Re: HP 5550 and Duplex

[Thierry Thévoz <thierry thevoz smartdata ch>]

Owen Taylor a �it :

> On Wed, 2004-09-29 at 13:44 +0200, Thierry Th�z wrote:
>  
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > I'm running CUPS with a HP 5550 printer. it is configured and running 
> > properly.
> >
> > Only one thing is disturbing me : evolution print dialog insists that 
> > Duplex is selected by default.
> > Duplex default in CUPS is off (and everywhere else also).
> >
> > How can I setup libgnomeprint, so that Duplex is disabled by default?
> >    
>
> If you change what the ppd file says for your printer, that will
> change the default.
>
> Evolution *should* be remembering what you selected last time, this
> is:
>
> http://bugzilla.ximian.com/show_bug.cgi?id=46404
>
> Regards,
> 						Owen
>
>  
Hello Owen,

Thank you for your help!

I also had tried to edit my printer's PPD file. I removed the whole 
section regarding duplex support. Unfortunately, this had no effect on 
the print dialog. The duplex options were always displayed (for this 
printer, generic print and PDF print), not sure why.

Does libgnomeprint cache some information, or are the printer's 
capabilities always queried dynamically from CUPS and the PPD file? What 
happens if no duplex section exists?
Anyway, I will try once more to change th PPD file. Just to be sure...

I thank you in advance, and I wish you a good day!
Thierry

P.S: Overall, I fully agree this is an Evolution bug. Evolution should 
definitely remember the last printer settings.