Cups 1.6.2 allows you to install the stacker/stapler attachment to your printer, but it has removed any ability to actually use it. Version 1.5.3 included a "Finishing" option if your printer had the appropriate hardware installed. That option is missing in 1.6.x. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1."Upgrade" from cups 1.5.3 to 1.6.2 2.Install HP 500-sheet stapler/stacker Actual Results: Hand staple all your documents. Expected Results: A "Finishing" tab should show up on the print dialog box. Under this tab you can choose whether to staple and how to orient the staples. It worked fine in 1.5.3 Reverting to 1.5.3 no longer seems to be an option, since the ebuild seems to have been gutted, only supporting ~m68k.
serpent ~ # emerge --info cups Portage 2.2.1 (default/linux/amd64/13.0/desktop/gnome, gcc-4.6.3, glibc-2.15-r3, 3.8.13-gentoo x86_64) ================================================================= System Settings ================================================================= System uname: Linux-3.8.13-gentoo-x86_64-Intel-R-_Xeon-R-_CPU_E5410_@_2.33GHz-with-gentoo-2.2 KiB Mem: 8185784 total, 68984 free KiB Swap: 17297404 total, 16858404 free Timestamp of tree: Mon, 14 Oct 2013 07:45:01 +0000 ld GNU ld (GNU Binutils) 2.23.1 app-shells/bash: 4.2_p45 dev-java/java-config: 2.1.12-r1 dev-lang/python: 2.7.5-r2, 3.2.5-r2 dev-util/cmake: 2.8.10.2-r2 dev-util/pkgconfig: 0.28 sys-apps/baselayout: 2.2 sys-apps/openrc: 0.11.8 sys-apps/sandbox: 2.6-r1 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.69 sys-devel/automake: 1.10.3, 1.11.6, 1.12.6, 1.13.4 sys-devel/binutils: 2.23.1 sys-devel/gcc: 4.6.3, 4.7.3-r1 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.7.3 sys-devel/libtool: 2.4.2 sys-devel/make: 3.82-r4 sys-kernel/linux-headers: 3.9 (virtual/os-headers) sys-libs/glibc: 2.15-r3 Repositories: gentoo x-portage ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64" ACCEPT_LICENSE="*" CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-march=core2 -O2 -pipe" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/share/gnupg/qualified.txt /var/lib/hsqldb" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/dconf /etc/env.d /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/gentoo-release /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/sandbox.d /etc/terminfo /etc/texmf/language.dat.d /etc/texmf/language.def.d /etc/texmf/updmap.d /etc/texmf/web2c" CXXFLAGS="-march=core2 -O2 -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS=" --autounmask-keep-masks " FCFLAGS="-O2 -pipe" FEATURES="assume-digests binpkg-logs config-protect-if-modified distlocks ebuild-locks fixlafiles merge-sync news parallel-fetch preserve-libs protect-owned sandbox sfperms strict unknown-features-warn unmerge-logs unmerge-orphans userfetch userpriv usersandbox usersync xattr" FFLAGS="-O2 -pipe" GENTOO_MIRRORS=" http://gentoo.osuosl.org/ http://ftp.ucsb.edu/pub/mirrors/linux/gentoo/" LANG="en_US.utf8" LC_ALL="en_US.utf8" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1 -Wl,--as-needed" MAKEOPTS="-j5" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT="/" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --omit-dir-times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --human-readable --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/u1/temp/portage" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.us.