[okular] [Bug 398442] New: okular doesn't respect page reverse setting of PPD or lpadmin

[Frederick Eaton]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=398442

            Bug ID: 398442
           Summary: okular doesn't respect page reverse setting of PPD or
                    lpadmin
           Product: okular
           Version: 1.5.1
          Platform: Other
                OS: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: printing
          Assignee: okular-devel at kde.org
          Reporter: frederik at ofb.net
  Target Milestone: ---

See this bug: https://github.com/OpenPrinting/cups-filters/issues/47

and here: https://github.com/apple/cups/issues/5315

I wrote:

> Okular fails to respect the "reverse" setting in the PPD. You have to manually check the "reverse" button each time. But xpdf, which has the same print dialog and also seems based on qt5, lacks this problem. I couldn't find any documentation of the correct behavior.

The problem is that when printing documents on an inkjet printer, I would like
to be able to pick up the document and staple it without manually reversing the
pages first. But that means having the pages come out in reverse order, since
the printer is printing face-up. There are settings in the PPD and in other
CUPS tools which allow me to specify that pages should be reversed by default.
However, Okular seems to be ignoring these settings. Unless I check the
"reverse" box in the print dialog, pages come out in the wrong order on my
inkjet.

Some things were fixed in cups-filters but I find that the bug persists, so I'm
letting the Okular team know about it.

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