Hi :) When you choose File - Print do you get a dialogue-box that gives various options? Is one of the options "double-sided" or "two sided"? Ok, that's a bit obvious but obvious things get missed sometimes while looking for a more complicated answer.
In the print dialogue-box do you have an option to choose which printer and to set the "Properties" of the printer? i think there might be an option in there. I doubt printers can be set to over-ride commands and force double-sided printing but it might help us to know what printer you have got. Regards from Tom :) --- On Sat, 31/12/11, Thomas Knierim <tknie...@web.de> wrote: From: Thomas Knierim <tknie...@web.de> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] can't print to pages on a single side of paper To: users@global.libreoffice.org Date: Saturday, 31 December, 2011, 16:32 ....or does anybody know how to set the default language of the printer in a configuration file? Am 31.12.2011 um 17:14 schrieb Thomas Knierim: > Hi again, > > I've waited for some updates but it's still not ok! > Opensuse 12.1 doesn't has the problem, but I don't know why my favorite > distribution (Archlinux) still isn't able to print to side-by-side. > > Does anybody know how to set up a printer using spadim. I always get the > message, the filesystem is read only.... > > PLEEEEEAAAAASE > does anybody know how to solve ONE of the problems? > > > ToK > > > Am 08.11.2011 um 19:32 schrieb Thomas Knierim: > >> Hi, >> >> I mean to print two pages side by side. The problem is if I print two pages >> side by side the printer hangs - with libreoffice only. Not with evince >> (gnome pdf viewer) for example. If I switch the "printer language" from pdf >> to ps everything works fine... But I don't want to do it for every job - and >> by the way: can ps send fonts to the printer? Does libreoffice send fonts to >> the printer if the "printer language" is set to pdf? >> >> regards >> >> Thomas >> >> >> Am 29.10.2011 um 17:05 schrieb webmaster for Kracked Press Productions: >> >>> >>> The two pages per sheet issue. You want to have them printed side by side? >>> Or one page on one side and the second page on the other side of the >>> sheet? Side by side printed out on a landscape orientation works well, but >>> it is a printer option. Having the pages printed one on each side of the >>> sheet is a duplexing issue. I have been having the same problem with >>> duplexing as well as others. >>> >>> side by side printing >>> Print > Page Layout > Pages per sheet. >>> 2 will print two page side by side. >>> IT works fine for me. I prefer to have the option of bordering the pages, >>> since it looks better to me. >>> >>> For duplex printing, I have to print it out as a PDF document and print it >>> with the document viewer with the duplex option, instead of printing it >>> directly through LO. LO just does not "see" or adjust the duplex option on >>> my Epson Artisan printer properly. >>> >>> >>> On 10/29/2011 10:47 AM, Tom Davies wrote: >>>> Hi :) >>>> In your existing Arch could you just install a virtual machine and try out >>>> a few things in there? Alternatively create a new partition on a >>>> hard-drive and use that for experimentation. >>>> >>>> You surely don't need to trash what you do have that is almost perfect in >>>> order to just try something a little different! >>>> Regards from >>>> Tom :) >>>> >>>> >>>> --- On Sat, 29/10/11, Thomas Knierim<tknie...@web.de> wrote: >>>> >>>>> From: Thomas Knierim<tknie...@web.de> >>>>> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] can't print to pages on a single side of >>>>> paper >>>>> To: users@global.libreoffice.org >>>>> Date: Saturday, 29 October, 2011, 15:24 >>>>> OK, that's some kind of confusing: >>>>> Using Ubuntu everything works out of the box! Where is the >>>>> difference to other distributions? >>>>> >>>>> The Versions are nearly the same: >>>>> >>>>> Cups: >>>>> - OpenSuse: 1.5 >>>>> - Archlinux: 1.5 >>>>> - ubuntu: 1.5 >>>>> Ghostscript >>>>> - Opensuse: 9.00 >>>>> - Archlinux: 9.04 >>>>> - ubuntu: 9.04 >>>>> hplip >>>>> - Opensuse: 3.11.10 >>>>> - Archlinux: 3.11.10 >>>>> - ubuntu: 3.11.7 >>>>> libreoffice: >>>>> - Opensuse: 3.4.2 OOO340m1 (Build: 1206) >>>>> - Archlinux: 3.4.3 (build unknown since Archlinux is not >>>>> installed this moment) >>>>> - ubuntu: 3.4.3 OOO340m1 (build 302) >>>>> >>>>> So I go back and install archlinux again to see what >>>>> happens if I install hplip 3.11.7. