Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!ucsd!ucbvax!agate!darkstar!ucscf.UCSC.EDU!isbell From: isbell@ucscf.UCSC.EDU (Art Isbell) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: SOME (MORE) ADVICE FOR NEXT Summary: 2-sided NeXT printing Keywords: printing frustration Message-ID: <7759@darkstar.ucsc.edu> Date: 12 Oct 90 16:41:30 GMT References: <9021@helios.TAMU.EDU> Sender: usenet@darkstar.ucsc.edu Organization: very little -- only me! Lines: 44 In article <9021@helios.TAMU.EDU> cnh5730@calvin.tamu.edu (Chuck Herrick) writes: >In article )And what about a new printpanel with a >)'print ODD/EVEN pages only' button?? A neat little shell script called ps-2sided should be at one of the archive sites. I use it all the time to print on both sides. As it now stands, you must produce a PS or EPS output file (can't remember which kind) and run ps-2sided on this file to produce files ps-odd and ps-even (or some similar names). Then "cat ps-odd | lpr" to print odd pages in the proper order so that you merely flip over the stack of printed odd pages and place it in the printer paper tray and run "cat ps-even | lpr". You then have double-sided printing! I'm sure it wouldn't be too hard to automate this process a little more, but you'll still have to flip the stack yourself! One caveat: toner from the printed side of the paper seems to contaminate the rollers that draw the paper into the printer which sometimes results in some faint smudges at the tops of the pages, so more cleaning of the printer might be required to keep copies as sharp as possible. >)I like to use my paper on BOTH sides! >) >)-matthew > >YES!!! me too. Imagine putting drilled paper into you laser printer >and getting both-sides printing automatically!! > >and not least of all, imagine that 50% less trees get cut down >as a result of this wonderful feature being added to the NeXT >printer!! > >Like John Lennon said: "Imagine..." > > >-- > Chuck Herrick cnh5730@calvin.tamu.edu If you can't find ps-2sided, I can email you a copy. -- _____ ____ Art Isbell |\ | | | | \ 315 Moon Meadow Lane NeXT Registered Developer | \ | ___ |____| | | Felton, CA isbell@ucscf.UCSC.EDU | \ | |___| | \ | | 95018-9442 (408)438-4736(B) | \| |___ | \ |___/ (408)335-1154(H)