From: smirzo@example.com
Jerry Peters writes:
> Salvador Mirzo wrote:
>> Ivan Shmakov writes:
>>
>>>>>>>> On 2025-01-16, Salvador Mirzo wrote:
>>>
>>> > I suspect I imagine wrong how things actually work. I thought
>>> > perhaps there would be a command line such as ``lpr --pages 7-14''.
>>>
>>> As has already been pointed in this thread, CUPS, a fairly
>>> common choice for a printer spooler in GNU/Linux systems,
>>> provides lp(1) command that does have just such an option.
>>
>> Thanks for the information. It turns out I'm not being able to print
>> two-sided-long-edge with CUPS and my Brother HL-L2360DW. I resorted to
>> using /etc/printcap and lpd's lpr (not CUPS's lpr) because I can then
>> set my printer to always do two-sided-long-edge, which is nearly 100% of
>> the way I print.
>
> Sounds like an incorrect PPD, which is where the various options come
> from.
> I have a HL220dw and CUPS supports both simplex and duplex printing,
> selectable at the time I print.
Awesome news. I've tried hacking my PPD a file a bit, but
unsuccessfully. I've reported my attempts to
comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc.
Would you be so kind to share your PPD? I could perhaps get more clues
seeing one PPD file that really works. I have suspected mine could be
faulty, but I know so little about PPDs and PostScript. My greatest
insight so far is that the PPD file houses small PostScript snippets
that PostScript-generating software that use to make the printer do one
thing or another. Here's my full PPD in use. FWIW:
*PPD-Adobe: "4.3"
*%%%% PPD file for HL-L2360D series with CUPS.
*%%%% Created by the CUPS PPD Compiler CUPS v2.4.10.
*FormatVersion: "4.3"
*FileVersion: "6"
*LanguageVersion: English
*LanguageEncoding: ISOLatin1
*PCFileName: "brl2360d.ppd"
*Product: "(HL-L2360D series)"
*Manufacturer: "Brother"
*ModelName: "Brother HL-L2360D series"
*ShortNickName: "Brother HL-L2360D series"
*NickName: "Brother HL-L2360D series, using brlaser v6"
*PSVersion: "(3010.000) 0"
*LanguageLevel: "3"
*ColorDevice: False
*DefaultColorSpace: Gray
*FileSystem: False
*Throughput: "1"
*LandscapeOrientation: Plus90
*TTRasterizer: Type42
*% Driver-defined attributes...
*1284DeviceID: "MFG:Brother;CMD:PJL,PCL,PCLXL,URF;MDL:HL-L2360D
eries;CLS:PRINTER;CID:Brother Laser Type1;URF:W8,CP1,IS4-1,MT1-3
4-5-8,OB10,PQ4,RS300-600,V1.3,DM1;"
*cupsBackSide: "Rotated"
*cupsVersion: 2.4
*cupsModelNumber: 0
*cupsManualCopies: False
*cupsFilter: "application/vnd.cups-raster 33 rastertobrlaser"
*cupsLanguages: "en"
*OpenUI *PageSize/Media Size: PickOne
*OrderDependency: 10 AnySetup *PageSize
*DefaultPageSize: A4
*PageSize A4/A4: "<>setpagedevice"
*PageSize A5/A5: "<>setpagedevice"
*PageSize A6/A6: "<>setpagedevice"
*PageSize B5/JIS B5: "<>setpagedevice"
*PageSize B6/JIS B6: "<>setpagedevice"
*PageSize EnvC5/Envelope C5: "<>setpagedevice"
*PageSize EnvMonarch/Envelope Monarch: "<>setpagedevice"
*PageSize EnvDL/Envelope DL: "<>setpagedevice"
*PageSize Executive/Executive: "<>setpagedevice"
*PageSize Legal/US Legal: "<>setpagedevice"
*PageSize Letter/US Letter: "<>setpagedevice"
*CloseUI: *PageSize
*OpenUI *PageRegion/Media Size: PickOne
*OrderDependency: 10 AnySetup *PageRegion
*DefaultPageRegion: A4
*PageRegion A4/A4: "<>setpagedevice"
*PageRegion A5/A5: "<>setpagedevice"
*PageRegion A6/A6: "<>setpagedevice"
*PageRegion B5/JIS B5: "<>setpagedevice"
*PageRegion B6/JIS B6: "<>setpagedevice"
*PageRegion EnvC5/Envelope C5: "<>setpagedevice"
*PageRegion EnvMonarch/Envelope Monarch: "<>setpagedevice"
*PageRegion EnvDL/Envelope DL: "<>setpagedevice"
*PageRegion Executive/Executive: "<>setpagedevice"
*PageRegion Legal/US Legal: "<>setpagedevice"
*PageRegion Letter/US Letter: "<>setpagedevice"
*CloseUI: *PageRegion
*DefaultImageableArea: A4
*ImageableArea A4/A4: "8 8 587 826"
*ImageableArea A5/A5: "8 8 412 579"
*ImageableArea A6/A6: "8 8 289 404"
*ImageableArea B5/JIS B5: "8 8 508 713"
*ImageableArea B6/JIS B6: "8 8 355 500"
*ImageableArea EnvC5/Envelope C5: "8 8 451 633"
*ImageableArea EnvMonarch/Envelope Monarch: "8 8 271 524"
*ImageableArea EnvDL/Envelope DL: "8 8 304 608"
*ImageableArea Executive/Executive: "8 8 514 740"
*ImageableArea Legal/US Legal: "8 8 604 992"
*ImageableArea Letter/US Letter: "8 8 604 776"
*DefaultPaperDimension: A4
*PaperDimension A4/A4: "595 842"
*PaperDimension A5/A5: "420 595"
*PaperDimension A6/A6: "297 420"
*PaperDimension B5/JIS B5: "516 729"
*PaperDimension B6/JIS B6: "363 516"
*PaperDimension EnvC5/Envelope C5: "459 649"
*PaperDimension EnvMonarch/Envelope Monarch: "279 540"
*PaperDimension EnvDL/Envelope DL: "312 624"
*PaperDimension Executive/Executive: "522 756"
*PaperDimension Legal/US Legal: "612 1008"
*PaperDimension Letter/US Letter: "612 792"
*OpenUI *Resolution/Resolution: PickOne
*OrderDependency: 10 AnySetup *Resolution
*DefaultResolution: 600dpi
*Resolution 600dpi/600 DPI: "<>setpagedevice"
*Resolution 1200dpi/1200HQ: "<>setpagedevice"
*CloseUI: *Resolution
*OpenUI *InputSlot/Media Source: PickOne
*OrderDependency: 10 AnySetup *InputSlot
*DefaultInputSlot: Auto
*InputSlot Auto/Auto-select: "<>setpagedevice"
*InputSlot Tray1/Tray 1: "<>setpagedevice"
*InputSlot Tray2/Tray 2: "<>setpagedevice"
*InputSlot Tray3/Tray 3: "<>setpagedevice"
*InputSlot MPTray/MP Tray: "<>setpagedevice"
*InputSlot Manual/Manual: "<>setpagedevice"
*CloseUI: *InputSlot
*OpenUI *MediaType/Media Type: PickOne
*OrderDependency: 10 AnySetup *MediaType
*DefaultMediaType: PLAIN
*MediaType PLAIN/Plain paper: "<>setpagedevice"
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