Duplexing not working with Lexmark & HP printers

Anonymous anonymous at easysw.com
Fri Aug 26 12:51:00 PDT 2005 

I went to HP (hpinkjet.sourceforge.net) and downloaded hplip-0.9.4
I am still having the same problem (no automatic or command-line
duplexing).  Also the printer options are now much more limited than the
ppd file from linuxprinting.org, which had options for which trays are
installed, whether the duplexer is installed, etc.  This just has the
options print on long edge, print on short edge, or off.

How do I know whether the hpijs backend is even grabbing the file?


> Did you try the original verdor supplied PPDs?
>
> Helge
>
> Anonymous wrote:
> >
> > I am currently testing CUPS, and cannot get the duplexing feature of any of my printers to work.
> >
> > In addition, when I am trying to print duplex, the default duplex test file is not drawn
> > correctly.  The first page should have a bunch of "1"s in the shape of a 1, and the second
> > should have a bunch of "2"s in the shape of a 2.  However, each line is shifted slightly to
> > the right of the one above it.  This does not happen on all ps files (for instance, when I
> > have mozilla open and print to a ps file, the file prints correctly, just not duplexed).
> >
> > The shifting and inability to duplex happens whether or not I have the printer set up as a
> > raw print queue or a postscript printer.  I also cannot force duplex from the command line (lpr -o Duplex=DuplexNoTumble OR lpr -o Duplex=DuplexTumble).
> >
> > Included below is my CUPS background info, the output of lpoptions, the cupsd.conf file,
> > the list of printers/ppd info, and my ghostscript info.
> >
> > --------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > CUPS background:
> >
> > RHEL 3 update 4 ; kernel 2.4.21-27.EL
> > Cups 1.1.23 downloaded from cups.org, compiled with install script
> > Printer installation:  web interface
> > Installation worked fine
> > Queue type: lpd
> > deviceURI: socket://*.*.*.*:9100
> > For each printer, we have a duplex and non-duplex queue
> >
> > --------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > Output of lpoptions:
> >
> > lpoptions -p printername(duplex)
> > job-sheets=none,none page-bottom=36 cpi=12 lpi=7 scaling=100 page-right=36 page-
> > left=36 wrap=true page-top=36 sides=two-sided-long-edge
> >
> > lpoptions -p printername(nonduplex)
> > job-sheets=none,none page-bottom=36 cpi=12 lpi=7 scaling=100 page-right=36 page-
> > left=36 wrap=true page-top=36
> >
> > lpoptions -p printername(duplex) -l
> > Duplex/Double-Sided Printing: *DuplexNoTumble DuplexTumble None
> > InputSlot/Media Source: *Default Tray1 Tray2 Tray3 Manual Auto
> > PageSize/Page Size: *Letter A4 11x17 A3 A5 B5 Env10 EnvC5 EnvDL EnvISOB5 EnvMonarch Executive Legal
> > PageRegion/PageRegion: Letter A4 11x17 A3 A5 B5 Env10 EnvC5 EnvDL EnvISOB5 EnvMonarch Executive Legal
> > Resolution/Resolution: *default 150x150dpi 300x300dpi 600x600dpi 1200x1200dpi
> > PreFilter/GhostScript pre-filtering: EmbedFonts Level1 Level2 *No
> >
> > lpoptions -p printername(nonduplex) -l
> > Duplex/Double-Sided Printing: DuplexNoTumble DuplexTumble *None
> > InputSlot/Media Source: *Default Tray1 Tray2 Tray3 Manual Auto
> > PageSize/Page Size: *Letter A4 11x17 A3 A5 B5 Env10 EnvC5 EnvDL EnvISOB5 EnvMonarch Executive Legal
> > PageRegion/PageRegion: Letter A4 11x17 A3 A5 B5 Env10 EnvC5 EnvDL EnvISOB5 EnvMonarch Executive Legal
> > Resolution/Resolution: *default 150x150dpi 300x300dpi 600x600dpi 1200x1200dpi
> > PreFilter/GhostScript pre-filtering: EmbedFonts Level1 Level2 *No
> >
> > --------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > cupsd.conf:
> >
> > ServerName *********
> >
> > Classification none
> >                                                                                                                                                                 DefaultCharset UTF-8
> > DefaultLanguage en
> > Printcap /etc/printcap
> > PrintcapFormat BSD
> >
> > RemoteRoot remroot
> > SystemGroup sys
> > ServerCertificate /etc/cups/ssl/server.crt
> > ServerKey /etc/cups/ssl/server.key
> >
> > <Location /admin>
> > AuthType Basic
> > AuthClass System
> > Encryption IfRequested
> > Satisfy All
> > Order deny,allow
> > Deny From All
> > Allow From 127.0.0.1
> > Allow From *.*.*.* (testcomputer)
> > </Location>
> > <Location /printers/****>
> > Encryption IfRequested
