> From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Nov 5 16:30:05 2001 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: LPRng: HP4000 paper selection woes > From: Alexander Lobodzinski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Tue, 06 Nov 2001 00:21:40 +0100 > > An HP4000 with trays 2 and 3 runs nicely if the printer defaults > to tray3 and can use tray2 if tray3 is empty. Manual feed is > switched off on the printer so that jobs for the manual feed can > be submitted with -Z manual. > > But we'd like to put letterhead paper into tray3 and plain paper > into tray2. On the printer I switched tray3 to letterhead. > Things like "echo test | lpr" come out using tray2, and "echo > test | lpr -Z letterhead" uses tray3 as they should. Now > the first confusing thing: all TeX files (handled by dvips) use > tray3. I searched the Postscript for "letterhead", "feed", or > "tray", but didn't find any. What can that be? > > Well, submitting all plain paper jobs with "-Z plain" > basically would work but is unacceptable to users. So I added > "prefix_z=plain" to the printcap. Now, to my even greater > confusion, plain jobs use tray2, but "-Z letterhead" also uses > tray2, and "-Z manual" uses tray3 and not the manual feed. > > Does anybody have an idea? > > Ciao, Lobo
Are you ready for this? Are you sitting down? Did you take your Prozac? The default trays and ORDER of default trays depends on the job type. Text is 'really' PCL, so you get one order of trays for PCL The output of 'dvips' is PostScript and you get another set of trays for PostScript. Now, you might want to know what the defaults are. Right. THEY DIFFER FOR EACH MODEL/VERSION of PRINTER. All of this stuff is buried in the PJL, PostScript, and PCL reference manuals. Sigh... Patrick Powell ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- YOU MUST BE A LIST MEMBER IN ORDER TO POST TO THE LPRNG MAILING LIST The address you post from MUST be your subscription address If you need help, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] (or lprng-requests or lprng-digest-requests) with the word 'help' in the body. For the impatient, to subscribe to a list with name LIST, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with: | example: subscribe LIST <mailaddr> | subscribe lprng-digest [EMAIL PROTECTED] unsubscribe LIST <mailaddr> | unsubscribe lprng [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have major problems, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word LPRNGLIST in the SUBJECT line. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
