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

[Kurt Pfeifle]

Gerald Britton wrote:
> On 10/16/07, Kurt Pfeifle <k1pfeifle at gmx.net> wrote:
>> Gerald Britton wrote:
>>
>>> 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?
>> Re-read my previous mails. I've said everything I "know" about this
>> already.
> 
> Yeah, me too!
> 
>> The secret lays in finding and reading the fine printer manual. It
>> should tell you what it is about.
> 
> Really?  I hadn't considered that the HP manual would tell me how the
> cups options screens work.

I didn't say nor mean the HP manual mentions or describes CUPS. But
sure they'll somewhere document how their manual tray settings are
supposed to work.

You see, this type of features are also available for Windows and Mac
users. Did you think they implement some special Manual Tray magic
just for Linux users, and not for the rest of the world?  LOL  :-)

>> You may be able to find it here:
>> http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/DocumentIndex.jsp?contentType=SupportManual&lang=en&cc=us&docIndexId=179111&taskId=101&prodTypeId=18972&prodSeriesId=403110
> 
> Went through that stuff,  nothing on linux or cups there except a
> general link to linux at hp with nothing specific in it.  Oh well!

Search for "manual", "manual tray", "tray 1" and similar words !!
(And you can also write to their Linux printing support group,

  http://hplip.sourceforge.net/contacts.html

or ask the specific question in their own forum:

  http://forums.linux-foundation.org/list.php?20

and report back here. [Man, do I feel tired now.]).

>> Also, your HP does support a lot of settings from its front panel menus,
>> and I'm sure you as a smart *buntu user will figure out how to fiddle
>> with them...   :->>
> 
> Smart?  I don't feel so smart.  But I'll fiddle away with it, for sure.


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