Re: Paper tray selection on non-postscript printer

[John Lockard <jlockard@umich.edu>]

On Thu, Aug 09, 2001 at 11:16:13PM +0200, Henning Brauer wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 09, 2001 at 09:35:06AM -0400, Tony Lambiris wrote:
> > I _think_ pdq can handle printers with multiple trays..
> 
> THis didn't solve my problem. Maybe I just don't get it to work proper.
> 
> IMHO embedding a PCL command in the output stream should be able to solve
> this, and this should be doable by output filters, no? Noone done it? 

I've done it on SysV on Solaris.  I used psutils and enscript if I
remember correctly, wrapped in a "homebrew" script.  You will have
to look at the manual for the printer to find the correct PCL (or PS)
commands to choose the tray, as they all seem to use different values
even from printer to printer by the same manufacture (read HP).

-Mojo

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