On Tuesday 24 February 2015 11:20:19 Petter Adsen wrote: > On Tue, 24 Feb 2015 11:14:23 -0500 > > Gene Heskett <ghesk...@wdtv.com> wrote: > > On Tuesday 24 February 2015 10:16:24 Gene Heskett wrote: > > > On Tuesday 24 February 2015 04:47:14 Curt wrote: > > > > On 2015-02-24, Gene Heskett <ghesk...@wdtv.com> wrote: > > > > >> Why not print a page range? > > > > > > > > I fail to understand why you don't print a test page from the CUPS > > > > interface, after having selected duplex printing as a default > > > > printing option. I don't know what this would tell us if it did > > > > (or didn't) work, but less trees might suffer in the interim. > > > > Perhaps duplex printing as a default option in the CUPS web > > > > interface is unavailable. > > > > > > Apparently that only works using the brother drivers. I can run it > > > in postscript mode too, but in that mode the cups test page crashes > > > it, and it crashes at the end of any print job sent to it, in all > > > cases needing a power cycle to restore it for the next job. > > > > > > The brother drivers have all the duplex operations visible in the > > > localhost:631 access, but there is absolutely no facility in wheezy > > > that can use it, those options are in the printer dialogs presented > > > by any other program from geany thru evince and okular, all show > > > the duplex operations ghosted out and unavailable. > > > > > > The point being that all of this worked flawlessly for > > > ubuntu-10.04.4 LTS. > > > > > > Someone said that libpoppler can't do duplex, but wheezy is > > > supposed to be newer. I have the old drive mounted, so I'll just go > > > check libpoppler versions. > > > > > > Here is what I can find: > > > root@coyote:/etc/default# ls -l `locate poppler|grep '/opt' -` > > > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2127836 Jun 11 2012 > > > /mnt/ltsslash/opt/calibre/lib/libpoppler.so.25 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root > > > root 2127836 Jun 11 2012 /opt/calibre/lib/libpoppler.so.25 > > > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 49076 Nov 25 > > > 10:23 /opt/trinity/lib/libpoppler-tqt.so lrwxrwxrwx 1 root > > > root 23 Nov 25 10:22 /opt/trinity/lib/libpoppler-tqt.so.0 -> > > > libpoppler-tqt.so.0.0.0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 49080 Nov 25 > > > 10:23 /opt/trinity/lib/libpoppler-tqt.so.0.0.0 > > > root@coyote:/etc/default# ls -l `locate poppler|grep '/usr/lib' -` > > > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 167400 Nov 8 > > > 2011 /mnt/ltsslash/usr/lib/kde4/okularGenerator_poppler.so > > > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 24 Apr 4 > > > 2013 /mnt/ltsslash/usr/lib/libpoppler-glib.so.4 -> > > > libpoppler-glib.so.4.0.0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 191248 Mar 28 > > > 2013 /mnt/ltsslash/usr/lib/libpoppler-glib.so.4.0.0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 > > > root root 23 Aug 15 2014 /mnt/ltsslash/usr/lib/libpoppler-qt4.so.3 > > > -> libpoppler-qt4.so.3.2.0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 453476 Mar 28 > > > 2013 /mnt/ltsslash/usr/lib/libpoppler-qt4.so.3.2.0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 > > > root root 19 Apr 4 2013 /mnt/ltsslash/usr/lib/libpoppler.so.5 -> > > > libpoppler.so.5.0.0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1853748 Mar 28 > > > 2013 /mnt/ltsslash/usr/lib/libpoppler.so.5.0.0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root > > > root 38 Sep 4 > > > 08:20 /mnt/ltsslash/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/poppler.so > > > -> /usr/lib/pyshared/python2.6/poppler.so -rw-r--r-- 1 root root > > > 66896 Jan 25 > > > 2010 /mnt/ltsslash/usr/lib/pyshared/python2.6/poppler.so lrwxrwxrwx > > > 1 root root 24 Feb 3 > > > 22:15 /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libpoppler-glib.so.8 -> > > > libpoppler-glib.so.8.2.0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 238940 Mar 25 > > > 2013 /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libpoppler-glib.so.8.2.0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 > > > root root 23 Mar 25 > > > 2013 /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libpoppler-qt4.so.3 -> > > > libpoppler-qt4.so.3.7.0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 345440 Mar 25 > > > 2013 /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libpoppler-qt4.so.3.7.0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 > > > root root 20 Feb 3 22:15 /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libpoppler.so.19 > > > -> libpoppler.so.19.0.0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1922928 Mar 25 > > > 2013 /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libpoppler.so.19.0.0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root > > > root 17768 Jun 3 > > > 2012 > > > /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/tumbler-1/plugins/tumbler-poppler-thumbnailer.s > > >o -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 184568 Nov 28 > > > 2012 /usr/lib/kde4/okularGenerator_poppler.so > > > > > > This obviously shows the version trinity installed, which I did > > > yesterday because wheezy's kmail version 1.13.7 has broken font > > > rendering in the message window as described in about 15 posts to > > > the list with no solution that worked offered. I'd file a bug but > > > my wall is so full of scribbled passwds that I cannot find the one > > > I want the next time I need it now. > > > > > > kmail 1.9.5, except for a lack of a dbus port, just works. > > > > > > The above list is a bit confusing but if I can get that so.25 > > > version linked correctly, it would be my next attempt to solve this > > > problem. Someone said that it was the wheezy version of it that > > > cannot do duplex. It works, with the above gotcha's if I use a > > > postscript level 1 driver in cups. Does anyone have a clue how old > > > level 1 is? Several decades. We already had level 2 support in > > > ghostscript when I built it at version 5.02 on an amiga in the > > > middle 90's. I have a copy of the postscript level 3 specification > > > on the shelf above me thats at least 15 years old, printed from > > > that same amiga. > > > > > > I see by the above list that kde has its own, less than 10% of the > > > size of the so.25 that calibre uses. > > > > FWIW, I loaded a pdf into calibre, it showed me only a thumbnail of > > the cover page, and I crashed it looking for a print this option. > > Apparently it can only deal with e-pubs and I don't have any > > according to locate. > > <snip> > > This is a little besides the problem, but here > > https://archive.org/details/AnsiCProgrammingLanguage > > you can find an epub of the K&R book so you can test it in Calibre. > > HTH.
Not sure Petter, I went & got it, found the print dialog, and using the foomatic postscript driver printed the first 6 pages thinking the cover page, in color would test the color. However it skipped the cover page, printing the next 5, and of course the printer is crashed. Will take a powerdown reset to recover. But before printing with the postscript driver, I checked to see if the duplex options were available in a ppd that uses brothers own linux drivers, which did duplex just fine on ubu 10.04.4 LTS. They were still ghosted. So nothing is changed, and I am reminded of Thomas Edison's remark when yet another attempt to make a light bulb failed. "well, now we know 10,000 ways it doesn't work" ;) Thanks Petter Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/201502241147.46323.ghesk...@wdtv.com
