[geeks] Brother 8250CDN and CUPS?

[Mark G Thomas]

Hi,

On Fri, Jun 23, 2017 at 12:05:46PM -0400, Phil Stracchino wrote:
> On 06/23/17 11:35, Nathan Raymond wrote:
> > I've seen cases where Linux/CUPS doesn't have the correct printer model PPD
> > selected everywhere it should be. Do you see duplexing options in CUPS (
> > http://localhost:631/printers/)? If not, you might want to check that the
> > right model is configured in your UNIX printing subsystem
> > ("system-config-printer" on some systems). Also, I've also seen reports of
> > "-o BRDuplex=DuplexTumble" not working from the command line but "-o
> > sides=two-sided-long-edge" working instead.
> 
> Yup, that's the weird part -- I can see the duplexer available, it's set
> to be duplex long-edge as printer default, I can select duplexing in
> print setup in an application and select my choice of long or short
> edge, and it'll say "OK, sure, no problem."  ...Then it'll print
> single-sided.

Clearly the problem is incorrect media type.

You need to get some two-sided paper. Single-sided paper is incompatible.

Mark

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Mark G. Thomas (Mark at Misty.com), KC3DRE