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Am 29.10.2011 um 01:59 schrieb webmaster for Kracked Press >>>>> Productions: >>>>> >>>>>> Sorry, I just say the Device option tap showing PDF as >>>>> the default. I do not know what "PDF" means in this >>>>> context, since my printers may have that as a printer >>>>> language type, as far as I remember. My HP Inkjet is >>>>> not a postscript printer, but my Color Laser might be able >>>>> to deal with that. I did not see Postscript as an >>>>> option for the Epson inkjet. I sure did not read it >>>>> having a PDF language option. So something is not >>>>> right. Could PDF here mean "Printer Defined Format" >>>>> for the language used? >>>>>> Can the Postscript type "level from driver" be kept as >>>>> the "default" option somehow? Maybe the "Printer >>>>> Administration" shown was a module of LO 3.4 [at least with >>>>> Ubuntu]? I believe that module of LO was designed to >>>>> set up the printers to run properly with LO. >>>>>> -------------- >>>>>> >>>>>> CUPS-PDF - no package for OpenSUSE? I >>>>> wondered what OpenSUSE uses as a replacement package, so I >>>>> looked it up on the site. >>>>>> On the opensuse.org site, 12.1 is in RC till November >>>>> 16th. I searched the packages and there are 3 rpm >>>>> package files [depending on the computer] for >>>>> cups-pdf-2.5.1-1.1 >>>>>> If I read the site correctly, 12.1 is the >>>>> "opensuse/factory" development version since it still is in >>>>> development till November 16th. So the search for the >>>>> cups pdf package in that and the other version come up with >>>>> a .rpm file to download and install it. So it should >>>>> be in the OpenSUSE version of a repository. >>>>>> http://software.opensuse.org/search?q=cups+pdf&baseproject=openSUSE%3AFactory〈=en&exclude_debug=true >>>>>> <http://software.opensuse.org/search?q=cups+pdf&baseproject=openSUSE%3AFactory〈=en&exclude_debug=true> >>>>>> I wonder why it was not part of the ISO that you >>>>> downloaded to install OpenSUSE? >>>>>> Actually I had trouble with OpenSUSE, the one time I >>>>> tried using it. I have an IBM server that originally >>>>> had SUSE installed on it, so the icon tag showed. But >>>>> I bought it with the OS, and everything else, wiped off the >>>>> 3 SCSI drives that 2002 era P-4 IBM server had. So I >>>>> downloaded OpenSUSE [3 or 4 years ago] and tried to install >>>>> it, but it would not install. So I ended using an old >>>>> copy of Win2000/pro till I ended up putting Ubuntu on it 2 >>>>> years ago. So I never had any luck with >>>>> OpenSUSE. If they do not include, in their ISOs, >>>>> something as simple as the PDF package that is part of the >>>>> CUPS printer environment, I do not know what to think. My Epson printer >>>>> uses a driver that uses CUPS as its backend >>>>> so I can print using Linux computers. >>>>>> Do not get me wrong, OpenSUSE might be a great Linux >>>>> OS, since businesses are what it tends to be what it is >>>>> marketed towards, but I just had one bad experience and did >>>>> not look back. I use Ubuntu, and other people tell me >>>>> to try "such-n-such" Linux distro since they think it is the >>>>> best you can get. We have one person on this board >>>>> that is involved in developing the Mandriva, which was >>>>> Mandrake. I was taught Linux using Mandrake 7.x, back >>>>> 10 to 11 years ago [if I remember correctly, and I still >>>>> have a CD of it]. That one is in the top 10 of the >>>>> list of distros I came across on a distro watch site. OpenSUSE is on that >>>>> list as well. Arch Linux is >>>>> considered an advanced user distro while OpenSUSE is a >>>>> "middle-of-the-road" one. Their terms, not mine. But >>>>> we each have our favorite ones. I have mine and you >>>>> have yours. That it what it should be. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On 10/28/2011 12:04 PM, Thomas Knierim wrote: >>>>>>> Hi >>>>>>> Am 28.10.2011 um 15:36 schrieb webmaster for >>>>> Kracked Press Productions: >>>>>>>> I do not know about why PDF is set as the >>>>> default for that printer. I never saw an HP printer >>>>> use PDF as a default language for the printer. >>>>>>> The Printer Language is set by LibreOffice. If you >>>>> open the print dialog, klick on the printer and then on >>>>> properties you get a new window. Select the tab device and >>>>> here you have the printer language PDF (don't know if the >>>>> Words of the tab etc. are correct since I use a german >>>>> version). Again: setting this to PostScript (Level of the >>>>> Driver) resolves the problem - but that are too much clicks >>>>> for a print job. >>>>>>>> Did you download and install the HP drivers >>>>> for Linux? Here is the link to the site. >>>>>>>> http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/index.html >>>>>>> Yes I have the newest Version installed. The most >>>>> recent version is 3.11.10... >>>>>>>> I have two HP printers. Color Laserjet >>>>> 2600n and PSC1410. I needed these updated drivers to >>>>> make the printers work the best for Ubuntu Linux. When >>>>> you run the file in the Terminal [instructions are given on >>>>> the site], it should ask about which OS and printer you >>>>> have, before you download the needed file. Then when >>>>> you run the script, it will download everything that is >>>>> needed and