[ALUG] Printing with lpr

[Richard Lewis]

Hello ALUG,

I have a PDF I want to print on two sides per sheet. Often I just use
the print dialog from evince for this, but evince is refusing to open
this one properly.

So I'm trying to use lpr. According to the Web lpr takes a -o switch
which allows me to send options to my printer, including duplexing
options. However, my man lpr suggests otherwise. No -o switch is
documented and, indeed, lpr just shows the usage instructions if I try
running it with a -o switch set.

e.g.

$ lpr -P ISMS -o Duplex=DuplexNoTumble Tymoczko08.pdf
usage: lpr [-cdfghlmnpqrstv] [-#num] [-1234 font] [-C class] [-i [numcols]]
	[-J job] [-Pprinter] [-T title] [-U user] [-wnum] [name ...]
$ lpr -P ISMS -O Duplex=DuplexNoTumble Tymoczko08.pdf
$ lpr -PISMS -oDuplex=DuplexNoTumble Tymoczko08.pdf
$ lpr -PISMS -ODuplex=DuplexNoTumble Tymoczko08.pdf
$ lpr -P ISMS -o 'sides=two-sided-long-edge' Tymoczko08.pdf
$ lpr -P ISMS -O 'sides=two-sided-long-edge' Tymoczko08.pdf

So why does everyone on the Web have a -o switch for their lpr and I
don't? Mine is version 1:2008.05.17 from Debian unstable.

Any suggestions?
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ISMS, Computing
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