Bug 153853

Summary: kprinter's filter "pamphlet" breaks duplex printing
Product: [Unmaintained] kdeprint Reporter: Nicolas Bigaouette <nbigaouette>
Component: generalAssignee: KDEPrint Devel Mailinglist <kde-print-bugs-null>
Status: RESOLVED UNMAINTAINED    
Severity: normal CC: esigra, jlayt
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: unspecified   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Unlisted Binaries   
OS: Linux   
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Description Nicolas Bigaouette 2007-12-11 17:32:00 UTC 
Version:           3.5.8 (using KDE KDE 3.5.8)
Installed from:    Unspecified Linux
Compiler:          gcc 4.2.2 
OS:                Linux

I want to print in pamphlet (4 pages per sheet, duplex).

When printing with kprinter (from kpdf for example) I can select "Properties/Filters/Add filter/Pamphlet Printing (use with small side duplex printing)". I then select the "Properties/Duplex Printing/Short side" option.

The printer then prints 2 pages per sheet, single sided. The printer seems to forget the duplex option.

kprinter's filter for pamphlet/booklet seems to be "psbook" from the "psutils" package, available at http://www.tardis.ed.ac.uk/~ajcd/psutils/index.html

What can be wrong?
Comment 1 Kurt Pfeifle 2008-05-01 12:46:29 UTC 
Did you even use the "duplex" option in your kprinter dialog settings??

...as the filter description reads: "....(use with small side duplex printing)"!
Comment 2 Nicolas Bigaouette 2008-05-01 15:08:43 UTC 
Of course, its in my 2 sentence:
"When printing with kprinter [...] I can select "Properties/Filters/Add filter/Pamphlet Printing (use with small side duplex printing)"."

When I enable this option, the duplex option is ignored. I think (if I recall correctly) that only recto side is being printed: the verso side pages are not printed at all.
Comment 3 Daniel Herring 2008-06-16 22:32:04 UTC 
I found this page trying to figure out how to get pamphlet printing working.

Same settings as the OP; Pamphlet filter with short-side duplex option selected.

Pages printed out as (front | back)
(8 1 | blank )
(2 7 | blank )
(6 3 | blank )
(4 5 | blank )

Seen with KPDF from KDE 3.5.7 on an HP Color LaserJet 4600 v3010.107 Postscript driver.

The two-step process of "print pamphlet to pamphlet.pdf" and "print pamphlet.pdf to printer" works correctly.
Comment 4 John Layt 2011-05-27 18:38:11 UTC 
KDEPrint is obsolete, unmaintained and will never be revived.  Closing all open bugs.