[cups.general] one-page-at-a-time

[Dr. Scott S. Jones]

+++ adfas asd [25/04/07 09:13 -0700]:
> > > If the former, maybe you are set to Manual Feed in
> > > Paper Source. (or Automatic, and it's choosing
> > Manual)
> > 
> > For this argument to hold true, Windows print jobs
> > sent to this same printer
> > wouldn't work correctly either, would they?
> 
> Understand that when a printer is set to Manual feed,
> it is done in the driver (software), so while Winduhs
> may work fine (set properly in the driver), Linux may
> not.  Manual feed is exactly what you describe.
> 
> When you print something and you get the pop-up
> dialog, somewhere may be a setting for Manual Feed or
> Automatic, perhaps under the Driver tab.  Or maybe
> it's Paper Source.  If nothing there, then the Manual
> setting is buried deep in the /etc/cups/ppd/*.ppd
> driver, and it is way beyond my knowledge.
> 
> My problem is different, and judging from the
> perplexity it has caused on this mailing list, must be
> New Science®.  I can print a multiple-page document
> fine, but never, never more than one -copy- at a time.
>  This is inconvenient when I have 1,500 copies to do.
> 
> No one can even suggest a different print server for me.

I don't see anywhere in the lpoptions -d printer_name output that tells my
print to print in manual mode. It does sound like manual feed, but I am at a
loss as to why it's defaulting to manual feed, but perhaps I have overlooked
some setting. 

scott