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Subject:    [cups.bugs] CUPS Ubuntu 7.04 lp -n lpr -# will not print multiple
From:       Jeremy Tharp <jeremy.tharp () gmail ! com>
Date:       2007-12-14 0:33:43
Message-ID: 6232-cups.bugs () news ! easysw ! com
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I have been struggling for a significant amount of time, trying to make two printers \
print multiple copies using lp -n or lpr -#.

The printers are:  Zebra EPL2 and HP LaserJet 2300n.

Both install without issue in CUPS 1.2 and print fine.

On my network I am sharing them from windows machines and printing them via a PHP \
interface using direct system commands.

An example of what should work is

lp -n2 -d shipping_2300n ./test.ps

or

lpr -#2 -P research_label ./test.ps

However, when I run either of these commands, I only get one copy.

MaxCopies is set to 100 in cupsd.conf

I discovered in the ppd files the "cupsManualCopies" tag.  Finally -- I was able to \
print multiple copies, but it is seriously slow.  CUPS simply sends the request to \
the printer how many ever times I request, rather than sending it once and telling \
the printer to print it n times.

The result is on the Zebra printer, I get about 1 label every 1/2 second -- which \
does not seem so bad, but it can print up to 6 labels per second.

The more dramatic problem is the pair of invoices I am printing on the 2300n which \
take up to 30 seconds a piece.

If anyone has any advice on this I will be appreciative.  It is terribly frustrating, \
and I am guessing it is a bug with CUPS that does not properly send the "quantity" to \
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