Bug#366775: duplex printing cannot be switched off

[Sven Arvidsson]

reassign 366775 libgnomeprint2.2-0
forwarded 366775 http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=154172
thanks

> I have my CUPS printer configured to print in duplex by default, using both
> sides of the sheet of paper in order to save trees and space.
> 
> Every so often I need to print single-sided, so I want to uncheck the
> printer configuration box which sets duplex printing. In evince however,
> this choice of single-sided printing is not working.
> 
> In the Print dialog at the Printer tab, I click on "Configure".  There I see
> the "Duplex" checkbox.  Strangely it is already unchecked, even though the
> printer is configured in CUPS to have duplex already switched on.  I click
> on the box, implying I have just switched duplex on, then I click it again,
> off.  So the configuration is telling my I've selected single-sided
> printing.  However the page still comes out double-sided.
> 
> In fact the result is the same with any of the permutations: 
> - do nothing (don't touch configure at all): prints double-sided (this is ok,
> it's what I want for default behaviour)
> - do nothing (go into configure but then press "close" straight away):
> prints double-sided.  This is bad since configure says it's duplex is "off"
> - click duplex "on": double sided.
> - click duplex "on" and then "off" in the same configure instance: 
> double-sided.  Really bad since here I explicitly selected single-sided.
> - click duplex "on", close configure, enter configure again and then click
> duplex "off":  double-sided.  Also really bad since I explicitly selected
> single-sided. 
> 
> In each and every case the job comes out double-sided even when I select
> duplex "off".  The fact that duplex is not marked "on" to begin with,
> reflecting the default configuration is also a worry.
> 
> It looks as if the Print dialog box is not successfully communicating with
> the CUPS printer to collect and provide all its settings.

I don't think this is specific to evince, thus reassigning to
libgnomeprint. It would be great if you could see if this is fixed in
libgnomeprint* 2.18.

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Cheers,
Sven Arvidsson
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