Can't duplex print in 12.04

[Colin Law]

On 10 January 2013 10:27, David Fletcher <dave at thefletchers.net> wrote:
> On Wed, 2013-01-09 at 18:42 -0600, 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.
>>
>> Thanks,  Jim
>>
>>
>
> I was asking for advice about purchasing a new printer a couple of weeks
> ago, but there were no replies.
>
> I've ended up getting a Brother HL-3040CN. Using the CUPS drivers from
> the Brother web site, it works, but not until you've found the comment
> on a mail list that you need to first delete the resulting queue, then
> add it again using the ppd file that's buried somewhere
> under /usr/share/.
>
> What I wanted to do was have it working on the USB socket on my server
> but so far I've not managed that so it's plugged into an ethernet socket
> on the router. I suppose this isn't too bad with a home network but in
> an office environment you'd have to go around installing the drivers
> onto every damn machine in the place in order to use the printer. What
> I've always thought is supposed to happen is that you install it on a
> server then any other computer user who wants to use the printer just
> sends to the queue on the server and doesn't even need to know what
> make/model the printer is - it "Just Works".
>
> Why am I tagging onto this thread?
>
> It seems to me that CUPS and Gutenprint support is very much lagging
> behind the market. When you start browsing the available printer support
> on CUPS there's hundreds of models from all manufacturers but I couldn't
> find one model in there that is currently available to purchase from a
> retailer. Everything on there seems to be an old model, some from many
> years ago.
>
> I've no idea how to get this situation rectified, but something needs to
> be done I think.

You could ask about it on the gutenprint list
https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gimp-print-devel

Colin