#773543 evince: 1 blank page after each page when printing pdf documents

Package:
evince
Source:
evince
Description:
Document (PostScript, PDF) viewer
Submitter:
Pierre Frenkiel
Date:
2014-12-19 18:24:08 UTC
Severity:
important
#773543#5
Date:
2014-12-19 17:34:14 UTC
From:
To:
Dear Maintainer,

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   * What led up to the situation?
     using evince to print pdf documents on a photosmart c4380 printer
   * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
     ineffective)?
   * What was the outcome of this action?
     I get a blank page after each printed page
   * What outcome did you expect instead?
     I expect to get only the requested pages of the document
     More info:
     this problem does not occur with other pdf viewers
      (acroread, okular). So, neither CUPS nor the printer
      config are involved

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#773543#10
Date:
2014-12-19 18:21:44 UTC
From:
To:
hi,
The origin of the bug in that evince ignores the printer settings, which is not the case
with acroread or okular: when printing to a printer with a duplexer, their default
setting is "double-sided printing: long edge", and when printing to a printer without
duplexer, the default is "double-sided printing: none" . It is possible to change
this default with acroread (and evince), but not with okular.
So, for evince, a workaround is to set, in Page setup/layout, the value of the
"two-sided" parameter according the most often used printers, and save it. But you must not
forget to modify it each time you print to a printer of the other type.