ITEM: BB7197L

Bad paper selection options for HP LJ 4.

Question:

ENV:  AIX 3.2.5 3251,  hplj-4.ps, hplj-4.pcl

DESC:  In the hplj-4.ps colon file the paper selection
value does not work to select paper drawer 2.

ACTION: Looked at HP Reference manual, and at the colon
file.  The command to select
The command to change the paper drawer postscript mode is:
   statusdict begin 0 setpapertray end  
for the top drawer, and
   statusdict begin 1 setpapertray  end
for the bottom drawer.

From looking at ci:
With u=1,  the ci attribute of the Postscript virtual printer outputs
  statusdict begin 0 setpapertray end  - upper paper tray
With u=2, the ci attribute of the Postscript virtual printer outputs
 statusdict begin 1 setpapertray end  - lower paper tray

This would seem to be right, but the problem was there is no line feed
at the end of the command.         ' setpapertray end\\012'   \<-- adding the \\012 adds a line feed
...
This line feed makes the command work.  Tested and indeed this
worked.

NEXT: hplj-4.pcl
The et attribute has the wrong value:

:570:et::%?%G_O%{3}%=%t\\33&l%?%G_u%{3}%=%t6
%e%?%G_u%{2}%=%t5%e1%;%;H%;

This says if _u=3 select '6' envelope feed, ok.
          if _u=2 select '5' Optional paper source, WRONG
          else    select '1' Printer-specific tray.

The command to select the lower drawer should be
'ESC&l4H'

NEXT: Open PMR



Support Line: Bad paper selection options for HP LJ 4. ITEM: BB7197L

Dated: November 1995 Category: N/A

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