new hplip will not print double sided

ese002 · Apprentice Joined: 20 Sep 2006 Posts: 155

I recently upgraded hplip to 3.9.12-r1

At first, I couldn't print at all but re-ran hp-setup and, with the new configuration, I can now print.

What I can't do is print double-sided. Firefox and OpenOffice no longer show an option for double sided. I've made sure that my paper source was Letter-autoduplex but it doesn't seem to make any difference.

Any ideas? My printer in a Photosmart c7280. It used to print double sided just fine. Unfortunately, I don't what the old version was, but it was current in October of last year.

Gankfest · Posted: Wed May 12, 2010 5:39 am Post subject:

Works with net-print/hplip-3.10.2-r4, but you might need to use your old ppd file for either version.
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ese002 · Apprentice Joined: 20 Sep 2006 Posts: 155

I finally broke down and upgraded hplip to 3.10.5 (It was ~x86 at the time and I prefer to run as close to 100% stable as possible).

Unfortunately, it didn't help. I even deleted the existing printer definition and rebuilt and nothing changed. I still do not have the option of printing double sided. Any other ideas?

]grimm[ · n00b Joined: 04 Jun 2003 Posts: 44

I had a similar problem with my printer, setting the hpijs use flag and re-emerging hplip fixed the issue for me.

DaggyStyle · Watchman Joined: 22 Mar 2006 Posts: 5941

strange, it never prints double side on my printer
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d2_racing · Posted: Sat Jul 17, 2010 4:31 pm Post subject:

Yeah me too, because on Linux, printing can be a real pain in the ass, at least for now I can print something, so I don't push my luck

aCOSwt · Posted: Sat Jul 17, 2010 6:05 pm Post subject:

DaggyStyle · Watchman Joined: 22 Mar 2006 Posts: 5941

DaggyStyle · Watchman Joined: 22 Mar 2006 Posts: 5941

I ran hp-setup as root and were able to get it back
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d2_racing · Posted: Sun Jul 18, 2010 1:54 am Post subject:

hp drivers are not stable at all...

username234 · Guru Joined: 09 May 2007 Posts: 332

ese002 · Apprentice Joined: 20 Sep 2006 Posts: 155

I dropped back to 3.9.12-r1 (stable) and emerged with hpjs

I see no change at all. HP Device manager shows

Basic: Page Orientation= Portrait, Duplex= Two Sided (long Edge)
Installable Options: Duplexer Installed= On

Oddly, but consistently, "Duplexer Installed" is greyed.

Firefox only offers "one sided"
OpenOffice offers Duplex "Off" and "Ignore"

aCOSwt · Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2010 5:23 pm Post subject:

After changing your driver for hplip, did you reinstall your printer via the cups interface ?

dmpogo · Advocate Joined: 02 Sep 2004 Posts: 3474 Location: Canada

Since guys you are at it - what is the "proper modern" combination of hplip/cups/foomatic (and their options) for HP printers in your opinion ?

d2_racing · Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2010 8:39 pm Post subject:

Maybe it's to manage the printer with hplip and double check if cups see it.

ese002 · Apprentice Joined: 20 Sep 2006 Posts: 155

Reinstalling the printer via hp-setup (It's not obvious to me how to do with just CUPS) changes nothing.

Firefox still only gives me a "one sided" option.

OpenOffice will let me go through the motions if I change the Paper Size from "Letter" to "Letter Autoduplex". I can select Duplex of "Long Edge". However, when I print, no duplexing occurs and the setting changes back to "Off" for no apparent reason.

ese002 · Apprentice Joined: 20 Sep 2006 Posts: 155

I have found an application that does print double sided: Acroread. I don't even have to specify that the duplexer is installed or use "Letter Autoduplex" page size. Acroread prints by piping to lpr vs whatever Firefox and Open Office do.

ese002 · Apprentice Joined: 20 Sep 2006 Posts: 155

Ok. Some progress.

I set Duplexer Installed: to "Installed" in CUPS. I don't know why it didn't follow the driver settings.

Firefox, Thunderbird, and Gnome Document Viewer now print double sided.

But still no luck with OpenOffice. Every time I print, it resets the Duplexer option to "off" and prints single sided. I also noticed that Word formated files always come up as A4, Duplex: Off even when saved as Letter, Duplex: On. Odt files retain the appropriate settings until I print.

DaggyStyle · Watchman Joined: 22 Mar 2006 Posts: 5941

ese002 · Apprentice Joined: 20 Sep 2006 Posts: 155

Which feature?

DaggyStyle · Watchman Joined: 22 Mar 2006 Posts: 5941

ese002 · Apprentice Joined: 20 Sep 2006 Posts: 155