Printer duplexing

[david walcroft]

William Case wrote:
> Hi David;
> 
> I followed your advice
> 
> On Thu, 2005-12-15 at 16:12 +1000, david walcroft wrote:
> 
>>William Case wrote:
> 
> 
>>>I have a HP psc 1315 printer.  I want duplex print some long documents.
>>>The printer doesn't have duplexing capabilities so I would like to print
>>>first odd pages then re-print using even pages.  That should be simple
>>>enough.  But how do I do it.
> 
> 
>>>Can someone recommend something?
>>>
>>>Regards Bill
>>>
>>
>>Bill,
>>    I use a HP PSC-2110 and in this url I can change to duplex printing
>>
>>" http://localhost:631/admin/?op=config-printer&printer_name=PSC-2110 "
>>
>>or start at " http://localhost:631/ " and see what your sys does.
>>
>>   david
> 
> 
> I went to the CUPS setup page for my printer and was given no duplex
> option.  However, OOoffice uses CUPS and will duplex.  If you see my
> subsequent post, you will see I am (also) having problems just getting
> gedit to print (duplex or no).
> 
> I have carefully gone through gedit preferences and gconf.  There does
> not seem to be anything to change.  The printer is listed correctly etc.
> Gedit does, in fact, give me the duplex option which I suspect it
> wouldn't if it wasn't available, but nonetheless nothing prints.
> 
> I hate to say this but I feel like I am operating in a WindowsXP
> environment where "daddy knows best" and I am given no configuration or
> tweaking room.
> 
> Frustratingly, I don't know where to start.
> 
> Regards Bill
> 
Do you have 'HPLIP' in your system to run the HP PSC1315,if not try it 
as its the default print programme for HP in fedora

   david