Re: [Gimp-print-devel] duplex, two-/double-side printing for all Epson Stylus Office BX printers (Debian Bug#951410)

[Robert K. <rl...@al...>]

On Sun, 16 Feb 2020 16:37:59 +0100, Didier 'OdyX' Raboud wrote:

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> Objet : Bug#951410: libgutenprint-common: duplex, two-/double-side printing 
> for all Epson Stylus Office BX printers
> Date : dimanche, 16 f=C3=A9vrier 2020, 09.08:57 h CET
> De : Twinker <tw...@ew...>
>  =C3=80 : Debian Bug Tracking System <su...@bu...>
>
> Hello,
>
> I am using an Epson Stylus Office BX535WD printer. Most Epson BX 
> printers are able to print two-sided (duplex, double-sided, 2-sided).
>
> There is no possibility for the user to define duplex in the web 
> configuration of cups (localhost:631) nor in any application, because 
> the generated PPD printer driver file misses the duplex option although 
> the driver itself reports 2-side printing:
>
> To correct this and to be able to select duplex printing the underlaying 
> XML definition files which generates the gutenprint printer driver PPD 
> must be modified:
>
> Take a look in the XML file 
> "/usr/share/gutenprint/5.3/xml/printers/escp2.xml"; most BX printers are 
> defined as "model=92".
>
> Patch:
> In the XML file
> =2D "/usr/share/gutenprint/5.3/xml/escp2/model/model_92.xml"
> the parameter
> =2D "<inputSlots src="escp2/inputslots/default.xml>"
> should be corrected to
> =2D "<inputSlots src="escp2/inputslots/default-duplex.xml".
>
> After that the printer driver configuration should be reinitialized in cups:
> =2D delete the current BX printer in the cups web front-end
> =2D stop the cups printing service
> =2D delete the PPD file for the printer from "/etc/cups/ppd/*[BX|bx]*.ppd"
> =2D start the cups printing service
> =2D re-create the BX printer
>
> Now you are able to configure "2-sided" (duplex, two-/double-sided) 
> printing in the web front-end.

BTW, cups-genppdupdate should be sufficient here.
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