Bug 161149

Summary:	unable to use CUPS page mirror feature
Product:	[Applications] kdeprint	Reporter:	Bernd Wurst <bugzilla-kde>
Component:	general	Assignee:	KDEPrint Devel Mailinglist <kde-print-devel>
Status:	CLOSED FIXED
Severity:	wishlist
Priority:	NOR
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Ubuntu
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:

Description Bernd Wurst 2008-04-22 14:12:26 UTC

Version:            (using KDE 3.5.9)
Installed from:    Ubuntu Packages

CUPS has a nice feature to mirror printouts e.g. for t-shirt-transfer-slides or for overhead projector slides.

This can be accessed via lpr -o mirror but there's no such option in kde-print dialog.

Comment 1 John Layt 2008-04-22 22:49:39 UTC

This will not be added as a specific option to the dialog in the 3.5 series, as this would be a new feature and not a bug-fix.  I am working on enhancements to 4.1 that will include this option in the dialog.

The good news however is that you can easily do this in 3.5 by going into the print dialog and choosing the tab for "Additional Tags" where you can enter up to 10 extra CUPS options, in this case just enter "mirror" into the Name column and leave the Value column empty.

Hmmm, I'd close this as WONTFIX, but I don't have authority to do so.  Guess I'd better go ask for that...

Comment 2 Bernd Wurst 2008-04-23 07:44:45 UTC

Thanks for the statement.

Your hint about custom options did not work for me. I tried that before I did the report.

But it's okay, if this is done for 4.x, everything's fine. It's not an everyday-need. :)
Just get 4.1 out soon. *scnr*

Comment 3 Kurt Pfeifle 2008-05-01 12:08:47 UTC

Bernd,

John Layt's advice was incomplete. 

You'd need to add "mirror" to the left column, and "true" to the right column of the "Additional Tags" tab for said feature to work from kprinter.

Comment 4 John Layt 2008-06-06 21:09:31 UTC

The mirror option has now been implemented for KDE 4.1, and with Kurt's correction to my advice working for KDE 3, then this bug is now sorted.