Color Banner from tray 1

Helge Blischke h.blischke at srz.de
Mon Oct 31 07:32:57 PST 2005


aukjan at gmail.com wrote:
> 
> Helge,
> 
> Thanks for the advice... I had already tried doing this but possibly got the options wrong.  My setup prints out a banner page perfectly, but still uses the default tray, instead of the tray specified in as an option. I set the InputSlot as follows:
> 
>  begin
>    % Define additional key/value pairs for
>    % the setpagedevice operator here using the
>    % def operator, e.g.
>    % /MediaColor (blue) def
>    /InputSlot (Tray2) def
>  currentdict end setpagedevice
> 
> lpoptions gives me this info about the printer:
>  InputSlot/Media Source: *Default Manual Tray1 Tray2 Tray3
> 
> And in the PPD file it says:
>  *OpenUI *InputSlot/Media Source: PickOne
>  *DefaultInputSlot: Default
>  *InputSlot Default/Default: ""
>  *InputSlot Manual/Manual Feeding: ""
>  *InputSlot Tray1/Tray 1: ""
>  *InputSlot Tray2/Tray 2: ""
>  *InputSlot Tray3/Tray 3: ""
>  *CloseUI: *InputSlot
> 
> Is there anything wrong with this?? can I add some extra debug information to check?  I already try to find information from the cupsomatic debug output, but have not gotten much from it...
> 
> Thanks for your time,
> 
> Aukjan

What kind of printer is that you are using? Your PPD file does not specify any code
to select slots; the selections seem to be no-ops.

Helge

PS: I tested what I proposed to you with a HP Laserjet 4100 dtn and it worked perfectly.

-- 
Helge Blischke
Softwareentwicklung
SRZ Berlin | Firmengruppe besscom
http://www.srz.de




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