Duplex printing permanently disabled in edgy
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| evince (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
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Undecided
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Ubuntu Desktop Bugs | ||
Bug Description
I print to a printer which is attached to a windows machine on the LAN. When I hit print in evince, the "Two-sided" drop-down in the "Page Layout" tab has a single entry, "One sided". This means that I am unable to print double-sided from evince.
However, if I click System -> Administration -> Printing, right-click the printer and click Properties, then I am able to select "Flip on long edge (standard)" in the "Double Sided" drop-down in the "Paper" tab.
(Incidentally, there is a pause of about 30 seconds between clicking on Properties and the printer properties dialog appearing. This didn't happen in Dapper, and may or may not be connected.)
There should be an option to print double-sided in the "Page Layout" tab in evince.
If I print a postscript file from the command line with lpr, then I do get double-sided output.
| Vincenzo Ciancia (vincenzo-ml) wrote | #1 |
| Andriy (apa3a) wrote | #2 |
| Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote | #3 |
| Changed in evince: | |
| assignee: | nobody → desktop-bugs |
| status: | Unconfirmed → Rejected |
I can confirm this, on network printers obtained via network printers browsing in gnome-printer, and also wonder why other gnome applications like gedit correctly record the fact that double-sided printing has been enabled in printer configuration. The two printing dialogs look different, are there two different printing engines in gnome? If so, the one that gedit uses has not this bug, while the one that evince uses has it.