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On 13/12/12 18:01, Neil Winchurst wrote: > On 13/12/12 14:34, Philip Whateley wrote: >>> >> I seem to remember having this problem when I was using Ubuntu 10.04. >> The printer I was using needed a more up to date version of HPLIP than >> that in the repositories, and I think the CUPS ppd file didn't get >> updated. Sorry I can't remember whether your printer is HP or "other" so >> the HP related stuff might not be too relevant. >> >> >> Also take a look at what is configured in CUPS (localhost:631 in a >> browser) >> >> Sorry I can't remember exactly what I did, but I think I found the >> answer(s) by googling "duplex printing not working in LibreOffice" or >> something like that. >> >> Phil >> > I did a Google as suggested. In CUPS I went to the Printer page, > clicked on the Printers tab. I have just the one printer so I clicked > on it. This brought up a new page with two buttons, Maintenance and > Administration. Clicked on Administration. Among the choices was Set > Default Options. > > Clicked on that and brought up a page of details about the printer. > One item was Media Size and one was Double-Sided Printing. I chose > Long Edge Standard but this brought up an error message saying that > this clashed with the paper size (A4). Searched and found that there > was another A4 choice labelled A4 Auto Duplex. Chose that and the > error went away. > > Saved it, had to give my root password. Then printed a suitable > document. This was set up with four A5 pages on two A4 landscape > pages. When I printed it did print all pages on one sheet of paper but > the second A4 page was upside down. > > So back to CUPS and this time chose Short Edge (flip) as the > Double-Sided Printing choice. This did the trick. > > So now I must watch out for how it works when I have two normal A4 > pages to print, on the one sheet of paper. I suspect that I will need > to choose the Long Edge Standard for that. > > Getting there, > > Neil > > > Also this? https://answers.launchpad.net/hplip/+question/176204 and https://answers.launchpad.net/hplip/+question/170887 Phil -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq