Cups question dejavue

[Gene Heskett]

On Sunday 16 June 2013 07:21:33 Gene Heskett did opine:

> Greetings;
> 
> It appears the cups mailing list has been deleted, easyws.com is now
> cups.com, and the apple exclusivity is now complete.  Are we going to
> have to reinvent a new, open source cups?
> 
> That leaves me with no place (mailing list I was subscribed to when it
> was active) to ask how do I change the binding ditch option, when using
> the long edge binding option, its on the wrong edge of the paper when
> running in duplex mode, which a Brother HL3179CDW color laser printer

Damned ancient fingers don't type what I think, thats HL3170CDW, sorry.

> can do.  The hole punch, or binding edge is on the right of odd pages
> and left on even pages, the opposite of what it should be.
> 
> When using the cups editor at localhost:631, I note that while it does
> display the choice of long-edge or short-edge binding, it does not show
> the output order, which in the .PPD file, defaults to reverse, which
> has to do with whether the image is on top, or the bottom as it arrives
> on the output tray.  But without the proper editor, I am hesitant to
> change that in the .PPD with gedit.
> 
> Can anyone help?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Cheers, Gene


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