Re: single-sided printer control
From: Greg Andrews (gerg_at_panix.com)
Date: 09/26/05
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Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2005 00:46:19 +0000 (UTC)
R. Chew <richew@vcn.bc.ca> writes:
>gerg@panix.com wrote:
>>
>> The stock Solaris print system does not have -o options to select
>> printer features like single-sided or double-sided printing.
>> (I know this is the case for Solaris versions 2.3 through 9, but
>> I think it's also true for Solaris 10)
>> This is because printers implemented most of their features with
>> command languages that were different for each manufacturer. There was
>> no common command language to tell different printers to do these
>> things.
>>
>> So they are usually implemented by software written by the printer
>> manufacturer. The Jetadmin/Jetdirect software from HP is one example
>> of that kind of software. The -o option recognized by HP's Jetdirect
>> software may be different from the -o option recognized by Lexmark's
>> software. Or Xerox's software.
>>
>> Once you've installed the software from the printer manufacturer
>> and confirmed which -o option it recognizes to select single-sided
>> printing, there is a way to make Solaris automatically add the
>> -o option as if you typed it as part of the lp command. Post to
>> this newsgroup when you've reached that point and I'll post the
>> method to make that happen.
>>
>
>
>The reason I asked this question is I can't printer single-sided print job
>after someone use the printer to print double-sided job. That's why I want
>to have some kind of "-o" option to ensure teh print job always be single-sided.
>
>Will there be any other way to reset the duplex option on printer to
>single-sided?
>
Perhaps you didn't read my post (quoted above). There is no way to get
what you're asking for with the stock Solaris print software. You must
either enhance the stock Solaris software by installing software from
the printer manufacturer, or by replacing the stock Solaris print software
with different printing software.
-Greg
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