Bug in pstops?

[Michael Sweet]

Christoph Litauer wrote:
> Michael Sweet schrieb:
> 
>> Christoph Litauer wrote:
>>
>>> ...
>>> Looks like Duplex is set to 1 if the ppd file specifies duplex printing
>>> by default. As my ppd-File contains
>>>
>>> *DefaultDuplex: DuplexNoTumble
>>> ...
>>
>>
>>
>> No, if you look further up you'll see that we use cupsMarkOptions()
>> to mark the job options in the PPD options, so the Duplex options will
>> reflect the sides/Duplex option setting by the user, not just the
>> defaults in the PPD file.
>>
> 
> Sorry Michael, I overlooked that.
> In the meantime I analyzed the problem a little more. The extra pages 
> are only generated if I use the Foomatic/PostScript driver for the 
> printer. A "print to file" document with explicit one-sided printing 
> enabled contains:
> 
> %%BeginFeature: *Duplex None
> %% FoomaticRIPOptionSetting: Duplex=None
> %%EndFeature
> 
> If I print this document an extra page is added.
> Does pstops recognize that? What can I do against it?

No, and the only way to avoid this sort of problem is to not use
Foomatic at all.

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