Cannot duplex print postscript files made by psbook

[LukeKendall]

The purpose of the psbook command is to allow you to print booklets: e.g. a typical use is to place 2 pages per sheet and to do the impositioning so that you can print booklets, stapled or sewn together. E.g. see http://marcelm.nl/making_books.html.

However, if you have a duplex printer, which will print duplex from evince or gv or libreoffice, etc. etc., and then you create a .ps file using psbook, there is no way you can get the print system to honor the duplexing - each sheet of the booklet is forced out single sided, which completely defeats the purpose.

The clumsy workaround is to use pselect to select the even pages of the .ps file created by psbook, print them (they'll be forced out single-sided due to the bug), then work out what way to feed the paper back in so that the pages will print on the correct side and with the correct orientation (this will vary from printer to printer from my experience), and you can get the result you want.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: psutils 1.17.dfsg-1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-37.64-generic 3.13.11.7
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-37-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.5
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Wed Oct 15 23:46:28 2014
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-01-24 (264 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Alpha amd64 (20140123)
SourcePackage: psutils
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[LukeKendall (luke-zeta)]

... I meant to say in the workaround, that after feeding the one-side printed sheets back in, you then print the odd pages, of course.