[PLUG] Victor is perplexed over duplex

[Victor Soich]

Dear PLUG,

I have an HL-2270DW monochrome laser printer on Ubuntu 10.04 hooked up
to a usb port.  The following indicate the drivers on my system, I
think...

oem at freekbox:~$ dpkg  -l  |  grep  Brother
ii  cupswrapperhl2270dw                           2.0.4-2
                                         Brother HL2270DW CUPS wrapper driver
ii  hl2270dwlpr                                   2.1.0-1
                                         Brother HL-2270DW LPR driver
ii  openprinting-ppds-postscript-brother          20101122-1lsb3.2
                                Manufacturer-supplied PPD files for Brother'


The problem I have is that sometimes I don't want my printer to print
duplex.  I sometimes want it to print on just one side of the paper.
Sometimes I use paper that is already printed on one side.  If the
document that I'm printing has 10 pages to print, then I want the
printer to print the 10 pages on one side, not duplex.  I reuse paper
that has a blank page on one side sometimes.  I would not like to
print 10 separate pages, one at a time, on one side of the page, each
time.

When I go in a program to print a document I go to File, then
Print..., then a dialog box comes up entitled "Print".  In this dialog
box is a tab entitled, "Page Setup".  When I go to the "Page Setup"
tab, there is a label called, "Two-sided:".  This label is next to a
drop down box, which has three options, "One Sided", "Long Edge
(Standard)", and "Short Edge (Flip)"  When I pick "One Sided", my
printer still prints duplex.  Does "One Sided", not mean what I think
it means?

When I go to a dialog box entitled, "Printer Properties - 'HL2270DW'
on localhost", I can go to "Printer Options".  Then I see a label that
says, "Duplex:"  Next to this label is a drop down box whose choices
are, "None", "DuplexNoTumble", and "DuplexTumble".  When I choose,
"None", I still get duplex printing on my printer, when all I want is
single sided printing.  Does, "None", not mean what I think it means?

Do I have incorrect drivers on my system?  Do I need to configure
something else.

I have a feeling that the ability to turn off duplex printing is in
the Windows driver, but not in the linux driver.  Can I somehow use
wine, and the windows driver, just to be able to turn off the duplex
printing when I want, and have single sided printing.  How do I go
about doing that?  Would it somehow interfere with my linux driver?
Do I use both a windows wine, and linux driver at the same time?

I'll come to the PLUG clinic for help, but maybe someone will already
know what I need to do.  At least someone will have a heads up if they
read this email before, presumably, helping me at the clinic.

Sincerely perplexed over duplex,
Victor Soich