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

[Gerald Britton]

Thanks Kurt!  I've got the behaviour I need working.  Now I just want
to know the difference in the meaning of the two Tray 1 prompts.  Any
thoughts on that?

On 10/16/07, Kurt Pfeifle <k1pfeifle at gmx.net> wrote:
> Gerald Britton wrote:
> > 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
>
> They certainly do have a different meaning.
>
> > 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
>
> May be a bug in your version of the PPD.
>
> Grab the one from Linuxprinting.org. That one usually is the newest,
> newer than any distro (distros fetch it from there, and HP folks do
> update to there):
>
>   http://openprinting.org/printer_list.cgi
>   http://openprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=HP-LaserJet_9040_MFP
>   http://openprinting.org/foomatic-db/db/source/PPD/HP/HP_LaserJet_9040_9050_MFP.ppd
>
> Compare with "sdiff -sbB myhp.ppd HP_LaserJet_9040_9050_MFP.ppd | less"
> what differences you can spot for both files. If any, try the newer one
> and see if your Tray 1 behavior changes.
>
>
> P.S.:
> -----
> I compared the two files and spotted many differences. The most signi-
> ficant ones for your case:
>
> *% PPD for HP LaserJet 9040                          |*% PPD for HP LaserJet 9040 9050 MFP
> *HPBuildNumber: "001"                                |*HPBuildNumber: "003"
> [...]
> <</ManualFeed true /MediaPosition 3>> setpagedevice" |<</ManualFeed true>> setpagedevice"
> <</ManualFeed false /MediaPosition 3>> setpagedevice"|<</ManualFeed false>> setpagedevice"
>
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