duplex not working from command line with hp4250

Chris Davies chris-usenet at roaima.co.uk
Fri Mar 20 00:00:12 PDT 2009


Linda Hanigan <hanfamily at earthlink.net> wrote:
> If I have the default option set to duplex off It will not print duplex
> from the command line with the -o sides=two-sided-long-edge. However
> if I am printing an open office document and want to print duplex I
> can choose the option and it prints.

> Here is what it shows for lpoptions

> $ lpoptions -d hp4250 -l
> Duplex/Double-Sided Printing: DuplexNoTumble DuplexTumble *None

I don't see an example of what you've tried, so it's difficult to know
what to suggest. However, what about this?

    lpr -o Duplex=DuplexNoTumble files...

Chris




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