go Slowly! Turtle'.
Ah, thanks for the clarification. Was not aware of this Cheers Axel
On 7/30/22 13:53, Go Slowly Turtle wrote:
I am using: Operating System: openSUSE Tumbleweed 20220728 KDE Plasma Version: 5.25.3 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.96.0 Qt Version: 5.15.5 Kernel Version: 5.18.11-1-default (64-bit) Graphics Platform: X11 Processors: 4 × Intel® Core™ i7-7500U CPU @ 2.70GHz Memory: 15.5 GiB of RAM Graphics Processor: Mesa Intel® HD Graphics 620 Manufacturer: Dell Inc. Product Name: Inspiron 15-7579
I never had a problem switching between none and duplex printing until recently. Now, whenever I request duplex print mode, it now always prints single sheet mode.
The printer is a Brother HL-2270DW. I have upgraded to the latest Brother drivers, created a 'new' printer to use, yet the problem persists. I tried printing under Windows 10, which works perfectly, so it does not look like a H/W problem. I have reconfigured cups and the printer using YAST. It still does not work correctly. I have looked in CUPS configuration files but found nothing I could see to be a problem.
To get it to print duplex I have to go to the printer (via IP address and browser) to specifically set duplex mode. Then I have to unset it back afterwards.
Alas, I am not fully conversant with printer configuring so I am at the end of what I can try. Can anyone help or has anyone had this problem and got past it? It used to work fine but no longer. Help......
-- \ ^ / 0 Turtle / v \
wame nuttauwadtuongash
May be a driver issue. Presumably you are using a driver provided by TW? What is the version - probably from the package printer-driver-brlaser-6+git20200420.9d7ddda-2.11? You can try printer-driver-brlaser-6+git20200420.9d7ddda-21.42 from https://software.opensuse.org/download/package?package=printer-driver-brlaser&project=Printing or printer-driver-brlaser-6+git20200420.9d7ddda-24.28 from https://software.opensuse.org/download/package?package=printer-driver-brlaser&project=home%3ASauerland%3Asane --dg
I did not know that there was a Tumbleweed driver. I was using the one supplied by Brother. So, I downloaded the driver recommended by DennisG from the Tumbleweed repository, configured a new (lpr/lpd) printer using Yast - and it works! Thank you for providing a solution to this frustrating problem. Sent from my iPad
On Aug 1, 2022, at 4:30 PM, DennisG <dwgallien@gmail.com> wrote:
On 7/30/22 13:53, Go Slowly Turtle wrote:
I am using: Operating System: openSUSE Tumbleweed 20220728 KDE Plasma Version: 5.25.3 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.96.0 Qt Version: 5.15.5 Kernel Version: 5.18.11-1-default (64-bit) Graphics Platform: X11 Processors: 4 × Intel® Core™ i7-7500U CPU @ 2.70GHz Memory: 15.5 GiB of RAM Graphics Processor: Mesa Intel® HD Graphics 620 Manufacturer: Dell Inc. Product Name: Inspiron 15-7579
I never had a problem switching between none and duplex printing until recently. Now, whenever I request duplex print mode, it now always prints single sheet mode.
The printer is a Brother HL-2270DW. I have upgraded to the latest Brother drivers, created a 'new' printer to use, yet the problem persists. I tried printing under Windows 10, which works perfectly, so it does not look like a H/W problem. I have reconfigured cups and the printer using YAST. It still does not work correctly. I have looked in CUPS configuration files but found nothing I could see to be a problem.
To get it to print duplex I have to go to the printer (via IP address and browser) to specifically set duplex mode. Then I have to unset it back afterwards.
Alas, I am not fully conversant with printer configuring so I am at the end of what I can try. Can anyone help or has anyone had this problem and got past it? It used to work fine but no longer. Help......
-- \ ^ / 0 Turtle / v \
wame nuttauwadtuongash
May be a driver issue.
Presumably you are using a driver provided by TW? What is the version - probably from the package printer-driver-brlaser-6+git20200420.9d7ddda-2.11?
You can try printer-driver-brlaser-6+git20200420.9d7ddda-21.42 from https://software.opensuse.org/download/package?package=printer-driver-brlaser&project=Printing
or printer-driver-brlaser-6+git20200420.9d7ddda-24.28 from
--dg
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