I think I have found what causes this problem. I have two printers attached, the HP 8600 with a duplexer, and an HP C7180.
Everything works as it should so long as I use only the 8600. However, when I use the C7180, then use the 8600 again, the printer controls have "forgotten" that the 8600 was configured to print duplex. The main configuration menu (the "File" popup/pulldown on the topmost display line) still shows it to be configured to print duplex as default, but when a print job starts, the configuration is changed to single-sided, even though it was duplex the previous time it was used. So long as I remember to check the configuration tab on the print job and change it to duplex, all is well. Mostly just a nuisance, but still a nuisance. Change of subject (sort of): could you point me to someone to discuss the printer controls' configurations/layouts. I have a couple of suggestions. Wilbur Killebrew On 11/25/2014 01:37 PM, Pascal De Vuyst wrote: > Can you follow the instructions of the sections > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingPrintingProblems#Capturing_print_job_data > and > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingPrintingProblems#Getting_the_data_which_would_go_to_the_printer. > Can you also attach the file(s) which you tried to print? Please do this > for all situations with problems (LibreOffice, evince, ...). > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to cups in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1390994 Title: Lost ability to print duplex Status in “cups” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: A recent update (about a week or two ago) has resulted in my HP 8600 printer no longer printing double-sided. All the configuration information appears to be unchanged, but pages are not printed double- sided, when requested. The duplexer works properly in local mode. My configuration is: Ubuntu 14.04 (up-to-date), HP Pavilion dv6 with AMD quad-core processor. I have been running Ubuntu on this machine for about 27 months. I successfully upgraded from 12.04 to 14.04 last summer. The 8600 printer has been in use for about two years. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/+bug/1390994/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
