I have a printer (Samsung M2022W) which doesn't support duplex printing.
However, I would like to manually print on both sides (that is to say, print even pages, then insert these pages again on the printer and launch the odd pages). The problem is that I don't have a "manual duplex" option on my Debian system. And there is not even a "odd/even pages only" option.
How can I simply print manually on both sides on *unix?
Best Answer
I know it's a little late for an answer for the OP, but anyone finding this might want to check out my duplexpr project on sourceforge. It not only emulates duplex printing for non-duplex printers, but also allows you to print more than one print job at a time in a batch so that you only have to remove and reinsert the pages once for the whole batch.
Duplexpr supports both command line and gui interfaces. It's is written in bash with a number of reusable functions so it's relatively easy to modify. I've been using it daily for over a decade with several different printers and am continuing to develop it.
If you just want to print duplex once in awhile or need to access all the fancy features which your printer supports, then also check out
xpp. It will do almost anything your printer can do, but you have to tell it what you want each time which can get a little old if you use it a lot.