[cups.general] Probably stupid questions, but I'm confused

[Gerald Britton]

I attached the ppd I'm using.  It came with the ubuntu gutsy distro


On 10/16/07, Kurt Pfeifle <k1pfeifle at gmx.net> wrote:
> Gerald Britton wrote:
> > Thanks, Kurt, I'll play with both ipp and socket and see if there's
> > much difference.  About the Tray 1 option:
> >
> > The first section in the Set Printer Options screen is "Options
> > installed" which has radio buttons for "Tray  1:"  I set it to
> > "Installed" since my printer has one.
> >
> > Down in the General section, there's another prompt:
> >
> >     Tray 1 (Manual):
> >
> > with "True" and "False" radio buttons.   Does this have the same
> > meaning as the similar prompt in the "Options installed" section or
> > does it have another purpose?
>
> Uhmmm.... no definite idea.
>
> Is your "Tray 1 (Manual)" a sideways installed tray, that has
> adjustable guides?
>
> It could mean that it is what you want to use it for custom and variable
> page sizes or "Automatic" tray selection if all other trays have a non-
> fitting paper size loaded, giving you a prompt at the printer display
> for now inserting the right sheets into the Tray 1 (true for manual feed
> enabled), or it could mean that it will pull paper from Tray 1 if you
> specified that tray whatever that size is there (false for manual feed
> enabled).
>
> Don't you have a printer manual for that thingie? Doesn't Google find
> one? For sure, the behavior of this switch is documented somewhere....
>
> > FYI the ppd I'm using is the HP LaserJet 9040 MFP postscript driver
>
> Grabbed from...? The Linuxprinting.org database? A Windows installation?
> Shipped by...? The distro vendor? The HP driver CD?
>
> I could probably figure that out if I had access to the PPD to install
> it here temporarily and look at it...
>
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