hp laserjet 4250 and CUPS options

[NoOp]

On 09/19/2008 02:49 PM, Linda Hanigan wrote:
> On Fri, 2008-09-19 at 12:38 -0400, Brian McKee wrote:
>> For what it's worth, I can confirm that
>> 
>> lpr -o sides=two-sided-long-edge -P myprinter mytestdoc.txt
>> 
>> does produce a two sided document on the one duplex printer I have here.
>> 
>> HTH
>> 
>> Brian
>> 
> 
> Thanks after a frustrating afternoon. I give up. If it requires device
> specific instructions like duplex or envelope feeder it will have to
> stay PCL form. I think it is the post script driver for the 4250. When
> you try and install the postscript driver on windows using the
> installation cd it warns you that you will lose some functions of your
> printer! I guess it does say that it has postscript emulation, not that
> it is a postscript printer. I also tried some different drivers and a
> mac ppd file I found on the web. I found that you could set up the
> printer so it always duplexed or so it never duplexes but you can not
> get it to take the -o sides= command. 

I set up multiple printers (same printer, just different settings) for
my Canon MP750:

- MP750 set to black and white only (default)
- MP750Color set to full color for photo printing etc
- MP750Duplex set to duplex mode (B&W)
- MP750DuplexColor set to duplex mode (Color)

The reason for the 'MP750' is obvious; I want the default printer
settings to stay b&w to save on the cost of color ink. The MP750Duplex's
are so that I don't have to go in and mess around with settings to print
in duplex mode; I've already tuned the ppd/settings to the way I want &
it's just easier to select that as the printer to print to.

Ditto for my cups-pdf printer: 1 is standard cups-pdf and 2 is cups-pdf
using the ghostscrip.ppd drivers so that I can have multiple setup options.

Once you do get your 4250 setup to work, you might try similar (setting
up multiple printers, different settings for the same printer).