"Secret Tricks with CUPS" [was: printing first page to a another media tray]

[Kurt Pfeifle]

> > How can I print documents to different media trays of my laserprinter
> > (kyocera 1030D)? I've two cassettes. I want to print the first page to
> > another media tray.The paper is already printed with our logo, the
> > other pages not.
> > Somewhere a howto?
> >
> > thx
> > Ekkard
>
> No need for an extra HOWTO. I'll leak some of my accumulated knowledge about hidden CUPS knobs that can be turned into either right or into left direction....   :-)
>
> Due to support for Mac OS X, CUPS now has a (yet undocumented) parameter called "AP_FIRSTPAGE_InputSlot". This will be able to provide the functionality you are looking for (even on Linux).
>
> You can make it the default for all jobs; try this command:
>
>     lpadmin -p your_printername       \
>             -o AP_FIRSTPAGE_InputSlot-default=foobar
>
> (use "lpoptions -d your_printername -l" to find out what the InputSlot names are available for your printer -- I bet "foobar" will not be one of them.) This will store the setting in your /etc/cups/printers.conf. Whenever you print from now on using a command of
>
>     lp -d your_printername            \
>        -o InputSlot=FooBATZ           \
>        /path/to/jobfile
>
> your first page/sheet should be coming from slot "foobar", while the rest will come from "FooBATZ". Possibly, you'll also be able to use a commandline of
>
>     lp -d yourprinter2                \
>        -o AP_FIRSTPAGE_InputSlot=PF17 \
>        -o InputSlot=PF16              \
>        /path/to/your/jobfile
>
> It's been a long time since I had to use this, but back then it worked.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Cheers,
> Kurt
>
> --
> Kurt Pfeifle, Network Printing Consultant and System Specialist
>               Infotec Deutschland GmbH      (Stuttgart/Germany)
>               A RICOH Company
>               previously: Danka Deutschland Holding GmbH
>


Oh, I just realized that you expressed yourself as needing to print *TO* a different media tray.

My response assumed you meant *FROM* a different media tray.

So... was that what you really meant?

--
Kurt Pfeifle, Network Printing Consultant and System Specialist
              Infotec Deutschland GmbH      (Stuttgart/Germany)
              A RICOH Company
              previously: Danka Deutschland Holding GmbH
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