Tray feature or bug in/ with CUPS: lp [...] -o media=Tray1 [...] not always working

Helge Blischke h.blischke at acm.org
Tue Jan 17 13:37:50 PST 2012


E. Gerlach wrote:

> Hi,
> somebody here wonders why CUPS option "lp [...] -o media=Tray1 [...]"
> doesn't work any longer if a pstops command was applied to the
> postscript document?
> The workaround is: create a printer for that tray, tell the ppd file of
> this CUPS printer to use always Tray1 by using e.g. CUPS-html
> configuration tool. Then it works!
> 
> This feature / bug of CUPS is part of CUPS since years, at least util
> CUPS 1.3.11.
> 
> Tested with many PCL/PS laser printers like HL 5350 with 3 cassettes.
> 
> have success!
> Ekkard
Just for information: this bug is *not* present in cups 1.3.11.

Helge





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