[cups.development] Which property of ppd_file_t to look atto figure out if it has duplex enabaled or note

[Michael Sweet]

The default value is in "defchoice", which will be "None" for 1-sided and "DuplexTumble" or "DuplexNoTumble" for 2-sided.

On Dec 19, 2011, at 1:11 PM, Azuri wrote:

> I tried using PPDfindOption with Duplex as option. So I get this whole PPD_option)t object but not sure which property of this object exactly will tell me if it duplex or not
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>> The "Duplex" option is normally used to control double-sided printing.  ppdFindOption is your friend.
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>> Of course if you are going to be printing, just use cupsGetDests (or cupsGetNamedDest) and look at the value of the "printer-type" option - CUPS_PRINTER_COLOR and CUPS_PRINTER_DUPLEX are in the bitfield and will tell you the color and duplex capabilities, respectively.
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>> On Dec 19, 2011, at 12:20 PM, Azuri wrote:
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>>> I want to know two propertied from PPD file of my printer. One is whether its grayscale and other is whether it has duplex enabled. For grayscale test I believe I need to check colorspace property is set to Gray right? But I dont know how to checkt he duplex property? Which atribute of aap_file_t object should I be looking at.
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