On Sun, Mar 22, 2026 at 02:59:30PM -0000, CGS wrote: > On 2026-03-22, CGS <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 2026-03-22, Haines Brown <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Sat, Mar 21, 2026 at 02:50:17PM -0000, CGS wrote: > >> > >>> Is this driverless printing or is there a ppd file? > >> > >> Driverless > >> > >>> You said '-o > >>> orientation-requested=3' is ignored? The thing is to verify whether or > >>> not that orientation request is being passed on to CUPS or not in order > >>> to narrow things down. > >> > >> How can that be verified? It is logged somewhere? > >> > > > > lpr -o orientation-requested=3 file.txt > > lpstat -W all > > # grab job ID, then: > > sudo strings /var/spool/cups/cN | grep -i orient > > > > I think that should work.
When I ran lpstat -W all I hot this: HP_LaserJet_Pro_M428f_M429f_8264A8-37 haines 1024 Sun 22 Mar 2026 06:22:14 AM EDT HP_LaserJet_Pro_M428f_M429f_8264A8-38 haines 46080 Sun 22 Mar 2026 08:01:04 AM EDT HP_LaserJet_Pro_M428f_M429f_8264A8-39 haines 395264 Sun 22 Mar 2026 10:26:01 AM EDT HP_LaserJet_Pro_M428f_M429f_8264A8-40 haines 1024 Sun 22 Mar 2026 10:27:59 AM EDT HP_LaserJet_Pro_M428f_M429f_8264A8-41 haines 1024 Sun 22 Mar 2026 10:29:35 AM EDT HP_LaserJet_Pro_M428f_M429f_8264A8-42 haines 1024 Sun 22 Mar 2026 10:30:07 AM EDT HP_LaserJet_Pro_M428f_M429f_8264A8-43 haines 1024 Sun 22 Mar 2026 10:31:26 AM EDT HP_LaserJet_Pro_M428f_M429f_8264A8-44 haines 0 Sun 22 Mar 2026 10:33:49 AM EDT HP_LaserJet_Pro_M428f_M429f_8264A8-45 haines 1024 Sun 22 Mar 2026 10:34:18 AM EDT HP_LaserJet_Pro_M428f_M429f_8264A8-46 haines 1024 Sun 22 Mar 2026 01:40:15 PM EDT I don't see any IDs here. # ls /var/spool/cups c00037 c00040 c00043 c00046 d00039-001 d00042-001 d00046-001 c00038 c00041 c00044 d00037-001 d00040-001 d00043-001 tmp c00039 c00042 c00045 d00038-001 d00041-001 d00045-001 Looks like c00046 was tbe last job sent to the printer. > Anyway, we now know that orientation-requested=3 works. So make it the > permanent default. > > The flag is documented in the RFC. Where is the RFC? -- Haines Brown
