Brother HL-2280DW Duplex Printing Problem (SOLVED)

[Ion Silverbolt]

For the most part, I have this printer working in Gentoo with the exception of one annoying problem. Whenever I print in duplex mode, the back page is shifted up 1 inch higher, thus cutting off the header, or anything else at the top of the page. The CUPS test page also presents the same problem when printing full duplex.

NOTE: The back page prints correctly if I set it to tumble mode, but that prints the page upside down. I'd rather have full-duplex with no-tumble enabled.

Not really sure where to start. Thanks.

[chithanh]

Possibly the printer thinks that it uses different paper format (A4 vs. Letter) than you actually put in the paper tray?

Is the printer able to print a self-test page in duplex mode?

[Ion Silverbolt]

Thanks for the response!

It is indeed set to the right document format.

I think the problem with it was a libreoffice problem. I had it set up to print the header. Which should work, but for whatever reason it doesn't. Removing the header and using a "fake" header prints just fine.

Now I just need something that prints pdf files aligned properly. Evince prints everything too far to the left and too low. I should be able to find something that works eventually.

Thanks for the help.