From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 19 11:23:16 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B003C1065691 for ; Wed, 19 Aug 2009 11:23:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wmoran@potentialtech.com) Received: from mail.potentialtech.com (internet.potentialtech.com [66.167.251.6]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 890C28FC15 for ; Wed, 19 Aug 2009 11:23:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: from working (pool-72-95-226-5.pitbpa.ftas.verizon.net [72.95.226.5]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.potentialtech.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 642C0EBC0A; Wed, 19 Aug 2009 07:23:15 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 07:23:07 -0400 From: Bill Moran To: Gary Kline Message-Id: <20090819072307.a5f2a541.wmoran@potentialtech.com> In-Reply-To: <20090819063810.GA15231@thought.org> References: <20090819063810.GA15231@thought.org> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 2.7.0 (GTK+ 2.16.5; i386-portbld-freebsd7.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: Re: duplex printing with OOo. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 11:23:16 -0000 Gary Kline wrote: > > Well, this one was/is bizarre. I finally got my Brother 5250 networked > printer to print duplex (AKA noth sides :) using > > % lpr file > > but from OpenOffice, no matter what I do, it only prints on one side. Has > anybody runn ito this before and know how to get it to print double-sided? > > Note that in a day or three I will *finally* be printing off two copies of > my thesis, and this will be "single-sided-only" according to the rules. > So really, it's a dontcare.... well, other than I would like to know what > and where and why to change this in the OO config. It works for me, using 3 steps: 1) Use CUPS instead of lpd 2) Install a PPD for the printer that knows about duplex printing 3) Install OOo with CUPS support I don't know if it's possible to do through lpd, though. -- Bill Moran http://www.potentialtech.com