[opensuse] cannot print duplex in firefox etc on 12.2
Opensuse 12.2 Firefox 17 Cups 1.5.4 I have recently moved from opensuse 11.4 to 12.2 (new installation) and now find that I cannot print in duplex from firefox, thunderbird, google chrome and kate. Printer OKI C531dn, using the oki supplied ppd file. Duplex printing is faultless in okular, acrobat and libreoffice (once the printer language type in libreoffice is changed from pdf to postscript), but firefox, thunderbird, chrome and kate will not print duplex whatever the settings in their print dialogues. In 11.4, using the same ppd file, there was no problem with duplex printing, using a cups 1.5.4 server. Also, I can print in duplex from these applications in xubuntu12.04 and Mint14, using the same ppd file. The cups version is 1.6.1 on both these machines. The fact that I had to change the printer language type in Libreoffice from pdf to postscript to enable duplex printing made me wonder whether there is something similar I have to change in the mozilla/kate/chrome configuration, but I haven't been able to find anything similar. If I redirect the print from the cups server on my 12.2 to a virtualbox mint14 cups server, then duplex printing works, so it does seem something specific to the 12.2 setup. I'd appreciate any pointers to how I can correct this. John -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday, 2012-12-01 at 09:38 -0000, John King wrote:
If I redirect the print from the cups server on my 12.2 to a virtualbox mint14 cups server, then duplex printing works, so it does seem something specific to the 12.2 setup.
I'd appreciate any pointers to how I can correct this.
Try printing to postscript file instead, and then you can use okular or gv to print it to paper. - -- Cheers, Carlos E. R. (from 12.1 x86_64 "Asparagus" at Telcontar) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.18 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAlC6DcwACgkQtTMYHG2NR9X34wCfUGd6pL6KPzKBWaU/wlqXr+w9 RRoAn0tr/wZZqv9T0tdpg1kugKADPVZV =IkKz -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 01/12/12 14:01, Carlos E. R. wrote:
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On Saturday, 2012-12-01 at 09:38 -0000, John King wrote:
If I redirect the print from the cups server on my 12.2 to a virtualbox mint14 cups server, then duplex printing works, so it does seem something specific to the 12.2 setup.
I'd appreciate any pointers to how I can correct this.
Try printing to postscript file instead, and then you can use okular or gv to print it to paper.
Thanks. I appreciate that as a work-around. I could similarly send it to cups-pdf and print that. However, since duplex printing worked fine in opensuse 11.4, and does in mint and xubuntu, I'd like to get the same functionality back in opensuse 12.2. We do a lot of printing and having always to go through a 2-stage process seriously upsets our users. John -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday, 2012-12-01 at 15:31 -0000, John King wrote:
Thanks. I appreciate that as a work-around. I could similarly send it to cups-pdf and print that. However, since duplex printing worked fine in opensuse 11.4, and does in mint and xubuntu, I'd like to get the same functionality back in opensuse 12.2. We do a lot of printing and having always to go through a 2-stage process seriously upsets our users.
I do not use 12.2, so I can't verify; and anyway, I don't have a duplex capable printer. But I would report in bugzilla. - -- Cheers, Carlos E. R. (from 12.1 x86_64 "Asparagus" at Telcontar) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.18 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAlC6JhMACgkQtTMYHG2NR9VbEgCcCOabHRDxEuU0fZKyPSV6AMrx 4TwAn2E8SPQZwKeMA+dscSbQ45qPqpZ5 =h/pN -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On Sat, Dec 1 03:31:27 PM John King wrote:
On 01/12/12 14:01, Carlos E. R. wrote:
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On Saturday, 2012-12-01 at 09:38 -0000, John King wrote:
If I redirect the print from the cups server on my 12.2 to a virtualbox mint14 cups server, then duplex printing works, so it does seem something specific to the 12.2 setup.
I'd appreciate any pointers to how I can correct this.
Try printing to postscript file instead, and then you can use okular or gv to print it to paper.
Thanks. I appreciate that as a work-around. I could similarly send it to cups-pdf and print that. However, since duplex printing worked fine in opensuse 11.4, and does in mint and xubuntu, I'd like to get the same functionality back in opensuse 12.2. We do a lot of printing and having always to go through a 2-stage process seriously upsets our users.
John
fwiw . . . Duplex works fine in 12.2 on my HP1100dtn. While the upgrade installed the latest driver package, it did not assign the driver to the existing printer queue, I needed to do that as an extra step in YaST. I also found that at least for this printer there were two driver options, and only the "cups" version supported full functionality. If you have an HP printer, it is better to install it via HP's toolbox, where duplexing can be turned on. It can also be enabled directly thru the cups localhost interface. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 12/01/2012 10:31 AM, John King pecked at the keyboard and wrote:
On 01/12/12 14:01, Carlos E. R. wrote:
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On Saturday, 2012-12-01 at 09:38 -0000, John King wrote:
If I redirect the print from the cups server on my 12.2 to a virtualbox mint14 cups server, then duplex printing works, so it does seem something specific to the 12.2 setup.
I'd appreciate any pointers to how I can correct this.
Try printing to postscript file instead, and then you can use okular or gv to print it to paper.
Thanks. I appreciate that as a work-around. I could similarly send it to cups-pdf and print that. However, since duplex printing worked fine in opensuse 11.4, and does in mint and xubuntu, I'd like to get the same functionality back in opensuse 12.2. We do a lot of printing and having always to go through a 2-stage process seriously upsets our users.
John
I too have the same problem when trying to print in duplex mode so the problem is not limited to a particular model of printer or driver. openSUSE 12.2 -- Ken Schneider SuSe since Version 5.2, June 1998 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 01/12/12 20:18, Ken Schneider - openSUSE wrote:
On 12/01/2012 10:31 AM, John King pecked at the keyboard and wrote:
On 01/12/12 14:01, Carlos E. R. wrote:
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trying to ptint
On Saturday, 2012-12-01 at 09:38 -0000, John King wrote:
If I redirect the print from the cups server on my 12.2 to a virtualbox mint14 cups server, then duplex printing works, so it does seem something specific to the 12.2 setup.
I'd appreciate any pointers to how I can correct this.
Try printing to postscript file instead, and then you can use okular or gv to print it to paper.
Thanks. I appreciate that as a work-around. I could similarly send it to cups-pdf and print that. However, since duplex printing worked fine in opensuse 11.4, and does in mint and xubuntu, I'd like to get the same functionality back in opensuse 12.2. We do a lot of printing and having always to go through a 2-stage process seriously upsets our users.
John
I too have the same problem when trying to print in duplex mode so the problem is not limited to a particular model of printer or driver.
openSUSE 12.2
I've found a bug report about this. It looks as though the fix hasn't come through yet. https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=776080 John -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
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