Can't duplex print in 12.04

[Patrick Asselman]

On 2013-01-10 23:57, David Fletcher wrote:
> For the last several years I've had an Epson Stylus Photo 950 hooked 
> up
> to the USB port of my server. CUPS knows for itself exactly how to 
> drive
> this printer, so logging into port 631 of the server, adding the 
> printer
> and telling CUPS the exact model it is then ticking the "Share this
> printer" box is sufficient for the entire network. You don't need to 
> do
> anything to any other computer other than, perhaps, tell CUPS on the
> desktops to use shared network printers. The new printer is then
> automagically available to e.g. Libre Office.
>
> ...
>
> If you connect the printer to an Ethernet port and just let everybody
> fire jobs at it at random rather than go through the queue system on 
> a
> server then yes, unless it's built into CUPS you will need to add the
> driver software to every computer.
>
> ...
>
> Dave

(I'm not sure this is possible, but...)

How about this:
* install CUPS on the server and make sure it prints OK to the printer
* share the printer on the server same as you have always done
* point all the other desktops on the network to the server, same as 
you have always done

I'm not sure if this is possible, but this would seem like the way to 
go for me.
A possible nuisance is that the desktops will see two printers on the 
network: one is the printer itself and one is the shared printer on the 
server. Now they have to pick the right one.

Best regards,
Patrick Asselman