job-sheets IPP option kills number-up?

[Michael Sweet]

Albrecht Dreß wrote:
> ...
> When a cups job contains the IPP option "job-sheets=none", the "number-up" option is processed as expected, i.e. two pages are combined on one sheet.  This is an excerpt form the hexdump of the cups control file (in /var/spool/cups):

FWIW, the testipp program in the "cups" subdirectory (source code build)
can be used to get a nice human-readable printout of the control
files - just pass the control filename to testipp...

> ...
> Printing the /same/ document with the /same/ options, but with "job-sheets=none,none", the number-up option is discarded, i.e. the printout is one page on one sheet:
> ...
> Is this a bug or a feature?  If the job-sheets option is broken (is it?), it should IMHO not interfere with any other options.

This shouldn't have any influence over number-up, which is still
2 according to the hex dump.  Look at your error_log file with the
log level set to "debug" to see what is getting passed to the
filters.

> I use cups 1.2.7 on a PowerMac running Linux 2.6.15.  The printer is a HP Deskjet 5150, using the PPD from http://openprinting.org/ppd-o-matic.cgi?driver=hpijs&printer=HP-DeskJet_5150&show=1.

Does the same happen with the CUPS HP DeskJet series driver?  The
Foomatic drivers are not optimal...

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