Different (annoying) tray behavior: CUPS 1.4.2 vs. 1.3.11

[Daniel]

I have a GCC Elite 1212 laser printer (driver: GCC Elite 1212 v3.4). The
problem I'm having is CUPS 1.4.2 is not sending print jobs to the
default tray (Tray 1) and consequently I have to push the Feed button on
the printer for each page it outputs. CUPS 1.3.11 does it correctly. See
below for details.

Any help debugging this issue will be greatly appreciated!

Thanks,

Daniel


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MacBook Pro running Leopard (10.5.8) and CUPS 1.3.11

Driver:
    http://www.cups.org:80/ppd/gcc/en/gce12121.ppd.gz
/etc/cups/printers.conf:
    # Printer configuration file for CUPS v1.3.11
    # Written by cupsd on 2010-03-01 16:31
    <Printer printee>
    Info printee
    Location study
    DeviceURI socket://10.34.37.222:3300/
    State Idle
    StateTime 1267473447
    Accepting Yes
    Shared No
    JobSheets none none
    QuotaPeriod 0
    PageLimit 0
    KLimit 0
    OpPolicy default
    ErrorPolicy stop-printer
    </Printer>
In web interface, Set Printer Options:
  Options Installed:
    Memory Configuration: 32-46 MB RAM
    Tray 2: Not Installed
    Paper Sizes: U.S. and International
  General:
    Resolution: 1200dpi
    AccuGray: Enabled
    TonerMiser: Disabled
    Smoothing: Disabled
    Media Size: US Letter Edge to Edge
    Paper Source: Tray 1
    Output Tray: Top (Face Down)
    Manual Feed: No
  Banners:
    Starting Banner: none
    Ending Banner: none
  Policies:
    Error Policy: stop-printer
    Operation Policy: default

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MacBook (white) running Snow Leopard (10.6.x) and CUPS 1.4.2

Driver:
    http://www.cups.org:80/ppd/gcc/en/gce12121.ppd.gz
/etc/cups/printers.conf:
    # Printer configuration file for CUPS v1.4.2
    # Written by cupsd on 2010-03-01 14:57
    # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE WHEN CUPSD IS RUNNING
    <Printer printee>
    Info printee
    Location study
    MakeModel GCC Elite 1212 v3.4
    DeviceURI socket://10.34.37.222:3300/
    State Idle
    StateTime 1267473447
    Type 8392772
    Product (Elite 1212)
    Filter application/vnd.cups-raw 0 -
    Filter application/vnd.cups-command 0 commandtops
    Filter application/vnd.cups-postscript 0 -
    Accepting Yes
    Shared No
    JobSheets none none
    QuotaPeriod 0
    PageLimit 0
    KLimit 0
    OpPolicy default
    ErrorPolicy stop-printer
    </Printer>
In web interface, Set Printer Options:
  Options Installed:
    Memory Configuration: 32-46 MB RAM
    Tray 2: Not Installed
    Paper Sizes: U.S. and International
  General:
    Resolution: 1200dpi
    AccuGray: Enabled
    TonerMiser: Disabled
    Smoothing: Disabled
    Media Size: US Letter Edge to Edge
    Paper Source: Tray 1
    Output Tray: Top (Face Down)
    Manual Feed: No
  Banners:
    Starting Banner: none
    Ending Banner: none
  Policies:
    Error Policy: stop-printer
    Operation Policy: default