how to script duplex printing

[Kevin O'Gorman]

On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 7:35 PM, Rashkae <ubuntu at tigershaunt.com> wrote:
> On 04/18/2012 08:57 PM, Linda wrote:
>>
>>
>> Here is my script for printing pdf files duplex for nautilus without
>> opening them.  I'm not sure this is what you were looking for.  I have a
>> separate script to run ps2pdf since I don't necessarily want to print most
>> of the files I turn into pdfs.
>>
>> #!/bin/bash
>> # print.sh
>> # print files from the right-click context menu in Nautilus
>> #place this script in ~/.gnome2/nautilus-scripts
>>
>> # uses the default print
>>
>> echo "$NAUTILUS_SCRIPT_SELECTED_FILE_PATHS" | while
>> read file
>>    do
>>         lpr -o sides=two-sided-long-edge "$file"
>> done
>> exit 0
>>
>
> Use lpoptions -l to see what options / values are valid for your printer.
> For example, on my printer, I would use -o Duplex=DuplexNoTumble

Thanks very much.  DuplexNoTumble worked for me too.  Problem solved.

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Kevin O'Gorman, PhD