CUPS - print pages in reverse order
Hi,
I can't get cups to print pages on my printer in reverse order (i.e the right order for documents). I see that there is an option to the lp command along the lines of lp -o outputorder=reverse ,but I cannot see a way to make this work in graphical interface. If there is a file I have to edit which one is it? Also what happened to the nice KDE printer management front end. Now I have to use cups at: http://localhost:631/ In kde 3.5.x I could manage printers from a KDE app. If there is one now I haven't found it. Any help appreciated. Tom |
From http://www.linuxfoundation.org/colla...verse_order.3F
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It seems a bit odd that this has never been a problem before but now it doesn't work. |
Do you have a ppd in /etc/cups/ppd? This is the location for installed printers.
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Hi,
yes, I went there thanks. but adding the line *DefaultOutputOrder: "reverse" doesn't change anything. I have tried removing the " from reverse. I have restarted cups too. :confused: Tom |
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This did work fine in slackware 12.2 (I didn't have to select print in reverse order). The printer is a sharpe ar-336 copier (uses the sharpe ar161 "driver"). |
This is an excerpt from the .ppd for my printer that does output as you desire.
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Yeah, I have restarted CUPS post edit. Still no joy.
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Looking at the 'stp-sharp-ar-161.5.2.ppd.gz' in /usr/share/cups/model/gutenprint/5.2/ as well as your location, I am wondering whether you should prefix the line with en_GB. i.e.
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unfortunately that doesn't work either.
It is a bit strange as it always worked fine on earlier versions of Slackware and on Ubuntu. |
A better way would be to add this option for the specific printer(s) in printers.conf that need reverse printing.
Check http://www.cups.org/documentation.ph...nf.html#Option So you would add the line "Option outputorder reverse" somewhere for your printer in printers.conf. |
Thanks for the information. It was a good starting point to find the right steps. For reference:
In order to activate reverse-page-order in the printers.conf you should use the lpadmin tool while cups is running: Code:
# get the name of the printer you want to configure |
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