[cups.general] Printing to alternate trays

Ryan Suarez ryan.suarez at sheridanc.on.ca
Tue Mar 2 07:26:52 PST 2010


Shannon Adams wrote:
> Using CUPS 1.3.7 on RHEL 5
>
> I have a printer setup with three trays (using socket://ip.address:9100).  I need to print to either tray2 or 3 depending on the job.  However, I cannot figure out the correct switch to use to print to either alternate tray.
>
> I have tried the following:
> lp -d mc083 sra
> lp -d mc083 -o media=Letter,Lower sra
> lp -d mc083 -o media=Letter,MultiPurpose sra
>
> lpoptions -p mc083 -l shows:
> Trays/Trays: Tray1 Tray12 Tray123 Tray1234 *Tray12345
> EnvFeeder/Envelope Feeder: NotInstalledM *InstalledM
> OptDuplex/Duplex: *InstalledM NotInstalledM
> OptOutputBins/Output Bins: StandardBin OBin1 OBin2 *OBin3
>
> Can someone please let me know the command line options/switches to use to allow me to print to tray 2 or 3?
>   

lp -d mc083 -o OptOutputBins=OBin2
lp -d mc083 -o OptOutputBins=OBin3


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