[cups] Printing 2 copies on a double sided printer

[Helge Blischke]

> Am 21.09.2020 um 12:24 schrieb Axel Braun <axel.braun at gmx.de>:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I have a PDF with a single page. I want to print 2 copies.
> The printer prints by default double sided (long edge binding).
> 
> Result: 2 copies are printed on one paper (front & backside)
> Expected result: 2 copies are printed on 2 separate papers
> 
> Printer is a Brother MFC 9340 CDW, 'Force Rasterisation' on the Okular/KDE
> print menu creates indeed 2 copies!
> 
> I had addressed this in https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=425289 , KDE team
> says it is an upstream issue.
> 
> CUPS version is 2.3b6 - any idea what I could do?

From a terminal window, execute the command

lpadmin -p <printer> -o cupsManualCopies=true
or
lpadmin -p <printer> -o default-cupsManualCopies=true

where <printer> is the queue name of the printer in question.

Helge