[COLUG] duplex postscript laser printer

[Dave]

On Apr 4, 2008, at 7:00 PM, Brian Miller wrote:

> Dave wrote:
>> I'm looking for a duplex laser printer that can directly handle  
>> postscript printing. I've never done duplex printing on a Linux  
>> machine, but on my Mac, I click a box for duplex in the print  
>> dialog for the HP Laser Jet 1320 I have at work.
>> The main thing duplex printing is needed is for printing a web page  
>> - want to avoid using two sheets of paper since a web page that is  
>> often printed takes just over a page.
>> Does anyone have experience with this one?
>> http://openprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=HP-LaserJet_P2015D
>> Basically I need it to print duplex from Firefox and also directly  
>> handle printing postscript files.
> I don't have any direct experience with that printer, but I've used  
> a number of HP printers, with duplexing and postscript drivers,  
> under Linux.  HP printers by default use the PCL language, but many  
> of them (especially lasers) also support postscript.
>
> However, I have seen some HP printers where the Linux driver does  
> not seem to support duplexing, even though the printer itself does.   
> I would find out what driver the printer uses, make sure there is a  
> postscript option, and see if there is a duplexing option in it.

The above link in my original message says it uses: hplip

And this is what I found that seems to indicate it will work.

https://answers.launchpad.net/hplip/+question/19809

What I'm not clear on is how you specify the duplex option when  
printing from firefox. Does anyone have experience with this and can  
tell me if there will be an option there or if I can just tell the  
printer to always do duplex?

Thanks,
Dave