Can't duplex print in 12.04

[Linda]

On 01/09/2013 06:42 PM, Jim Byrnes wrote:
> Fresh install of 12.04.
> Samsung CLX-3160FN network printer
> On 10.04 this same printer did and still does print duplex 
> just fine.
>
> The print dialog shows the option for duplex printing and 
> selecting it shows the normal 3 options. When I select 
> print the printer acts like it is going to print.  The 
> light flashes and the led says printing but nothing 
> happens.  It stays that way until I turn it off and on. I 
> tried to print a pdf and a text file from gedit with the 
> same results.
>
> If I look at it with the browser interface it shows that 
> the job has completed. Also the driver it is using is 
> exactly the same version that was used in 10.04. Googling 
> and looking on launchpad shows some duplex problems but 
> nothing that seems to match what I am seeing.
>
> It's been 2+ years since I setup 10.04 and I don't 
> remember having to do anything special to get it to work 
> on 10.04.  Having said that, my memory is not what it used 
> to be, so before I file a bug I thought I would check 
> here.  Does anyone know if I should be doing anything 
> beyond the basic install to get duplex printing to work?
>
> Thanks,  Jim
>
>
Don't have the same brand of printer, but to get printing to 
work properly on one of my hp printers I had to change to a 
different driver  one that was CUPS+gutenprint instead of 
straight CUPS,  in you have multiple choices you might see 
if changing the print driver solves the problem. In my case 
it would flash the printer light but fail to print from 
specific applications and also showed that printing had 
completed.
                            Linda