[SOLVED] Can't duplex print in 12.04

[Jim Byrnes]

On 01/10/2013 01:11 PM, NoOp wrote:
> On 01/09/2013 07:47 PM, Jim Byrnes wrote:
>> On 01/09/2013 07:58 PM, Jim Byrnes wrote:
>>> On 01/09/2013 07:25 PM, JD wrote:
>>>> On Wed, Jan 9, 2013 at 5:18 PM, Linda <haniganwork at earthlink.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> 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
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>
>>>> I ditto Linda.
>>>> Had to change my driver as well to enable duplex.
>>>> In addition you have to be sure that if the printer itself has a
>>>> switch or
>>>> a setting
>>>> that enables/disables duplex, then be sure it is enabled.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> No switch. On this printer it is enable through the printer dialog. The
>>> only driver I know of for this printer is  Driver: Samsung CLX-3160
>>> Foomatic/foo2qpdl (recommended) (color, 2-sided printing) and it is the
>>> same on 10.04 and 12.04.
>
> <https://www.samsung.com/us/support/owners/product/CLX-3160FN#>
>
>>
>> Solved may be the wrong word but I did get it working by copying the ppd
>> file from 10.04 to my 12.04 installation.  Not a good scenario for
>> someone that did not have a 10.04 install to fall back on.
>
> Have you tried the Samsung provided linux driver:
> Unified Driver (Driver) (ver.3.00.65) Linux Feb 26, 2010 MULTI LANGUAGE
> 36.01
> (from the above link)?
>
>
>

No, I didn't know one was available outside of what Ubuntu provided.  My 
laptop has 12.04 on it and I haven't tried to fix it yet, so I will see 
if this driver will fix the problem.

For me at least, printing in 12.04 is problematic. While trying to get 
my Samsung working I found that my HP Laserjet also suffers from 
incorrect driver problems in 12.04 despite working fine in 10.04.

Thanks,  Jim