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="X a52 aac acl acpi ads alsa amd64 ao apache2 apm artworkextra audiofile automount avahi bacula-clientonly bash-completion bcmath berkdb bindist branding bzip2 cairo caps cdda cddb cdparanoia cdr cli colord colordiff consolekit corefonts cracklib crypt cups curlwrappers cxx dbm dbus dga dia dmx dri dts dv dvd dvdr dvi eds emboss emerald encode enscript evo exif extensions faad fam fat fbcon fbcondecor ffmpeg 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tokenizer tools truetype udev udisks unicode upower urandom usb utils vcd vcdx vim-syntax vix vmware-tools vnc vorbis wavpack winbind wma wma-fixed wmf wxwidgets x264 xattr xcb xcomposite xforms xine xml xmpp xpm xscreensaver xv xvid xvmc zlib" ABI_X86="64" ALSA_CARDS="ali5451 als4000 atiixp atiixp-modem bt87x ca0106 cmipci emu10k1x ens1370 ens1371 es1938 es1968 fm801 hda-intel intel8x0 intel8x0m maestro3 trident usb-audio via82xx via82xx-modem ymfpci" APACHE2_MODULES="authn_core authz_core socache_shmcb unixd actions alias auth_basic authn_alias authn_anon authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache cgi cgid dav dav_fs dav_lock deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation rewrite setenvif speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias" CALLIGRA_FEATURES="kexi words flow plan sheets stage tables krita karbon braindump author" CAMERAS="ptp2" COLLECTD_PLUGINS="df interface irq load memory rrdtool swap syslog" ELIBC="glibc" GPSD_PROTOCOLS="ashtech aivdm earthmate evermore fv18 garmin garmintxt gpsclock itrax mtk3301 nmea ntrip navcom oceanserver oldstyle oncore rtcm104v2 rtcm104v3 sirf superstar2 timing tsip tripmate tnt ubx" INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse evdev" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LIBREOFFICE_EXTENSIONS="presenter-console presenter-minimizer" LINGUAS="en" OFFICE_IMPLEMENTATION="libreoffice" PHP_TARGETS="php5-5" PYTHON_SINGLE_TARGET="python2_7" PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7 python3_2" RUBY_TARGETS="ruby19 ruby18" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="fbdev vesa vga nvidia" XTABLES_ADDONS="quota2 psd pknock lscan length2 ipv4options ipset ipp2p iface geoip fuzzy condition tee tarpit sysrq steal rawnat logmark ipmark dhcpmac delude chaos account" Unset: CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, INSTALL_MASK, PORTAGE_BUNZIP2_COMMAND, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS, USE_PYTHON ================================================================= Package Settings ================================================================= net-print/cups-1.6.2-r5 was built with the following: USE="X acl dbus filters pam ssl threads usb -debug -gnutls -java -kerberos -lprng-compat -python (-selinux) -static-libs -xinetd -zeroconf" LINGUAS="-ca -es -fr -ja -ru"
Please do not add arches to a bug, they are for stabilization purposes.
Please try 1.6.4 and report back, many such small details have been fixed there. (1.5 is de-keyworded because of a security issue.)
Sorry, no dice. 1.6.4 still does not have a finishing tab, and the staple property doesn't seem to be present in any other tab.
I'm using CUPS 1.6.4 and it offers me a finisher option. With a different printer though, but usually CUPS reads the options from the provided ppd files. Did you check if the used ppd actually offers/mentions the option anywhere? Example from the ppd of the printer here: [...] *% *% === Begin Installable Options ============ *% *OpenUI *Finisher/Finisher: PickOne *OrderDependency: 1 AnySetup *Finisher *DefaultFinisher: None *Finisher None/Ohne: "" *Finisher FS527/Finisher1: "" *Finisher FS527+JS603/Finisher1+Ausgabefach3: "" *Finisher FS529/Finisher2: "" *Finisher JS505/Jobseparator: "" *CloseUI: *Finisher [...] More finisher stuff [...] And the same for staple: *% *% === Begin Functions Section ============ *% *OpenUI *Staple/Heften: PickOne *OrderDependency: 2 AnySetup *Staple *DefaultStaple: None *Staple None/Aus: "<< /Finish 0 >> /KMOptions /ProcSet findresource /setKMoptions get exec" *Staple 1Staple(Left)/Linke Ecke: "<< /Finish 2 >> /KMOptions /ProcSet findresource /setKMoptions get exec" *Staple 1Staple(Right)/Rechte Ecke: "<< /Finish 3 >> /KMOptions /ProcSet findresource /setKMoptions get exec" *Staple 2Staples/2 Positionen: "<< /Finish 4 >> /KMOptions /ProcSet findresource /setKMoptions get exec" *CloseUI: *Staple [...] More staple stuff [...]
