[SL] Re: Printing multiple copies?

What about changing SL here so that it uses lpr -#n with n being the number
of copies? Instead of just lpr, and hoping that the printing system in use
will guess what to correctly.

Sincerely
        Alex


On Tue, May 20, 2003 at 01:26:57PM +0000, Roy W. Pennington wrote:
> 
> Exactly what I'm thinking....
> 
> One user on the board (Keith Mastin) was running RH 7.3 sucessfully with 
> printing multiple copies.
> Yet i'm running RH 7.3 and it doesn't work. 
> 
> The difference between our two installs was: 
> -he was using the "standard HP laserjet 4 plus ljet4 driver" that comes with 
> cups and I'm using the kyocera .pdd
> -he was printing via Jetdirect...I'm printing via parallel port
> -he was using the standard RH printer install... i'm using "compiled from 
> source" from the CUPS website.
> 
> Cheers,
> Roy
> 
> 
> 
> On May 17, 2003 12:02 am, you wrote:
> > I think what people are seeing is a CUPS and GIMP Print problem, or the
> > problem may come from either..   I have noticed that the problem
> > disappeared with the latest Mandrake that i am running..  Actually
> > sending that file to your printer will still only produce 1 copy with
> > the CUPS and GIMP Print drivers..
> > 
> > Cheers
> > Mark 
> > 
> > 
> > On Sat, 2003-05-17 at 10:11, Peter Christoph Alexander Bär wrote:
> > > Result: One copy.
> > > I can get three copies by saying lpr -#3 /tmp/output.ps.
> > > But, of course, I'd prefer to get this done directly from SL...
> > > 
> > >   Alex
> > > 
> > > 
> > > On Fri, May 16, 2003 at 04:28:18PM -0600, Dieter Simader wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > Well here is a simple test to debug your printer.
> > > > 
> > > > load admin.pl, edit a login and enter 'cat > /tmp/ouput.ps' in the 
> > > > printer
> > > > field. login and create an invoice, select postscript, specify 3 copies
> > > > and print it.
> > > > 
> > > > now print output.ps from the command line.
> > > > 
> > > > lpr /tmp/output.ps
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Dieter Simader    http://www.sql-ledger.com   (780) 472-8161
> > > > DWS Systems Inc.     Accounting Software       Fax: 478-5281
> > > > ============ On a clear disk you can seek forever ==========
> > > > 
> > > > On Sat, 17 May 2003, Peter Christoph Alexander Bär wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > >
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > >
> > > > > actually I thought you were able to fix your problem, as your thread 
> > > > > answered
> > > > > by Dieter Simader ended...
> > > > >
> > > > > Well, I have a *fresh* SuSE 8.2, which works flawlessly (! the first 
> > > > > time ever
> > > > > I can say this about *any* system !) so far. Everything but SL can 
> > > > > print.
> > > > >
> > > > > So I doubt that updating your system will help. The problem appears 
> > > > > to be on
> > > > > SL's side... (No, I can't prove it, but printing from other apps and 
> > > > > from
> > > > > the command line using the lpr command works just fine).
> > > > >
> > > > > Nevertheless: At least the Debian Woody users on this list have 
> > > > > apparently
> > > > > no trouble printing... I wonder what the difference/incompatibility 
> > > > > might
> > > > > be caused by.
> > > > >
> > > > > Sincerely
> > > > >       Alex
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > -- 
> > Mark Williamson <mark@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cyber Essentials
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 
> -- 
> Roy W. Pennington
> Arch Distributors of Canada
> 
>

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