[Discuss] Double-sided printing with web browsers

[epp at vivaldi.net]

On 08/11/2018 09:18 PM, Robert Krawitz wrote:
> On Sat, 11 Aug 2018 19:51:41 -0400, epp at vivaldi.net wrote:
>> On 08/11/2018 06:55 PM, Robert Krawitz wrote:
>>> On Sat, 11 Aug 2018 17:56:16 -0400, epp at vivaldi.net wrote:
>>>> On 08/11/2018 05:39 PM, Robert Krawitz wrote:
>>>>> On Sat, 11 Aug 2018 17:18:48 -0400, epp at vivaldi.net wrote:
>>>>>> There is also a driver named hp-deskjet_3520_series-hpijs.ppd
>>>>>> available, but in trying that, not only did the footers still not
>>>>>> print, but the headers did not print either. In the printer listing,
>>>>>> there is an entry for the 3520 E-All-In-One, but it uses the same
>>>>>> ppd file as the standard (recommended) 3520 entry.
>>>>> Sounds like the margin declared in the PPD file is wrong.
>>>>>
>>>>> If you do print and select the page setup tab, do you have an option
>>>>> for margins?  You may want to try to set wider margins.
>>>>>
>>>>>> Headers and footers printed in LibreOffice, single-sided, I did not
>>>>>> see an option for double-sided printing. Web browser headers and
>>>>>> footers print closer to the top and bottom edges of the paper, than
>>>>>> where LibreOffice prints them.
>>>>> I'm pretty sure the option for double sided is there; I just don't
>>>>> recall where off the top of my head.
>>>> The only place where I see an option for margins is in the
>>>> Chrome/Chromium/Vivaldi print settings. Once this is changed to
>>>> Custom and I drag the bottom margin closer to the edge of the paper,
>>>> the footers displayed in the Print Preview window, then
>>>> disappear. They only reappear if I move the margin back to its
>>>> default setting or above the location of the footers.
>>> There are no options for exact placement of the footers?
>>>
>>> One thing to try is to print double sided on the short end rather than
>>> the usual long end.  This will not do the right thing (the flip side
>>> pages will be reversed), but it might help indicate whether it's the
>>> application or the printer/driver combo.  I would be inclined to
>>> suspect the printer and/or driver as the source of the problem,
>>> though.
>> Printing this way (in landscape mode):
>>
>> Chrome printed headers and footers on all pages.
> I wanted you to print in portrait mode, but with landscape-type double
> sided.
>
>> On the odd-numbered pages, Firefox did not print "X of X" (current
>> of total pages) at the lower left of the page, only the current date
>> and time printed at the lower right. On the even-numbered pages, the
>> complete footers printed.
> Not quite sure how to interpret that, in landscape mod.

Printing portrait with flip on short edge:

Chrome did not print headers or footers on any page. Firefox printed 
headers-only on odd-numbered pages and printed both headers and footers 
on even-numbered.