[cups] Setting up a brother that can do duplex, to make it do duplex?

[Jerry]

On Sat, 29 Oct 2016 12:01:58 +0100 (BST), G.W. Haywood stated:

>Hi there,
>
>On Sat, 29 Oct 2016, Gene Heskett wrote:
>
>> ... its a PITA to try and talk to Brother, they know zip ...  
>
>Yeah, agreed.  I'm a Brother reseller.
>
>> On Sat, 29 Oct 2016, Jerry wrote:
>>   
>> > You did not mention what model printer you have.  
>> 
>> ... its a fully uptodate debian wheezy install ...  
>
>Hmmm.  I think you'll find that a "fully uptodate debian wheezy" is
>running CUPS 1.5.3 which _can_ be made to do things but IMHO is not
>really fit for purpose.  You will find that the version which comes
>with Jessie (1.7.5) is much better, if still rather out of date.
>
>On Sat, 29 Oct 2016, Jerry wrote:
>
>> > On Sat, 29 Oct 2016 08:26:07 +0200, Helge Blicke stated:
>> > 
>> > ... The best way to get the suitable PPD is to copy it from a
>> > Windows 7 (or even, sigh, from an outdated XP) installation.  
>> 
>> The PPD can be copied from any version of Windows. I got mine from a
>> Windows 10 Pro.  
>
>I've seen several references to the difficulties of getting PPDs from
>later versions of Windows drivers.  This is the first time I've seen
>anyone say it's easily done from any version.  If indeed that's what
>you said.  In the absence of what I'd call documentation one day I
>plan to find out what a PPD is, what it contains and why I would want
>one, but for now I'd be happy just to know how to grab one from a
>Windows installation.  Care to share?

Okay, that can gt a little tricky. All Windows PPDs are kept under
"C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository"; however, if you know
what you are looking for, it might be easier to just look in
"C:\Windows\System32\spool\drivers\x64\3".

This is for 64 bit drivers. I am not sure about 32 bit ones.

BTW, you can usually locate the PPD file on the CD disc and just
install from there. You might want to make sure the EOL is correct
though.

-- 
Jerry