Hi All,
How do I set up my new Brother HL-L2300D for two sided printing?
-T
On 1/17/24 01:32, ToddAndMargo via users wrote:
Hi All,
How do I set up my new Brother HL-L2300D for two sided printing?
-T
CUPS driver ays is has two sides and puts it as "sides=one-sided" for the default.
But I can find anywhere in my print properties of my programs to put it at two sides.
On 1/17/24 01:43, ToddAndMargo via users wrote:
On 1/17/24 01:32, ToddAndMargo via users wrote:
Hi All,
How do I set up my new Brother HL-L2300D for two sided printing?
-T
CUPS driver ays is has two sides and puts it as "sides=one-sided" for the default.
But I can find anywhere in my print properties of my programs to put it at two sides.
Figured it out. It is there, but under different names in different programs:
Duplex Printing (Master PDF Editor) Two Sided (Simple Scan, eye of gnome, Shotwell, gimp, gedit) Paper Sides (Libre Office) Two Sided Printing (Thunderbird) two-sided (Brave Browser, Vivalde) two-sided printing (Firefox)
That was the confusion.
On Wed, 2024-01-17 at 01:43 -0800, ToddAndMargo via users wrote:
CUPS driver ays is has two sides and puts it as "sides=one-sided" for the default.
But I can find anywhere in my print properties of my programs to put it at two sides.
Try printing from a different program, e.g. a word processor.
The program can be the thing that tells the printer to do double-sided printing, some programs might not bother with giving you the choice. Firefox gives me no option to print double-sided, and only prints single-sided. Whereas LibreOffice does, using the exact same printer. Gvim printed something without asking me anything about the printer (not even which printer), and printed it double-sided.
For instance, in LibreOffice there's a separate "Printer Settings" item in the menu (separate from the print dialogue which will let you choose which printer and some options). In the window it pops up, the properties button for your printer has a duplex option.
And if you go straight to the Print item, the "properties" button for your printer also brings up a window which has a duplex option.
I'm not sure about why there's two printing things which have a variety of options that duplicate some features, but not others.
On 1/17/24 02:50, Tim via users wrote:
On Wed, 2024-01-17 at 01:43 -0800, ToddAndMargo via users wrote:
CUPS driver ays is has two sides and puts it as "sides=one-sided" for the default.
But I can find anywhere in my print properties of my programs to put it at two sides.
Try printing from a different program, e.g. a word processor.
The program can be the thing that tells the printer to do double-sided printing, some programs might not bother with giving you the choice. Firefox gives me no option to print double-sided, and only prints single-sided. Whereas LibreOffice does, using the exact same printer. Gvim printed something without asking me anything about the printer (not even which printer), and printed it double-sided.
For instance, in LibreOffice there's a separate "Printer Settings" item in the menu (separate from the print dialogue which will let you choose which printer and some options). In the window it pops up, the properties button for your printer has a duplex option.
And if you go straight to the Print item, the "properties" button for your printer also brings up a window which has a duplex option.
I'm not sure about why there's two printing things which have a variety of options that duplicate some features, but not others.
Hi Tim,
Oh it does work. It is just that each program has its own naming convention for it. I listed a bunch of them in my 02:26 post.
-T
On Wed, 17 Jan 2024, ToddAndMargo via users wrote:
On 1/17/24 01:32, ToddAndMargo via users wrote:
Hi All,
How do I set up my new Brother HL-L2300D for two sided printing?
-T
CUPS driver ays is has two sides and puts it as "sides=one-sided" for the default.
But I can find anywhere in my print properties of my programs to put it at two sides.
If you click on administration, you should be able to find "Set Default Options". That is how it works for my HL-L2360D .