My original question was:
> We recently installed a part to do double sided printing
> to our Digital Print Server 17. It can print 2 sided from
> certain pc applications just fine, but I can't seem to
> get it to print 2 sided using the lpr command. I tried
> "lpr -K2 filename" and it still prints single sided. Does
> anyone know how to get it to print double-sided using lpr?
Thanks to all who responded:
fabrice_at_cisk.atmos.Ucla.EDU (Fabrice Cuq)
sanghvi_at_proto.wilm.ge.com (arun sanghvi)
alan_at_nabeth.cxo.dec.com (Alan Rollow)
Paul A Sand <pas_at_unh.edu>
<em_at_unx.dec.com>
There were two main answers to the problem, I chose the first:
> use lpspr for the special flags:
> lpspr -K2 filename | lpr
> The special flags were not integrated into the lpr command...
AND:
> add :Si=2 to the entry in the /etc/printcap file
Thanks,
Colleen Harry
Persimmon IT
Received on Fri May 10 1996 - 20:13:16 NZST