[cups.general] Photosmart 2570 Reverse Print Order Not Working

[Helge Blischke]

Jack Gillis wrote:
> Under FC6 with HPILP 1.7.2  installed and running,  my Photosmart 2570 
> does not print
> multi-page documents in the proper order in all cases.
> 
> Printing from Firefox and Adobe produces prints the pages in reverse order,
> the last page first followed by all the pages with the first page last.
> Since the printer produces the pages face up in the output tray they are in
> the correct order for reading.
> 
> However, Open Office Calc, Write and Gedit prints the first page first order
> so that the printed pages appear with the first page on the bottom face up
> and the last page on top and I have to arrange them in the proper order for
> reading.
> 
> I used the HP Device Manager to set the 'reverse order' but it doesn't seem
> to take effect for Calc, Write and Gedit. Localhost:631 doesn't offer a
> chance to change the order.
> 
> How can I get the order set to print multi-page documents in reverse order
> for all cases?
> 
> Thank you very much.

OpenOffice as of version 2.x (2.1 is the latest) manages reverse order
printing by itself. If the printer's PPD offers a choice for face up
or face down, it must be selected by OO's print menu as well.

Helge

PS: I can't post an example, as I only have the german localized version
installed.
-- 
Helge Blischke
Softwareentwicklung

H.Blischke at acm.org