Decifering PPD/lpoptions for use in "-o" command line

[Patrick Spinler]

As a bit of additional information, I'm not certain that these options 
are working from linux at all.

I just tried printing to this copier from OpenOffice 1.1, after setting 
it up using spadmin, and I asked that the print job be stapled by 
selecting the "Properties" button in the print dialog, then the "Device" 
tab in the options dialog, then selecting the "Staple Position" option 
and selecting an option.  (thankfully, OpenOffice does display a bit of 
explaination of what these options mean).

Unfortunately, still no effect, that is, the copier printed the 
document, but did not staple it.

btw -- exploring the printer options in the Properties dialog, it shows 
* "Puncher Unit" as "Not Installed"  (which is incorrect, there is a 3 
hole punch unit)
* "Finishing" as "Off" (Does this need to be switched on, how?)
* "Hole Punch" as "Off", with no other options displayed

I attempted to set the "Puncher Unit" option to true using lpoptions, 
like this:

   $ lpoptions -p copier -o Option3=True
   $ lpoptions -p copier -l | grep -i punch
   Punch/Hole Punch: *None PL PR PU PB
   Option3/Puncher Unit: *True False

Yet, OpenOffice's dialog still shows the "Puncher Unit" as "Not 
Installed".  Do I have to edit the PPD for this ?

Help, please !
-- Pat

Patrick Spinler wrote:
> 
> Hi:
> 
> Our office just got a Cannon Imagerunner 7200 copier with the print 
> spooler option.
> 
> I found a PPD for it, as you can see from the following inserted ID 
> section I clipped, and it works wonderfully
> 
>   *Manufacturer: "Canon"
>   *PCFileName: "CNIR72U1.PPD"
>   *Product: "(iR7200)"
>   *PSVersion: "(3010.103) 0"
>   *ModelName: "Canon iR7200"
> 
> The copier supports a lot of other interesting and wonderful options 
> such as hole punching and saddle stitching, which I've used from the 
> copier's control panel when making copies of paper docs.  I've even been 
> able to specify these same options when printing from windows
> 
> When printing using cups on linux, however, I am uncertain how to feed 
> these options into a "-o" string.
> 
> Woudl some kind soul direct me how I might format a "-o " option string 
> to the lp/lpr commands such that I could, for instance, hole punch, 
> staple, or fold a document ?
> 
> Here's the output of a "lpoptions -l -Pcopier":
> 
>   Booklet/Booklet Printing: *None Left
>   Duplex/Duplex: *None DuplexNoTumble DuplexTumble
>   Finishing/Finishing: *None RotCol RotGr OffCol OffGr
>   Gutter/Gutter: 12inch 11inch 10inch 9inch 8inch 7inch 6inch 5inch 
> 4inch 3inch 2inch 1inch *None
>   BindingLocation/Gutter Location: *None LongEdge ShortEdge
>   Punch/Hole Punch: *None PL PR PU PB
>   ImageRefine/Image Refinement: *Default Off On
>   Inserter/Insert Sheet: *Default Off On
>   LineRefine/Line Refinement: *Default Off On
>   InputSlot/Media Source: *Auto MPT Tray1 Tray2 Tray3 Tray4 Tray5 Tray6 
> Auto
>   MediaType/Media Type: *None PLAIN HEAVY RECYCLED COLOR LHEAD TRACING 
> TRANSPR LABELS BOND CARDSTOCK PREPUNCHED
>   CNOutput/Paper Output: *Auto TrayA TrayB
>   SaddleStitch/Saddle Stitch: *Default Off On
>   Staple/Staple Position: *None 1PRU 1PLU 1PRB 1PLB 2PL 2PR 2PU 2PB
>   TonerReduction/Toner Reduction: *Default Off On
>   Interleave/Transparency Interleaving: *None White Printed
>   TSwitch/Tray Switch: *Default Off On
>   Trimmer/Use Trimmer to trim paper: *Default Off On
>   ZFold/Z-Fold: *Default Off OnL OnR
>   PageSize/Media Size: Custom *Letter Legal A3 A4 A5 B4 B5 Tabloid 
> Executive Statement Cardstock46 Cardstock58
>   PageRegion/PageRegion: Letter Legal A3 A4 A5 B4 B5 Tabloid Executive 
> Statement Cardstock46 Cardstock58
>   Option5/Document Insertion Unit-B1: True *False
>   Option2/Output Option: *None FINK1 FINK2 FINK3 3K
>   Option4/Paper Folding Unit-C1: True *False
>   Option3/Puncher Unit: True *False
>   Option1/Side Paper Deck: *None Normal Large
>   Option6/Trimmer: True *False
> 
> Incidently, I've tried the following commands to get hole punching 
> working from a linux command line, to no avail.  That is, each of my 
> tests printed a page, but none of them were hole punched.  Just to 
> repeat - I _am_ able to force hole punching via either printing from 
> windows, or manually copying paper docs using the copier's console.
> 
>  $ echo -e "\n\noption PL\n\n" | lpr -Pcopier -o Punch=PL
>  $ echo -e "\n\noption PR\n\n" | lpr -Pcopier -o Punch=PR
>  $ echo -e "\n\noption PU\n\n" | lpr -Pcopier -o Punch=PU
>  $ echo -e "\n\noption PB\n\n" | lpr -Pcopier -o Punch=PB
> 
> As a more general question, how do I interpet what the available options 
> mean ?  For instance, in the "Staple/Staple Position:" option, what do 
> the various possible values mean ?
> 
> Thanks a ton !
> -- Pat