ITEM: FG8167L

5si wont pull from correct tray:use BOTH tray and paper size attribute

Problem:  Customer is printing on a hp 5simx attached to a jet 
        direct.  Customer cannont pull paper from any trays except 
        for tray 2.

*ACTION TAKEN:  called Hewlett Packard 800-
                to ask for escape sequences

                got hold of doug arnold at hp  (208) 323-2551
                                                then press 1 1 2 2 3
                                                to go to 5si guys..

*ACTION TAKEN:
I have recieved the needed info from HP to set up a queue to make a
tray selection:

FROM HP:

TRAY NAME               ESCsequance= Esc&l plus the number below, then 'H'
paper cass              1
tray 2                  1
manual feed             2
manual envelope         3
tray 1                  8
500/2000 sheet          (this is the lower cassett)
(lower cass)            5                               
MP tray (tray 3)        4
Envelope feeder         6

Our 5si driver chooses the tray with the 'eu' attribute which
has logic of:

Esc&l[value of Wu]H

Wu is           we put in 'eu'

0                       2
2                       4
3                       6
4                       3
5                       4
7                       5
6                       8
default                 1

                        +H

SO: It can be seen we are able to send any and all options to the 
5si via Wu (which is calculated from _O and _u)

I have Brian set up a generic ascii queue which points at a file 
and we verify we are sending only:

Esc&l4H \

This should pull from the tray 3.  It does not.

I conference in Hp and they tell us it should work but since it does
not try this sequence:

EscE Esc&l4H  Esc&l6A \

EscE            reset printer
Esc&l4H         select tray3
Esc&l6A         select 11x17 paper size

NOW the printer pulls from tray 3.

Q: Why do we have to  use the paper size, tray alone should do it.
HP A: Yes it should but many times you have to use paper size and 
        tray selection in unison with each other.

I and Brian finish the call by making a gl queue pull from the correct
tray and having the ability to do portrait or landscape.

We make a 5simx gl queue and change the ci attribute from  this:

Command To Initialize the Printer
ci = %I[pU,pR,pO,pL,eR,eS,eO,eu,es]\\033%%1Bin;sp1;

 %IpU          INCLUDE: (Reset command)
 %IpR          INCLUDE: (Command to set printer resolution )
 %IpO          INCLUDE: (command to set output bin destination)
 %IpL          INCLUDE: (Command to set printer language)
 %IeR          INCLUDE: (PCL Reset)
 %IeS          INCLUDE: (Set Duplex/Simplex Mode)
 %IeO          INCLUDE: (Specify the page orientation)
 %Ieu          INCLUDE: (Generate the paper source escape sequence)
 %Ies          INCLUDE: (Set Page Size)
 '\\033'
 %%            % -> OUTPUT
 '1Bin;sp1;'

TO THIS:

Command To Initialize the Printer
ci = \\33E\\33&l4H\\33&l6A%IeO

 '\\33E\\33&l4H\\33&l6A'
 %IeO          INCLUDE: (Specify the page orientation)

This set the tray selection to tray3 and allowed command line choise of portrait or landscape.




Support Line: 5si wont pull from correct tray:use BOTH tray and paper size attribute ITEM: FG8167L

Dated: March 1998 Category: N/A

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