One additional thing I did not check is the firmware for the printer to see if any updates. Will check this first then will get back to you.
My script is for creating a .pdf file from a C source file and auto printing it duplex, then deleting the file,, so yes, this is important for me. Thank you! Cheers! Rick -- Rick Stanley (917) 822-7771 www.rsiny.com Computer Consulting Linux & Open Source Specialist On Mar 28, 2022, 11:09 AM, at 11:09 AM, Debian Bug Tracking System <ow...@bugs.debian.org> wrote: >This is an automatic notification regarding your Bug report >which was filed against the cups-bsd package: > >#1008175: "-o sides=two-sided-long-edge always prints one-sided with lp >& lpr" > >It has been closed by Brian Potkin <claremont...@gmail.com>. > >Their explanation is attached below along with your original report. >If this explanation is unsatisfactory and you have not received a >better one in a separate message then please contact Brian Potkin ><claremont...@gmail.com> by >replying to this email. > > >-- >1008175: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1008175 >Debian Bug Tracking System >Contact ow...@bugs.debian.org with problems > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >From: Brian Potkin <claremont...@gmail.com> >To: 1008175-d...@bugs.debian.org >Sent: Mon Mar 28 11:08:22 EDT 2022 >Subject: Re: Bug#1008175: -o sides=two-sided-long-edge always prints >one-sided with lp & lpr > >On Mon 28 Mar 2022 at 06:10:37 -0500, r...@scotsgeek.com wrote: > >> Thanks! Please see the attached. >> >> As regular user: >> ipptool -tv >> "ipps://HP%20LaserJet%20Pro%20M148fdw%20(6CA573)._ipps._tcp.local/" >> get-printer-attributes.test > attributes.txt > >Thank you, Rick. > >All the information you gave has helped upstream to come to the >decision that the issue is a firmware bug. Debian has nowhere to >go with this so I am closing the report. Sorry it did not work >out. > >If using lp/lpr is still something you would like to do, I can >guide you through setting up another print queue that should work. > >Cheers, > >Brian. > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >From: Rick Stanley <r...@scotsgeek.com> >To: Debian Bug Tracking System <sub...@bugs.debian.org> >Sent: Wed Mar 23 12:33:24 EDT 2022 >Subject: cups-bsd: lp & lpr options sides=one-sided and >sides=two-sided-long-edge are reversed. one-sided prints duplex >(Two-sided) and vice-versa > >Package: cups-bsd >Version: 2.3.3op2-3+deb11u1 >Severity: normal >X-Debbugs-Cc: r...@scotsgeek.com > >Dear Maintainer, > >*** Reporter, please consider answering these questions, where >appropriate *** > > * What led up to the situation? >My script containing "lpr -o sides=two-sided-long-edge test.pdf" that >used to work now does not. The same for lp > * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or > ineffective)? > had to temporarily use the oposite option > * What was the outcome of this action? > Using sides=one-sided prints duplex as I need > * What outcome did you expect instead? > should have been able to use sides=two-sided-long-edge as it should! > >*** End of the template - remove these template lines *** > > >-- System Information: >Debian Release: 11.2 > APT prefers stable-updates >APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable-security'), (500, >'stable') >Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) > >Kernel: Linux 5.10.0-12-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU threads) >Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), >LANGUAGE not set >Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash >Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) >LSM: AppArmor: enabled > >Versions of packages cups-bsd depends on: >ii cups-client 2.3.3op2-3+deb11u1 >ii cups-common 2.3.3op2-3+deb11u1 >ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.77 >ii libc6 2.31-13+deb11u2 >ii libcups2 2.3.3op2-3+deb11u1 > >cups-bsd recommends no packages. > >Versions of packages cups-bsd suggests: >ii cups 2.3.3op2-3+deb11u1 >pn inetutils-inetd | inet-superserver <none> >ii update-inetd 4.51 > >-- debconf information: > cups-bsd/setuplpd: false
