bug in "reverse" order printing

[Joe_Bishop]

Binary package hint: evince

DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=7.10
DISTRIB_CODENAME=gutsy
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 7.10"

evince 2.20.1-0ubuntu

When printing document like a book (first print even pages, turn them over and print odd pages in reverse order), when printing odd pages in reverse order, the first page is blank. Then it prints the last page, but it is in wrong order. For example, I had 8-page document (1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8). First I got 2-4-6-8. Turn them over and began printing in reverse order. The page #7 wasn't print on the same sheet as #8, but on #6. Then #5 was printed with #4, #3 with #2, and, then, #1 was printed on the new sheet.

[Joe_Bishop (denis-cheremisov-gmail)]

It is even more general: when printing pages in reverse order, the first
page is always blank, in cases of even and odd pages. I didn't try with
"all pages"

On Wed, 2008-02-13 at 19:25 +0000, Joe_Bishop wrote:
> Public bug reported:
>
> Binary package hint: evince
>
> DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
> DISTRIB_RELEASE=7.10
> DISTRIB_CODENAME=gutsy
> DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 7.10"
>
> evince 2.20.1-0ubuntu
>
> When printing document like a book (first print even pages, turn them
> over and print odd pages in reverse order), when printing odd pages in
> reverse order, the first page is blank. Then it prints the last page,
> but it is in wrong order. For example, I had 8-page document
> (1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8). First I got 2-4-6-8. Turn them over and began
> printing in reverse order. The page #7 wasn't print on the same sheet as
> #8, but on #6. Then #5 was printed with #4, #3 with #2, and, then, #1
> was printed on the new sheet.
>
> ** Affects: evince (Ubuntu)
> Importance: Undecided
> Status: New
>

[Printe (markusman)]

I can confirm this bug! Printing in reverse order always prints a blank page at the start. No matter if you have an even or odd number of pages.

[Printe (markusman)]

I can confirm this bug! Printing in reverse order always prints a blank page at the start. No matter if you have an even or odd number of pages.

[TerryG (tgalati4)]

Try acroread (version 8) and see if you get the same behavior:

>sudo apt-get install acroread
>acroread documentthatyouwanttoprintonbothsides.pdf

If this works, then at least you have a work around.

I have a duplexer on my printer so I've never used reverse printing with evince.

Thanks for your bug submission. Tomorrow, Ubuntu will have fewer bugs because of your efforts.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

thank you for your bug report, that seems to be an upstream issue, could you open it on bugzilla.gnome.org too?

[Joe_Bishop (denis-cheremisov-gmail)]

I can't reproduce it in Intrepid Ibex.

2008/9/12 Sebastien Bacher <email address hidden>

> thank you for your bug report, that seems to be an upstream issue, could
> you open it on bugzilla.gnome.org too?
>
> ** Changed in: evince (Ubuntu)
> Importance: Undecided => Low
> Assignee: (unassigned) => Ubuntu Desktop Bugs (desktop-bugs)
>
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> bug in "reverse" order printing
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/191655
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[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

closing the bug since that works correctly now