Duplex printing may not work correctly with HP LaserJet printers on Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Issue
- Duplex printing may not work correctly with Some HP LaserJet printers on Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
- Duplex printing with the
a2pscommand works correctly - gedit prints the first page simplex and the rest of the pages duplex
- Adobe Reader prints only in simplex
- Evince prints correctly
- Duplex printing with the
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By default, printers are printing one side only. To print both sides following options were enabled, however this option is not working:
lpoptions -d PHKGJPMF21Q51 -o sides=two-sided-long-edge
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 & 6
- Common Unix Printing System (CUPS) 1.3.7 & 1.4.2
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