On Wed 05 Jun 2019 at 16:27:41 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Wednesday 05 June 2019 03:10:37 pm Brian wrote: > > > On Wed 05 Jun 2019 at 13:41:48 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > > > Greetings all; > > > > > > I just removed tea4cups, totally. Why? It totally screws up a print > > > job. > > > > It's liable to do that when the user is clueless. > > Maybe so. But why doesn't it query the printer for its abilities instead > of defaulting to the lowest common denominator settings which are > apparently not adjustable?
Not "maybe" but "definitely". As this nonsensical response reveals. > > > First, it prevents the use of a printers duplex ability, thereby > > > doubling the use of paper. > > > > The second claim cannot be countered; the first claim is completely > > baseless. > > Then give us a configuration utility that works when I tell geany to > print something. I have 3 different configs for that printer, one for > single sided photo on glossy paper from tray 1, one for duplex on copy > paper from tray 2, and one for hand fed 11x17 paper. Yes, this > MFC-J6920-DW is a bigger than your average bear printer. And after 3 > years of living with it I do know how to run it. > > > > Second, it spits out the single sided job it does print, face up so > > > the stack requires a hand sort to put page 1 on top of the stack. > > > Sheesh. > > > > It, and the printing system, is probably doing what it is being told > > to do. > > > > > Surely the printer folks can do better than that. So its gone. > > > Nuked. Removed. Deleted. > > > > For the benefit of -user readers who might stick with this thread, > > note that the installation of cups-tea4cups is the choice of a user. > > Yes it is, the usage blurb sounded good as I read it in synaptic, but > thats not the results I obtained. > > > On being installed it does nothing and requires configuration. We do > > not have a glimmer of what it is being used for and what was put in > > tea4cups.conf. > > > > A ranting and raving approach to life could get you dinner with the > > UK's Queen, but it doesn't work here and tea and buns are not on > > offer. > > Your choice. I can't afford the tickets to get there anyway. If it has > to be configured before use, where is the help to guide one to do it > correctly? I didn't really search for it, but it wasn't obvious either. Help? Didn't look for it? That says it all. Try a search engine or the wiki. -- Brian.
