> From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri Jun 7 09:49:26 2002 > Date: Fri, 7 Jun 2002 10:49:23 -0600 (MDT) > From: John Scudder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: LPRng and IFHP > > > Sorry to bother you Patrick but I just wanted to get your input on > a problem we've been experiencing here at the University of Colorado, > Boulder. I think you've been in contact with Doreen Petersen regarding > our problem. Basically, we're unable to print from the lower tray > of an HP4100 using LPRng-3.6.12(we're a little bit behind) and > IFHP-3.5.8(recently upgraded to this version hoping that it would fix > our problem). We've tried passing -Z (inlower, inmiddle, intray3) flags > to lpr, specifying z flags (:prefix_z=inlower) in the printcap file, and > appending entries to the ifhp.conf file: > > pcl_user_opts += [ preprinted ] > ps_user_opts += [ preprinted ] > pjl_user_opts += [ preprinted ] > > ps_preprinted = [ intray3 ] > pcl_preprinted = [ intray3 ] > pjl_preprinted = [ intray3 ] > > > but no luck. All printouts continue to come from the upper tray. Just > wondering if you had any other suggestions on what we can do to > recognize the lower tray of an HP4100 as an input. > > --- > John Scudder > Information Technology Services [EMAIL PROTECTED] > University of Colorado at Boulder 303.492.4059 >
There are two items interacting here: 1. media type/size 2. tray selection There is a 'default' media type/size for the printer. In addition, your print job can specify a default media type/size (i.e. - letter, a4, legal). By convention, if you have paper trays with 'sizing' options, then printer will only select paper from the tray with the specified media. If you have TWO or MORE trays with the same media, then you can select the tray. Thus, you need to look at the type of paper you have, and if the job is specifying a paper type. By the way, this problem is only going to get worse as printers get 'smarter' about paper size/type in the various trays. Patrick Patrick Powell Astart Technologies, [EMAIL PROTECTED] 9475 Chesapeake Drive, Suite D, Network and System San Diego, CA 92123 Consulting 858-874-6543 FAX 858-279-8424 LPRng - Print Spooler (http://www.lprng.com) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