install the needed packages for you. >>>>>>>> This may help, if you did not install the >>>>> drivers. I found that the drivers included with Ubuntu >>>>> 10.04 was not as good as the most up-to-date ones from that >>>>> site. >>>>>>>> The system shows the OS for SUSE 11.3 and >>>>> 11.4, and you will have to page down the printer list a long >>>>> way to get to your printer, after you select OfficeJet Pro >>>>> as the type of printer. I do not see ArchLinux, but >>>>> you should be able to use the driver from the parent OS like >>>>> Debian, Ubuntu, SUSE, Fedora, etc., whatever it is. It >>>>> shows the same version for the package as you listed, but so >>>>> did Ubuntu, but for some reason when I installed the version >>>>> from this site, it seemed to work better. Actually, I >>>>> just realized that I am running an older version than is >>>>> online, so I will be upgrading it myself. >>>>>>>> IF you still have the problems, make sure you >>>>> use the non-PDF language for your default printer >>>>> language. HP's language or Postscript language is >>>>> preferred. >>>>>>> ... PDF is set in LibreOffice (see above) :( >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> As for CUPS, did you install CUPS-PDF from >>>>> your package manager? That is my default way to print >>>>> out PDF files, even from LibreOffice [most of the time]. >>>>>>> In OpenSuse 12.1 (standard) there is no package >>>>> called cups-pdf >>>>>>>> As for the 2 pages per sheet, the orientation >>>>> for the sheet should be landscape. If it is otherwise, >>>>> then there is a problem. >>>>>>>> On 10/28/2011 08:38 AM, Thomas Knierim wrote: >>>>>>>>> Hi everybody, >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> this is my first post in a mailing list - >>>>> so please be patient. >>>>>>>>> I have a strange problem - and I have to >>>>> admint: I don't know if it belongs to llibreoffice only. So >>>>> here is the Problem: >>>>>>>>> I'm using a HP Officjet Pro k8600dn and I >>>>> can't print to pages on a sheet of paper. If I start a print >>>>> job the paper gets loaded and the printer hangs. I could >>>>> only bring it back to live if I switch it off and on again. >>>>> The problem does only appear if the printer language is set >>>>> to PDF (the default) in LibreOffice. If I set it to >>>>> PostScript (level of the driver) the printer works as >>>>> expected. >>>>>>>>> On the other hand: I have an old HP >>>>> Laserjet 5L. With it the two-pages-on-a-sheet-printing works >>>>> (but the orientation is wrong - but that's another >>>>> problem). >>>>>>>>> Here is my software: >>>>>>>>> OperationSystem: Linux (OpenSuse RC1 or >>>>> Archlinux - both the same error) >>>>>>>>> LibreOffice: 3.4.2 >>>>>>>>> CUPS: 1.5.0 >>>>>>>>> hplip: 3.11.10 >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Greetings tknierim >>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>> For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: >>>>> users+h...@global.libreoffice.org >>>>>>>> Problems? >>>>>>>> http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ >>>>>>>> Posting guidelines + more: >>>>>>>> http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette >>>>>>>> List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ >>>>>>>> All messages sent to this list will be >>>>> publicly archived and cannot be deleted >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org >>>>>> Problems? >>>>>> http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ >>>>>> Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette >>>>>> List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ >>>>>> All messages sent to this list will be publicly >>>>> archived and cannot be deleted >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org >>>>> Problems? >>>>> http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ >>>>> Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette >>>>> List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ >>>>> All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived >>>>> and cannot be deleted >>>>> >>>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org >>> Problems? >>> http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ >>> Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette >>> List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ >>> All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be >>> deleted >> >> >> -- >> For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org >> Problems? >> http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ >> Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette >> List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ >> All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be >> deleted > > > -- > For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org > Problems? > http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
