[cups] Printing 2 copies on a double sided printer

[Helge Blischke]

> Am 22.09.2020 um 15:02 schrieb Axel Braun <axel.braun at gmx.de>:
> 
> Am Dienstag, 22. September 2020, 10:16:29 CEST schrieb Till Kamppeter:
>> On 22/09/2020 10:10, Axel Braun wrote:
>>>> 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.
>>> 
>>> I tried
>>> 
>>> lpadmin -p MFC9340CDW -o default-cupsManualCopies=true
>>> 
>>> before printing from Okular, but that did not fix it.....
>> 
>> It must be
>> 
>> lpadmin -p MFC9340CDW -o cupsManualCopies-default=true
> 
> Unfortunately this still give both copies on the same page.....
> 
> Axel
> 


What does work in any case is to insert

*cupsManualCopies: True

in the printer’s PPD near the line beginning with *ColorDevice: xxx .

Do not forget to restart cups after any PPD modification.

Helge