[COLUG] duplex postscript laser printer

[Rob Funk]

Dave wrote:
> 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?

When you set up the printer in CUPS, you should be able to tell the 
printer to always do duplex.

Unfortunately Firefox (at least version 2.0) doesn't seem to give much 
access to printer controls.  I usually use Konqueror as my web browser, 
which gives me complete access to the print controls through KDE's print 
system.

Once upon a time I was often printing in a computer lab with HP Laserjet 
printers that could do PostScript and duplex, but were not configured to 
do duplex by default.  So to print I used a little script that prefixed 
the printer instructions to enable duplex for my job.  I may still have 
that script around somewhere.....

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