[geeks] Brother 8250CDN and CUPS?

[Nathan Raymond]

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.


On Fri, Jun 23, 2017 at 11:00 AM, Phil Stracchino <phils at caerllewys.net>
wrote:

> Has anyone here had any luck getting a Brother HL-L8250CDN duplex color
> laser printer working properly from CUPS?  All the discussion about
> Brother printers is that they Just Work, and indeed everything does Just
> Work ...  except the duplexer.  It *will not* duplex from Unix, period.
>
> Duplexing works fine from Windows (10, x64) once you delete the printer
> device Win10 auto-installs as soon as it sees the printer on the
> network, and install the Win10 x64 driver downloaded directly from
> Brother instead.  So I know there's nothing wrong with the duplex
> functionality.  I just cannot make it work via CUPS (or lpc).
>
>
> (With the default Win10 driver, oddly, it will duplex, but ONLY with
> tumble/short-edge binding.)
>
>
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