Since I have a printer that can printed two-sided I have that option enabled by default to save on paper. Works nicely on my Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS. What I rarely need (and thus often get wrong) is to print several copies of a document. It turns out that regardless of which options I choose the result is unsatisfactory.
Just to be clear: I am talking about the options below in the standard print dialog.
So as soon as I increase the number of copies, the system suggests to print stacks of page 1, then stacks of page 2 and so on. My printer prints the first two pages onto the first sheet of paper and so on, making the whole batch unusable to be distributed into several copies.
Well, let's turn on collate mode. Clever, now one document is printed in full (let's say all three pages), then the next copy is printed (again all three pages). And my printer, knowing it just printed three pages (and there is still one side of the current sheet left) starts printing page 1 of the next document on the back of the last page of the previous document, making again the whole batch unusable.
Regardless of whether I use Collate or not multiple copies come out unusable when the document has an odd number of pages. This is sad, and it strikes me almost every time I print several copies.
Is there something that I can reconfigure so Ubuntu warns me or behaves better?
For completness: The driver reported by Gnome desktop is 'Brother MFC-J5720DW CUPS', despite the fact that the latest available Brother drivers are installed.
root@silver:~# dpkg -l | grep Brother
ii brscan-skey 0.3.1-2 amd64 Brother Linux scanner S-KEY tool
ii brscan4 0.4.11-1 amd64 Brother Scanner Driver
ii mfcj5720dwcupswrapper:i386 3.0.1-1 i386 Brother CUPS Inkjet Printer Definitions
ii mfcj5720dwlpr:i386 3.0.1-1 i386 Brother lpr Inkjet Printer Definitions
ii printer-driver-brlaser 6-3 amd64 printer driver for (some) Brother laser printers
ii printer-driver-ptouch 1.6-2build1 amd64 printer driver Brother P-touch label printers
root@silver:~#
root@silver:~# lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS
Release: 22.04
Codename: jammy
root@silver:~#
The printer is accessed via LAN. I have tried to install the latest drivers just when writing this. And figured out I still had the latest drivers already installed - there was no change. Yet in the GUI, when choosing the driver only those with CUPS in their name are offered.
