Duplex normal

[Eric Broadbent]

Here's the section from the PPD below - similar to what I've seen elsewhere.
I set the default to something other than the "None/Simplex" option to try to see if that made a difference.
What is interesting to me is that the text that I have for the options (e.g. "Long-Edge (standard)") is not what shows up in the menu, so it's being overridden.  If I remove the Duplex section, then there is no menu at all, so something detects that there's a Duplex option but then overrides it (or so it seems).
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*%
*% Duplex attributes
*%
*OpenUI *Duplex: PickOne
*OrderDependency: 10 AnySetup *Duplex
*DefaultDuplex: DuplexNoTumble
*Duplex None/Simplex:  "<</Duplex false /Tumble false>> setpagedevice"
*Duplex DuplexNoTumble/Long-Edge (standard): "<</Duplex true /Tumble false>> setpagedevice"
*Duplex DuplexTumble/Short-Edge (flipped):   "<</Duplex true /Tumble true>> setpagedevice"
*CloseUI: *Duplex
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I'm happy to include the entire PPD if that would help.
Thanks,
-Eric B.

> Eric,
>
> What is the invocation code for your duplex options?
>
>
> On 2012-09-18, at 5:16 PM, Eric Broadbent <ebroadbent at mac.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi, I wanted to report a related problem where I cannot generate a Raster file with the Duplex options turned on, no matter what PPD options I configure the printer with.  I can see arguments containing Duplex options passed to my backend filter:
> >  com.apple.print.PrintSettings.PMDuplexing..n.=2
> >  DuplexBindingEdge..n.=2
> >  sides=two-sided-long-edge
> >  Duplex=DuplexNoTumble
> >
> > .. but the Raster file always contains 0 for Duplex (bytes 272-275) and Tumble (bytes 368-371).
> >
> > Other similar problems that I've seen reported and have tried solutions for are:
> >
> >  http://forums.adobe.com/thread/761450
> > 	basically Turn "Collate" Off.
> >  http://www.netmojo.ca/howto/osx-tips-for-unix-admins.html
> > 	Remove the "None" option and only have these options:
> > *Duplex DuplexNoTumble: "<</Duplex true /Tumble false>>setpagedevice"
> > *Duplex DuplexTumble:   "<</Duplex true /Tumble true>>setpagedevice"
> >
> > And I also came across this thread here:
> >  http://www.cups.org/newsgroups.php?s1+gcups.development+v3+T0+QDuplex
> >
> > The printer always supports Duplex so I don't need a "*?Duplex:" query, but I've even tried this to tell CUPS that it's supported:
> >
> > *?Duplex: "(DuplexNoTumble) = flush"
> >
> > When I try printing with this *?Duplex query, the job log (in /private/var/log/cups with "LogLevel debug") does not contain any of the Duplex options above (e.g. ..PMDuplexing, DuplexBindingEdge, etc.) so something strange is afoot and I can't figure it out.
> >
> > What can I do to get Duplex/Tumble settings in the Raster file?
> >
> > Thanks for any help.
> > -Eric B.
> >
> >> Don't use the "Duplex" directive with "Attribute" - "Duplex" does the cupsBackSide and cupsFlipDuplex attributes for you.
> >>
> >> Instead, use the "Option" and "Choice" directives.
> >>
> >>
> >> On Aug 9, 2012, at 3:40 AM, keens312 <keens312 at hotmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Hi Michael,
> >>>
> >>> In DRV file, I wrote this:
> >>> // Duplex supported
> >>> Duplex normal
> >>> Attribute cupsBackSide ""  Rotated
> >>> Attribute cupsFlipDuplex "" True
> >>>
> >>> If I compile it with ppdc in OSX 10.5 (CUPSDDK 1.2.3), I got this in PPD
> >>> *cupsBackSide: "Rotated"
> >>> *cupsFlipDuplex: True
> >>>
> >>> If I compile it with ppdc on OSX 10.8 (OS provides), I got this in PPD
> >>> *cupsBackSide: "Normal"
> >>> *cupsBackSide: "Rotated"
> >>> *cupsFlipDuplex: True
> >>>
> >>> The extra line "*cupsBackSide: Normal" leads to a bug in auto duplex printing, only short edge binding.
> >>>
> >>> Michael, what do you suggest? Should I use the old ppdc instead of the new version ppdc on OSX 10.8?
> >>>
> >>> Thanks
> >>> Keene
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