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

[Gerald Britton]

Yeah, Tray 1 is on the side of the printer with adjustable guides.  I
know how to use it ok, but I want to understand why there are two
similar prompts in the Set Printer Options screen.  Are they the same
or different

BTW, I've tried lots of permutations, but the printer always asks me
if I want to print from tray 1, which I have to overide to get it to
print from the default tray

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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