Re: [libreoffice-users] Printing specific pages in 4.1 writer

To get my Cannon printer to work with Linux, I first was told that they 
do not support Linux.  Well, the UK Cannon site had the drivers and 
supported Linux even though the USA site does not.

I had to download 4 files.  Two for the printing and two for the scanning.

I use a HP Officejet 7000 wide format printer - up to 13 by 19 inches.  
The next model had duplexing, but mine was on sale for half off.  It 
took some "tweaking" of the HP Linux drivers to get Ubuntu 12.04LTS to 
allow for paper larger than letter or legal size.  I mostly run tabloid 
size paper [11 by 17 inch sheets] but I have photos and "standard" paper 
for the 13x19 and  11x17.  I sometimes print the 8.5 x 14 inch legal 
paper in it, since it is easier to "insert" it in the wide format 
printer than it is for my other color printer.

Mint 13 and 14 would not "see" the Cannon printer on the network, but 
worked fine using the USB port.

I have been using Ubuntu since 9.xx days and LO since the first release 
[not RC] that came out.  Been using using Ubuntu as my main desktop OS 
since Feb 2010, and still have a lot to learn about what I can and 
cannot do with it.  I never could get WINE to work.

As for Printers and LO, I find that I have the least troubles with an HP 
printer and its drivers when dealing with printing all the different 
options within LO.  It was my HP Laserjet 2300dn printer that had no 
problems with duplexing within LO without that "pesky" printer dialog 
check box, but my Epson Artisan 810 inkjet printer needed the checked 
box to duplex.  I have kept it checked and decided not to try any other 
options since my Cannon MG6220 inkjet [replacement for the worn out 
Epson] worked fine in the duplexing as I had the options setup.

Now there are some things that these printers can do, according to the 
Windows 7 drivers that are not listed in the Ubuntu/Debian drivers, but 
I hardly remember what they are and will use my Win7 laptop [dual 
booting with Ubuntu] to print if needed.

I had a set of screen shots on a Wiki page that showed the check box 
option in Linux, to help with those people who are having troubles with 
Linux printers and LO duplexing.  But, the last time I looked, someone 
deleted that page.  It seemed that someone did not want the users to 
know that there might be an issue with duplex printing with Linux 
versions of LO, and the posting of the needed instructions to the needed 
check box to help fix that issue with some printers.


On 07/31/2013 05:46 PM, Andrew Brown wrote:
> Hi Kracked_P_P
>
> You have me all quizzy now about it too. I own a Brother MFC-J6510DW 
> large format multifunction printer, quite a process to set it up in 
> Ubuntu (like you from 10.04 to present 13.04) and this box was ticked 
> by default in LO's settings. I will experiment with it unticked and 
> see if it affects my printer.
>
> Regards
>
> Andrew Brown
>
> On 31/07/2013 09:33 PM, Kracked_P_P---webmaster wrote:
> > When I had the issue with the duplexing on one printer, it seemed 
> > that everyone who was "helping" must have been on Windows, since they 
> > did not know what I was talking about with the "extra" dialog check 
> > box.  Why it is listed in the Linux [Ubuntu 10.04LTS and 12.04LTS for 
> > me back then] and not in the Windows installs, I was never given a 
> > good answer.  I was told that "it was just needed for Linux and not 
> > for Windows".  Then the fact that for some printers the check box 
> > needed to be checked, while other did not, tended to make the issue a 
> > little worse to figure out.
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