> From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri Aug 4 09:30:08 2000
> Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2000 08:02:59 -0700
> From: David Sept <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: LPRng: ifhp - Xerox 4CP
>
> OK, first I need to thank Patrick for his help and willingness to
> spend time helping me with this printer. I tried what he suggested in
> printing directly to the print queue:
>
> lpr [EMAIL PROTECTED] <text-file> -> produced stairs
> lpr [EMAIL PROTECTED] <postscript-file> -> produced image, not text
>
> I assume this means I could use this as a raw device (?), but I don't
> think it is needed (since the next thing also worked). To try tabloid
> printing (11x17) I added the following to my printer description (lines
> may wrap):
>
>
> ps_tabloid=<< /PageSize [792 1224] /MediaType (null)
> /InputAttributes << 0 << /PageSize [792 1224] /MediaType (null) >> >> >>
>setpagedevice
>
> ps_user_opts += [ tabloid ]
>
>
> and it worked! :) Using this basic syntax, I should be able to play with
> all kinds of options on this printer. Now if I can get all the
> filters working ...
>
> Thanks again,
>
> Dave
>
> --
> -------------------------------------------
> Dave Sept, Ph.D. * [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
> University of California, San Diego
> La Jolla, CA 92093-0365
> Phone: (858)534-2913 Fax: (858)534-7042
> http://mccammon.ucsd.edu/~dsept/
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Beware! The /InputAttributes, I think, explicitly says that 'tray 0'
(<< 0) has media with << /PageSize [792 1224] and /MediaType null, i.e. -
not assigned a media type.
If you put your tabloid size paper in another tray this may not work.
But I could, and most likely, be wrong.
Patrick Powell
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