[cups.general] choice of input tray being ignored/overridden(resent)

[Michael Sweet]

Per Jessen wrote:
> I've just installed a 2nd paper tray under our Kyocera laser printer. 
> 
> When I select cassette#2, for instance over the Acrobat Reader print
> dialogue, it does look right: "lpr -o InputSlot=PF60A", but when the
> print job arrives at the printer, I can see the printer selecting
> cassette#1.  How do I figure who's ignoring or overriding my input tray
> choice? It sounds to me like it must be cups?
> 
> Also, I'd like to have cassette#1 and cassette#2 listed as "Plain"
> and "Letterhead" respectively - is this possible? If so, where do I
> change it?

If you have a default MediaType selected, then that generally will
override your InputSlot if the media type doesn't match what is
configured on the printer.  (and that happens in the printer, not in
CUPS...)

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