Paul Cunningham wrote:
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>
> Stuart Maybe wrote:
>> I just got a new Samsung scx4828fn printer. I selected that one
>> purposely since it supports duplex printing and is a postscript printer.
>
>> I successfully added the ppd file and the printer seems to print fine,
>> but it is printing one sided. How do I get it to print in duplex mode?
>
> On the command line you can use the 'lp -o ...' option, I forget the
> correct syntax but its something like ...
>
> lp -o duplex=two-sides -p <myprinter> <myprintfile>
I think that should have been ...
lp -o sides=two-sided
see foomatic-rip script and RFC2911 section 4.2.8
Paul
>
> or you can probably permanently set it in the print-q's ppd file; edit
> it and change the default duplex state.
>
> or you might even be able to just configure your printer to always print
> two-sided.
>
> Hope that helps
> Paul
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