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On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 7:52 AM, Rob Beard <rob@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 18/05/10 07:38, Roland Tarver wrote: > >> Hi Paul :-) >> >> Just guesses.... >> >> 1. When you initially create/export the pdf can you create it in reverse >> order? > > I was just thinking the same thing. > >> 2. Looking at the man page for lp (not lpr) there is an -P option used >> to specify a page range. If your really lucky specifying a backwards >> range may reverse the page order for you? As I said this is just I >> guess! I have not tried it because I don't have access to a printer >> currently. >> >> lp -P 16-1 printInReverse.pdf > > Other option I guess is run the command 16 times, one command for each page > from 16 backwards (not that much of a hassle really for only 16 pages). > >> Aside: According to my man pages for lpr and lp they are copyright to >> Apple Inc. which was a surprize! >> > > The CUPS printing system is developed by Apple and AFAIK lpr is part of > Cups. > > From the CUPs web site - http://www.cups.org/ > > "CUPS is the standards-based, open source printing system developed by Apple > Inc. for Mac OS® X and other UNIX®-like operating systems." > > I gather it wasn't originally started by Apple, but they bought the project. > I guess they must use it in OSX so no doubt it's released under a BSD type > license. > > Rob Thanks for the info on CUPS Rob and Juanjo. Is CUPS typically used by most linux users? AFAIK it was the default package with Ubuntu. have a good day Best wishes Roly :-) -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html