[Feisty, Edgy] Reversing page order with epson C86 has no effect

Thanks for your bug report.

The PPD for your printer indeed has outputorder=reverse:
$ /usr/lib/cups/driver/gutenprint.5.0 cat "gutenprint.5.0://escp2-c86/expert/C" | grep "DefaultOutputOrder"
*DefaultOutputOrder: Reverse
*StpDefaultOutputOrder: Reverse

Do the papers come out sorted with the default "reverse" option, or do you need to sort them?

Why you want to set the outputorder to normal?
Do the papers come out sorted with the default "reverse" option (page 1, 2, 3, ...), or do you need to sort them (page 3, 2, 1, ...)?

They just come out as if the driver doesn't interfere with page ordering, the first page last (3,2,1). The strange thing is that the option doesn't seem to have any effect.

Does this happen when printing from OpenOffice only?
It is known that OpenOffice does not produce DSC compliant postscript as described here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/foomatic-db-hpijs/+bug/65621/comments/3

I don't have ubuntu installed any more, but I think I tried printing only from acrobat reader

It will be difficult to pursue this bug further without access to a system displaying the problem. Please reopen if you have an opportunity to test on a newer Ubuntu system (gutsy or hardy), preferably from more than one application. Using a Live CD should work.