> From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Sep 9 13:28:38 2003 > Date: Tue, 09 Sep 2003 14:44:57 -0500 > From: "Barton Wold" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: LPRng: HP2500cm printing 11x17 postscript > > I have been trying to get printing to the HP2500CM printer to work > with lprng and the ifhp (ver. 3.5.3) filter for some time with little > success. I copied the ifhp.conf entry from another user in this > group and it seemed to help with printing postscript documents, > however, I cannot print 11x17 postscript (it comes out as 8.5x11). I > was using the following entries suggested by another user for page > size: > > ps_letter=<</PageSize[595 842]/ImagingBBox null>>setpagedevice > ps_ledger=<</PageSize[842 1191]/ImagingBBox null>>setpagedevice > > I then found a ppd file for this (I beleive from a Linux sight). > This had entries for the page size as: > > ps_letter=<</PageSize[612 792]/ImagingBBox null>>setpagedevice > ps_ledger=<</PageSize[792 1224]/ImagingBBox null>>setpagedevice > > This didn't work either. The tray entries from the PPD file were the > same for both, so > I don't think that is a problem. The HP web sight is of no help > (maybe I'm not looking in the right place?). Anyway, has anyone had > success printing postscript files to an HP2500cm in both letter and > ledger sizes? > > Barton Wold > United Defense L.P. > UNIX System Administrator >
There are several nasty problems with trays and tray sizes. First, some of the newer models of printers are a little too clever, and have something called 'autoscaling' capability. If you send a jobs with 'ledger' size paper and you do not have ledger paper in the selected tray, then it will 'autoscale' to the paper size in the tray. First, look carefully at the PostScript you are trying to print. Does it have a PaperSize or PageSize selection already? Does it have a Tray Selection alreay? Next, try to determine if the automatic paper size detection hardware is working! I spent a day trying to get a printer to print to a 11x17 tray only to discover that the paper size set for the tray was 'legal' and not 'ledger' Patrick Powell Astart Technologies [EMAIL PROTECTED] 6741 Convoy Court Network and System San Diego, CA 92111 Consulting 858-874-6543 FAX 858-751-2435 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. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
