36" rolled paper feed selection for HP2500CP?

[Ihab Khoury]

Any luck with your printing? It looks like I am looking for a similar solution?
Thanks
Ihab

> I'm able to have our two HP DesignJet 2500CP plotter's print.
> But I had to select the 3500CP model via cups.
>
> The 2500CP uses a 36" paper rolled feed.  Under the 3500CP,
> driver/PPD, there is no selection to use a 36" paper rolled feed.
> The only choice that comes close is the ARCH E size, which is
> 36x48.  It meets the width requirement, but length is fixed.
>
> The only issue is that my Layout team likes to use the plotters
> and size their output, (via the Cadence tool), and print variable
> sized output.  Anotherwords, print a drawing C, D or E size,
> and the output is generated with the appropriate length.
> (Width of course is always fixed to 36" inches).
>
> By having the print feed set to ARCH E, I'll always get 36x48,
> no matter what.  So if you request a C or D sized image, it'll
> spit out 36x48.  Lot's of wasted paper.
>
> I have a 2500CP PPD file (from Win NT 3.51).  Can I use that
> somehow?  to get a 36" rolled paper feed option?
>
> I've tried putting the 2500CP.ppd into /usr/share/cups/model
> and restarting Cups....  (sounds like a bit more reading on my
> part for going into this area).
>
> I've gone through all the CUPS HP DesignJet printer options,
> looking for something that has 36" rolled paper feed.  Nothing.
>
> My config:
>
> Red Hat Enterprise 3.0 WS
> Cups 1.17
> HP2500CP plotter -> configured using the 3500CP driver/ppd
>
> thanx for your help.
>
> -Gregg