Duplex problem

[Helge Blischke]

John Talbut wrote:

> I keep having problems with printing multiple copies using duplex/tumble. 
> After a number of copies have printed off correctly I start getting the
> first page printing correctly but with nothing printed on the reverse and
> an extra sheet printed with the second sheet but shifted some 4cm to the
> left with 4cm of the print missing.
> 
> For example I have just been trying to print 20 copies of a leaflet.  The
> first 16 copies printed correctly.  After that the first side printed on
> one sheet and the second side on another except that instead of the second
> sheet starting:
> 
> | What is co-counselling?
> | Co-counselling is "reciprocal peer counselling".  It
> | is reciprocal because participants take turns to be
> | a "client" and a "counsellor".  It is peer because all
> | co-counsellors have the same status.  It is
> | counselling because you talk through or work on
> | things you want to change in your life with the
> | attention and help of a counsellor.
> 
> it starts:
> 
>  elling?
>  rocal peer counselling".  It
>  articipants take turns to be
>  llor".  It is peer because all
>  same status.  It is
>  u talk through or work on
>  ge in your life with the
>  counsellor.
> 
> If I print to file (using the option under options in the LibreOffice
> print dialogue) and then sent the file directly to the printer using cat
> the duplex does not work at all.  I noted that the postscript file
> contained the lines:
> 
> [{
> %%IncludeFeature: *Duplex DuplexTumble
> } stopped cleartomark
> [{
> 
> If I add the line
> <</Duplex true  /Tumble true>> setpagedevice
> 
> after the %%IncludeFeature line then all 20 copies are printed correctly.
> 
> Does anyone have an idea of what is wrong?

Please describe what printer you are using and how the printer is configured 
in CUPS. I fpossible, set the log level do "debug" and post the portion of 
the error_log which contains the messages of the job in question.

Helge