[libreoffice-users] Re: Possible LibreOffice Duplex Printing Bug

Good points all, but I suspect not my problem.

I almost mentioned during my post that folks should ignore the fact that my
HP-LIP (3.14.4) had been released just the day before my post. It is, in
fact, the "latest and greatest" as they say. But the problem I'm
experiencing has existed for quite a while - I was just too busy to take the
time to write about it.

Regarding 'The Duplexing of a sheet that has only one page seems "normal" to
me', I have to disagree, if only because of the paper weight limitations and
the potential for jamming. I have found, like you, that such behavior is
"common" but it represents, I believe, poor (or thoughtless) coding. The
last two duplex printers I've had (HP: 5400, 6700) correctly (again, in my
view) permit the default behavior to be chosen by the user, but out of the
box, they will print single pages without feeding the sheet through the
duplexer.

Interestingly, my 6700 permits you to specify whether pages are output face
up or face down. I suspect this causes the duplex mechanism to be used for
flipping them (I haven't actually tried this). I'm not sure why this
capability exists, but I always vote for more flexibility so long as
reasonable defaults are set for those who don't care to "fiddle" with
settings.

Of course, comparing all this with the need to recompile my copy of
Telewriter-64 on my Radio Shack Color Computer back in the late 70s so that
I could switch from using my Tandy printer to my new Okidata - - - well, I
suppose things are better now, but it's hard to say several decades's worth
of better :)




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