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Idea #3332: Manual Duplex Printing for the Gnome Print Dialog

Written by rickrich the 5 Mar 08 at 14:07. Category: Others. Related project: Nothing/Others. Status: New
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You should do "Manual Duplex" printing in the Gnome Print Dialog. This is my #1 most asked for feature, and it doesn't work well in the driver because you need a GUI.

It would print odd pages (1,3,5), put up a GUI that says "Insert the pages again...", and then rotate and print the even pages in the reverse order (6, 4, 2).

http://foo2zjs.rkkda.com/

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Solution #1: Auto-generated solution of idea #3332
Written by rickrich the 5 Mar 08 at 14:07.
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Solution #2: Simple
Written by zZyXx the 24 Jul 09 at 13:08.
- print odd pages in reverse order (7,5,3,1).
- present a dialog asking the user to insert the printed pages into the printer again.
- print the even pages in normal order (2,4,6).

pos: simple
neg: an odd total number of pages would leave the last page in the input tray
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Solution #3: More intelligent toward an odd total number of pages
Written by zZyXx the 24 Jul 09 at 13:14.
- print the even pages in normal order (2,4,6).
- if total number of pages is odd then print a blank page
- present a dialog asking the user to insert the printed pages into the printer again.
- print odd pages in reverse order (7,5,3,1).
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Solution #4: Implement a duplex print dialog
Written by Daniel_le_Rouge the 16 May 09 at 11:09.
I propose that if a user selects duplex printing, the printer prints the first half of the pages. After that a print dialog is shown which illustrates how to put the stack of paper back into the tray. Then the printer does the rest. This function should also be combinable with printing multiple pages on one side.
Below you can see an image for this print dialog. I made it by using the Gimp for the first time, so do not expect to much. ;-)


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Solution #5: Gnome Manual Duplex
Written by rickrich the 5 Oct 09 at 10:05.
Done for HP LaserJets 1000, 1005, 1018, 1020, P1005/6/7/8, P1505 (and other laser printers).

https://sourceforge.net/projects/g-manual-duplex/

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cousteau wrote on the 24 Feb 09 at 16:34
...and add a blank page if the number of pages is odd.
This feature should work differently depending on your printer (mine should print even pages first and odd pages in reverse order last).

Also a "booklet printing" feature would be nice (as sugested on http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/3543/ )


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