> > Satisfy All
> > Order deny,allow
> > Deny From All
> > Allow From 127.0.0.1
> > Allow From *.*.*.* (printserver)
> > Allow From *.*.*.* (testcomputer)
> > </Location>
> > <Location /printers/****dup>
> > Encryption IfRequested
> > Satisfy All
> > Order deny,allow
> > Deny From All
> > Allow From 127.0.0.1
> > Allow From *.*.*.* (printserver)
> > Allow From *.*.*.* (testcomputer)
> > </Location>
> >
> > HostnameLookups On
> > KeepAlive On
> > KeepAliveTimeout 60
> > MaxClients 100
> > MaxRequestSize 0m
> > Timeout 300
> > Listen 127.0.0.1:631
> >
> > AccessLog /var/log/cups/access_log
> > ErrorLog /var/log/cups/error_log
> > PageLog /var/log/cups/page_log
> > MaxLogSize 0m
> > LogLevel debug
> >
> > PreserveJobHistory On
> > PreserveJobFiles Off
> > AutoPurgeJobs No
> > MaxJobs 0
> > MaxJobsPerPrinter 0
> > MaxJobsPerUser 0
> >
> > RunAsUser No
> > User lp
> > Group sys
> > RIPCache 8m
> > FilterLimit 0
> > DataDir /usr/share/cups
> > DocumentRoot /usr/share/cups/doc
> > RequestRoot /var/spool/cups
> > ServerBin /usr/lib/cups
> > ServerRoot /etc/cups
> > TempDir /var/spool/cups/tmp
> >
> > Browsing Off
> > BrowseProtocols CUPS
> > BrowsePort 631
> > BrowseInterval 30
> > BrowseTimeout 300
> > BrowseAddress ***.255
> > BrowseOrder deny,allow
> > BrowseDeny all
> > BrowseAllow @LOCAL
> > BrowseAllow *.*.*.* (testcomputer)
> > ImplicitClasses On
> > ImplicitAnyClasses Off
> > HideImplicitMembers Yes
> > BrowseShortNames Yes
> >
> > --------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > Printer List/PPD Info:
> >
> > (all ppds obtained from linuxprinting.org)
> >
> > Lexmark Optra T616  (PCL 6 emulation, PS 3 emulation)
> > HP LaserJet 4300
> >    (hp PCL 6, hp PCL 5e, hp PostScript® 3 emulation, HP-GL/2)
> > HP LaserJet 5500
> >    (HP PCL 5c, HP PCL 6, PostScript® 3 emulation)
> >
> > each ppd includes
> > cupsFilter: "application/vnd.cups-postscript 0 foomatic-rip"
> >
> > cuptestppd /etc/cups/ppd/printer(nodup).ppd
> > /etc/cups/ppd/printer(nodup).ppd: PASS
> > cuptestppd /etc/cups/ppd/printer(dup).ppd
> > /etc/cups/ppd/printer(dup).ppd: PASS
> >
> > --------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > Ghostscript Info:
> >
> > I also downloaded foomatic-rip and foomatic-gswrapper
> > and added a symbolic link to foomatic-rip in /usr/lib/cups/filter/
> >
> > Ghostscript 7.05
> > gs -h
> > Input formats: PostScript PostScriptLevel1 PostScriptLevel2 PDF
> > Available devices:
> > x11 x11alpha x11cmyk x11gray2 x11gray4 x11mono bmpmono bmpgray bmpsep1
> > bmpsep8 bmp16 bmp256 bmp16m bmp32b deskjet djet500 laserjet ljetplus
> > ljet2p ljet3 ljet3d ljet4 ljet4d lj5mono lj5gray cdeskjet cdjcolor
> > cdjmono cdj550 pj pjxl pjxl300 uniprint ijs omni bj10e bj200 bjc600
> > bjc800 faxg3 faxg32d faxg4 pcxmono pcxgray pcx16 pcx256 pcx24b pcxcmyk
> > pbm pbmraw pgm pgmraw pgnm pgnmraw pnm pnmraw ppm ppmraw pkm pkmraw
> > pksm pksmraw tiffcrle tiffg3 tiffg32d tiffg4 tifflzw tiffpack tiff12nc
> > tiff24nc psmono psgray psrgb bit bitrgb bitcmyk pngmono pnggray png16
> > png256 png16m jpeg jpeggray pdfwrite pswrite epswrite pxlmono pxlcolor
> > bbox dmprt cdj880 ap3250 appledmp atx23 atx24 atx38 bmpa16 bmpa16m
> > bmpa256 bmpa32b bmpamono bmpasep1 bmpasep8 ccr cdj1600 cdj500 cdj670
> > cdj850 cdj890 cdj970 cfax cgm24 cgm8 cgmmono cljet5pr coslw2p coslwxl
> > cp50 declj250 dfaxlow dfaxhigh djet500c dl2100 dnj650c eps9high eps9mid
> > epson epsonc escp fs600 hl1250 hl7x0 ibmpro imagen inferno iwhi iwlo iwlq jetp3852
> > la50 la70 la75 la75plus lbp8 lj250 lj3100sw lj4dith ln03 lp2563 lp8000 lq850 lxm5700m
> > m8510 mgr4 mgr8 mgrgray2 mgrgray4 mgrgray8 mgrmono miff24 necp6 oce9050
> > oki182 okiibm paintjet photoex pjetxl plan9bm sgirgb r4081 sj48 st800 stcolor sunhmono
> > t4693d2 t4693d4 t4693d8 tek4696 xes x11cmyk2 x11cmyk4 x11cmyk8 x11rg16x
> > x11rg32x ljet4pjl lj4dithp dj505j picty180 pr201 pr150 pr1000 pr1000_4 jj100 bj10v
> > bj10vh mag16 mag256 mj700v2c mj500c mj6000c mj8000c fmpr fmlbp ml600 lbp310
> > lbp320 lips2p bjc880j lips4 lips4v escpage lp2000 npdl md50Mono md50Eco
> > md1xMono DJ630 DJ6xx DJ6xxP DJ8xx DJ9xx DJ9xxVIP AP21xx pcl3 md2k md5k stp
> > lxm3200 lx5000 lex7000 lex5700 lex3200 lex2050 gdi epl5800 epl2050 epl2050p
> > alc8500 alc2000 cups cljet5 cljet5c nullpage
>
> --
> Helge Blischke
> Softwareentwicklung
> SRZ Berlin | Firmengruppe besscom
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