"Gareth Evans" <donots...@fastmail.fm> writes: > Hi Kushal, > > Thanks for your reply. > > It seems in my case the Brother drivers didn't reinstall properly, but > after reinstalling again I now have the tumble options, as before: > > [system-config-printer] > MFC-L2740DW > Properties > Printer Options > > Duplex (None, DuplexTumble, DuplexNoTumble) > > - this is also adjustable per document in eg. LibreOffice Print > Properties >
Good to know you've solved your problem. > The Brother website doesn't seem to mention the tumble feature in > relation to either MFC-L2710DW or 2740DW. > > Are you using Brother drivers? > > Tumble/NoTumble doesn't seem to be available with driverless printing, > where [long-edge/short-edge] or [portrait/landscape] options appear > under the Duplex dropdown instead. > I'm not using the Brother drivers for printing. > Kind regards, > Gareth > > > On Wed, 1 Jul 2020, at 16:05, Kushal Kumaran wrote: >> "Gareth Evans" <donots...@fastmail.fm> writes: >> >> > Hello, >> > >> > The duplex tumble option seems to have disappeared for me when >> > printing, I think since a recent CUPS upgrade on Debian 10.4 >> > >> > No matter whether I use driverless or Brother drivers with MFC-L2740DW >> > the only options are "short edge"/"long edge" or >> > "portrait"/"landscape" respectively, but alternate pages are always >> > upside down, which seems to suggest tumble is permanently on, but >> > there is no longer a way to turn it off in the printer properties UI. >> > >> > Has anyone else noticed this? I can't find a recent bug report, >> > though there seem to be similar issues historically and on other >> > distros. Is there a config option to bring it back? >> > >> > I would be grateful for any thoughts/advice. >> > >> >> I have a Brother MFC-L2710DW, which I assume is similar to your >> hardware. I've never noticed the term "tumble" in the printer options >> before, but I do have the "2-sided Printing" configuration, with a >> choice between Off/On (Portrait)/On (Landscape). I use On (Portrait) >> and it gets me book-style duplexing; I've only printed actual >> portrait-oriented pages. I had assumed it used these as aliases for >> "Flip on Long Edge" (Portrait) and "Flip on Short Edge" (Landscape), and >> things would be the right way around as long as your actual documents >> were in the appropriate orientation. >> >> Are your pages portrait? And are you using the "On (Portrait)" duplex >> setting? >> >> I'm on up-to-date buster as well. >> >> -- >> regards, >> kushal >> >>
