Duplex printing seems blocked

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bameylan
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Duplex printing seems blocked

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Hi,
I am very happy with TurboPrint it works well with my Canon Pixma IP4300. Well I still have a problem: I can not disable duplex printing. It gets blocked on this function. When I turn off and I come back then in the printer settings, the button is returned to the duplex function ...

Regards.

Bernard Meylan
Kubuntu 10.10
zedonet
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Re: Duplex printing seems blocked

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Hello,

from which application did you print?

Please check the default settings in TurboPrint Control Center. If duplex is deactivated, also check the command line settings from a "Terminal" window:

lpoptions -p <printername>

(replace <printername> with the queue short name, e.g. tp0 - as shown in TurboPrint Control, column "short").

There you may find something like "sides=two-sided-long-edge"
Try to remove the duplex settings before printing:

lpoptions -p <printername> -r sides
djk123
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Re: Duplex printing seems blocked

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I tried the command line option and removed the 'sides' option. This did not work. I've attached a picture of the window that pops up. This printer is my default and is a Canon Pixma iP3600. I have another printer using TurboPrint, a Canon Pixma MX920, which does print duplex. I need to keep this duplex function for this one.

I'l re-boot to see if that has any effect.
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zedonet
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Re: Duplex printing seems blocked

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Before printing, please also check the settings in the print dialog - e.g. LibreOffice print dialog: button "Properties..." -> "Duplex" = "Off"

From which application did you print?
djk123
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Re: Duplex printing seems blocked

Post by djk123 »

Duplex is off in Libre Office print settings, as it is in Firefox. I had this problem before, several updates ago, and I simply don't remember how I corrected it, or if another update corrected it.
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