[cups] Unable to change the Paper Handling configuration using CUPS.

[Brian Potkin]

On Mon 09 May 2016 at 18:28:52 +0200, Helge Blischke wrote:

> 
> > Am 07.05.2016 um 08:21 schrieb John Williams <ejwmac at icloud.com>:
> > 
> > I am using Cups 1.7 on Debian release Jessie.
> > 
> > I have a Raspberry Pi  configured with Jessie and connected to a
> > Epson Stylus dx9400F.
> > 
> > It prints OK, but i cannot change the order in which pages are
> > printed, they are always printed 1st page 1st etc etc... which is
> > not an issue with documents of 1 or 2 pages, but is a nightmare with
> > larger documents.
> > 
> > I have tried every combination of parameters within CUPS
> > Administration page and nothing make any different to how the
> > document is printed.
> > 
> > If i connect the printer directly to the OSX system everything works
> > fine.
> > 
> > Help please
> > 
> > 
> > Regards and Thank You
> > 
> > John Williams
> 
> You usually cannot set the output order by setting the default options
> from the CUPS web interface, as that only allows setting options
> defined in the printer’s PPD (or, in case of printers that speak
> IPP-everywhere, the supported options advertised by the printer).
> 
> When printing from the command line, it can be set by the option -o
> outputorder=reverse .  If you use the print options dialogue provided

There is also the -P option to lp:

  lp <print_queue_name> -P 1,3-5,16 <document>

to print selected pages.

I'm unsure what John means by "change the order" so this may not be what
he wants.

> by the system, you depend on if that dialogue supports options like
> this (what may be even application dependent). But you may set the
> default option using the lpadmin command: lpadmin -p queuename -o
> outputorder-default=reverse where queuename is the CUPS name of your
> printer.

The GTK dialog (Firefox, Evince) allows you do what lp does.

Regards,

Brian.