Cinnamon configuring the samsung ml-1660 printer as duplex printer

[Joachim Backes]

Hi all,

i'm trying to configure my samsung laser printer ml-1660
as an (usb) duplex printer, but tis will not succeed anymore.

I'm using the Cinnamon desktop.

Neither the Cinnamon system settings menu entry nor the 
system-config-printer (using obviously the splix pckg) command will 
achieve this.

All system upgrades are installed.

Each advice would be welcome.

Joachim Backes

[Ed Greshko]

On 9/13/19 5:39 PM, Joachim Backes wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> i'm trying to configure my samsung laser printer ml-1660
> as an (usb) duplex printer, but tis will not succeed anymore.
>
> I'm using the Cinnamon desktop.
>
> Neither the Cinnamon system settings menu entry nor the system-config-printer (using obviously the splix pckg) command will achieve this.
>
> All system upgrades are installed.
>
> Each advice would be welcome.

What ppd file is being used for this printer?

I see a suggestion to add the following to the end of that file.

*% ================================================== =======
*% Duplex Printing
*% ================================================== =======
*% ================================================== =======
*% Printer Features
*% ================================================== =======

*OpenUI *Duplex/Double-sided Printing: PickOne
*OrderDependency: 60 AnySetup *Duplex
*DefaultDuplex: None
*Duplex None/None: " <</Duplex false>> setpagedevice"
*Duplex DuplexNoTumble/Long Edge: "
<</Duplex true /Tumble false>> setpagedevice"
*End
*Duplex DuplexTumble/Short Edge: "
<</Duplex true /Tumble true>> setpagedevice"
*End
*?Duplex: "
save
currentpagedevice /Duplex get
{currentpagedevice /Tumble get
{(DuplexTumble)}{(DuplexNoTumble)}ifelse
}{(None)} ifelse = flush
restore
"
*End
*CloseUI: *Duplex

The article I found references the Samsung supplied ppd file Samsung_ML-1660_Series.ppd

But I don't find an equivalent on my F30 system.