Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Salvador Mirzo Newsgroups: comp.misc Subject: Re: terminal only for two weeks Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2025 22:54:34 -0300 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 199 Message-ID: <87r03xe3ol.fsf@example.com> References: <67447ce1$0$22$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> <87bjwb4jat.fsf@example.com> <87plkq34b8.fsf@example.com> <87o7071s35.fsf@example.com> <5Lra_5CB4XHr0riW@violet.siamics.net> <87frkjuop1.fsf@example.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2025 02:54:35 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="0295151afa237c1478d068ac248ea24f"; logging-data="899614"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18RvDn2RCQ/v3VURVCgbHc4vRLc14MVnsM=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:FcMa2XfIKy1WXUxGNXXZJqmhLIc= sha1:XlwGSIrpNe2xiHk9Hcc2ftuPBZ8= Xref: csiph.com comp.misc:26460 Jerry Peters writes: > Salvador Mirzo wrote: >> Ivan Shmakov writes: >> >>>>>>>> On 2025-01-16, Salvador Mirzo wrote: >>> >>> > I suspect I imagine wrong how things actually work. I thought >>> > perhaps there would be a command line such as ``lpr --pages 7-14''. >>> >>> As has already been pointed in this thread, CUPS, a fairly >>> common choice for a printer spooler in GNU/Linux systems, >>> provides lp(1) command that does have just such an option. >> >> Thanks for the information. It turns out I'm not being able to print >> two-sided-long-edge with CUPS and my Brother HL-L2360DW. I resorted to >> using /etc/printcap and lpd's lpr (not CUPS's lpr) because I can then >> set my printer to always do two-sided-long-edge, which is nearly 100% of >> the way I print. > > Sounds like an incorrect PPD, which is where the various options come > from. > I have a HL220dw and CUPS supports both simplex and duplex printing, > selectable at the time I print. Awesome news. I've tried hacking my PPD a file a bit, but unsuccessfully. I've reported my attempts to comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc. Would you be so kind to share your PPD? I could perhaps get more clues seeing one PPD file that really works. I have suspected mine could be faulty, but I know so little about PPDs and PostScript. My greatest insight so far is that the PPD file houses small PostScript snippets that PostScript-generating software that use to make the printer do one thing or another. Here's my full PPD in use. FWIW: *PPD-Adobe: "4.3" *%%%% PPD file for HL-L2360D series with CUPS. *%%%% Created by the CUPS PPD Compiler CUPS v2.4.10. *FormatVersion: "4.3" *FileVersion: "6" *LanguageVersion: English *LanguageEncoding: ISOLatin1 *PCFileName: "brl2360d.ppd" *Product: "(HL-L2360D series)" *Manufacturer: "Brother" *ModelName: "Brother HL-L2360D series" *ShortNickName: "Brother HL-L2360D series" *NickName: "Brother HL-L2360D series, using brlaser v6" *PSVersion: "(3010.000) 0" *LanguageLevel: "3" *ColorDevice: False *DefaultColorSpace: Gray *FileSystem: False *Throughput: "1" *LandscapeOrientation: Plus90 *TTRasterizer: Type42 *% Driver-defined attributes... *1284DeviceID: "MFG:Brother;CMD:PJL,PCL,PCLXL,URF;MDL:HL-L2360D series;CLS:PRINTER;CID:Brother Laser Type1;URF:W8,CP1,IS4-1,MT1-3-4-5-8,OB10,PQ4,RS300-600,V1.3,DM1;" *cupsBackSide: "Rotated" *cupsVersion: 2.4 *cupsModelNumber: 0 *cupsManualCopies: False *cupsFilter: "application/vnd.cups-raster 33 rastertobrlaser" *cupsLanguages: "en" *OpenUI *PageSize/Media Size: PickOne *OrderDependency: 10 AnySetup *PageSize *DefaultPageSize: A4 *PageSize A4/A4: "<>setpagedevice" *PageSize A5/A5: "<>setpagedevice" *PageSize A6/A6: "<>setpagedevice" *PageSize B5/JIS B5: "<>setpagedevice" *PageSize B6/JIS B6: "<>setpagedevice" *PageSize EnvC5/Envelope C5: "<>setpagedevice" *PageSize EnvMonarch/Envelope Monarch: "<>setpagedevice" *PageSize EnvDL/Envelope DL: "<>setpagedevice" *PageSize Executive/Executive: "<>setpagedevice" *PageSize Legal/US Legal: "<>setpagedevice" *PageSize Letter/US Letter: "<>setpagedevice" *CloseUI: *PageSize *OpenUI *PageRegion/Media Size: PickOne *OrderDependency: 10 AnySetup *PageRegion *DefaultPageRegion: A4 *PageRegion A4/A4: "<>setpagedevice" *PageRegion A5/A5: "<>setpagedevice" *PageRegion A6/A6: "<>setpagedevice" *PageRegion B5/JIS B5: "<>setpagedevice" *PageRegion B6/JIS B6: "<>setpagedevice" *PageRegion EnvC5/Envelope C5: "<>setpagedevice" *PageRegion EnvMonarch/Envelope Monarch: "<>setpagedevice" *PageRegion EnvDL/Envelope DL: "<>setpagedevice" *PageRegion Executive/Executive: "<>setpagedevice" *PageRegion Legal/US Legal: "<>setpagedevice" *PageRegion Letter/US Letter: "<>setpagedevice" *CloseUI: *PageRegion *DefaultImageableArea: A4 *ImageableArea A4/A4: "8 8 587 826" *ImageableArea A5/A5: "8 8 412 579" *ImageableArea A6/A6: "8 8 289 404" *ImageableArea B5/JIS B5: "8 8 508 713" *ImageableArea B6/JIS B6: "8 8 355 500" *ImageableArea EnvC5/Envelope C5: "8 8 451 633" *ImageableArea EnvMonarch/Envelope Monarch: "8 8 271 524" *ImageableArea EnvDL/Envelope DL: "8 8 304 608" *ImageableArea Executive/Executive: "8 8 514 740" *ImageableArea Legal/US Legal: "8 8 604 992" *ImageableArea Letter/US Letter: "8 8 604 776" *DefaultPaperDimension: A4 *PaperDimension A4/A4: "595 842" *PaperDimension A5/A5: "420 595" *PaperDimension A6/A6: "297 420" *PaperDimension B5/JIS B5: "516 729" *PaperDimension B6/JIS B6: "363 516" *PaperDimension EnvC5/Envelope C5: "459 649" *PaperDimension EnvMonarch/Envelope Monarch: "279 540" *PaperDimension EnvDL/Envelope DL: "312 624" *PaperDimension Executive/Executive: "522 756" *PaperDimension Legal/US Legal: "612 1008" *PaperDimension Letter/US Letter: "612 792" *OpenUI *Resolution/Resolution: PickOne *OrderDependency: 10 AnySetup *Resolution *DefaultResolution: 600dpi *Resolution 600dpi/600 DPI: "<>setpagedevice" *Resolution 1200dpi/1200HQ: "<>setpagedevice" *CloseUI: *Resolution *OpenUI *InputSlot/Media Source: PickOne *OrderDependency: 10 AnySetup *InputSlot *DefaultInputSlot: Auto *InputSlot Auto/Auto-select: "<>setpagedevice" *InputSlot Tray1/Tray 1: "<>setpagedevice" *InputSlot Tray2/Tray 2: "<>setpagedevice" *InputSlot Tray3/Tray 3: "<>setpagedevice" *InputSlot MPTray/MP Tray: "<>setpagedevice" *InputSlot Manual/Manual: "<>setpagedevice" *CloseUI: *InputSlot *OpenUI *MediaType/Media Type: PickOne *OrderDependency: 10 AnySetup *MediaType *DefaultMediaType: PLAIN *MediaType PLAIN/Plain paper: "<>setpagedevice" *MediaType THIN/Thin paper: "<>setpagedevice" *MediaType THICK/Thick paper: "<>setpagedevice" *MediaType THICKER/Thicker paper: "<>setpagedevice" *MediaType BOND/Bond paper: "<>setpagedevice" *MediaType TRANS/Transparencies: "<>setpagedevice" *MediaType ENV/Envelopes: "<>setpagedevice" *MediaType ENV-THICK/Thick envelopes: "<>setpagedevice" *MediaType ENV-THIN/Thin envelopes: "<>setpagedevice" *CloseUI: *MediaType *OpenUI *brlaserEconomode/Toner save mode: Boolean *OrderDependency: 10 AnySetup *brlaserEconomode *DefaultbrlaserEconomode: False *brlaserEconomode False/Off: "<>setpagedevice" *brlaserEconomode True/On: "<>setpagedevice" *CloseUI: *brlaserEconomode *OpenUI *Duplex/2-Sided Printing: PickOne *OrderDependency: 10 AnySetup *Duplex *DefaultDuplex: None *Duplex None/Off (1-Sided): "<>setpagedevice" *Duplex DuplexNoTumble/Long-Edge (Portrait): "<>setpagedevice" *Duplex DuplexTumble/Short-Edge (Landscape): "<>setpagedevice" *CloseUI: *Duplex *DefaultFont: Times-Roman *Font AvantGarde-Book: Standard "(1.05)" Standard ROM *Font AvantGarde-BookOblique: Standard "(1.05)" Standard ROM *Font AvantGarde-Demi: Standard "(1.05)" Standard ROM *Font AvantGarde-DemiOblique: Standard "(1.05)" Standard ROM *Font Bookman-Demi: Standard "(1.05)" Standard ROM *Font Bookman-DemiItalic: Standard "(1.05)" Standard ROM *Font Bookman-Light: Standard "(1.05)" Standard ROM *Font Bookman-LightItalic: Standard "(1.05)" Standard ROM *Font Courier: Standard "(1.05)" Standard ROM *Font Courier-Bold: Standard "(1.05)" Standard ROM *Font Courier-BoldOblique: Standard "(1.05)" Standard ROM *Font Courier-Oblique: Standard "(1.05)" Standard ROM *Font Helvetica: Standard "(1.05)" Standard ROM *Font Helvetica-Bold: Standard "(1.05)" Standard ROM *Font Helvetica-BoldOblique: Standard "(1.05)" Standard ROM *Font Helvetica-Narrow: Standard "(1.05)" Standard ROM *Font Helvetica-Narrow-Bold: Standard "(1.05)" Standard ROM *Font Helvetica-Narrow-BoldOblique: Standard "(1.05)" Standard ROM *Font Helvetica-Narrow-Oblique: Standard "(1.05)" Standard ROM *Font Helvetica-Oblique: Standard "(1.05)" Standard ROM *Font NewCenturySchlbk-Bold: Standard "(1.05)" Standard ROM *Font NewCenturySchlbk-BoldItalic: Standard "(1.05)" Standard ROM *Font NewCenturySchlbk-Italic: Standard "(1.05)" Standard ROM *Font NewCenturySchlbk-Roman: Standard "(1.05)" Standard ROM *Font Palatino-Bold: Standard "(1.05)" Standard ROM *Font Palatino-BoldItalic: Standard "(1.05)" Standard ROM *Font Palatino-Italic: Standard "(1.05)" Standard ROM *Font Palatino-Roman: Standard "(1.05)" Standard ROM *Font Symbol: Special "(001.005)" Special ROM *Font Times-Bold: Standard "(1.05)" Standard ROM *Font Times-BoldItalic: Standard "(1.05)" Standard ROM *Font Times-Italic: Standard "(1.05)" Standard ROM *Font Times-Roman: Standard "(1.05)" Standard ROM *Font ZapfChancery-MediumItalic: Standard "(1.05)" Standard ROM *Font ZapfDingbats: Special "(001.005)" Special ROM *% End of brl2360d.ppd, 08482 bytes.