ITEM: Z5932L

HP PostScript paper tray selection not working.

Question:

Env: Aix 3.2.5
     HP4Si virtual printer
Desc:  How do I specify a different paper source?
Action:  
 When customer issues the 'qprt -u2' command in postscript the
 paperdrawer remains with the 1st drawer.
 Customer started over in testing.  He created a pcl queue and configured
 it like above to do both ascii and postscript.  The pcl files work
 fine.  But the postscript only print out of the 1st drawer and not
 the 2nd.  Customer agreed to callback after testing.

Looded at the ci attribute in the virtual printer with 'cr~v' 
that is 'cr the tilda symbol and the letter v'

From the HP Technical reference:
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.  Once the  ci attribute was changed to
this, it works fine.
...
         'statusdict begin '
         %?    \
             %G_u  PUSH: (Paper Source Drawer (1: Lower  2: Upper or no sheet
                   feeder  3: Envelopes))
             %{3}  PUSH: (Integer Constant 3)
             %=  PUSH: (pop2 = pop1 ?)
         %t    \
             '2'
         %e    \
             %G_u  PUSH: (Paper Source Drawer (1: Lower  2: Upper or no sheet
                   feeder  3: Envelopes))
             %{2}  PUSH: (Integer Constant 2)
             %=  PUSH: (pop2 = pop1 ?)
         %t    \
             '1'
         %e    \
             '0'
         %;    \
         ' setpapertray end\\012'   \<-- adding the \\012 adds a line feed
...
This line feed makes the command work.  Tested and indeed this
worked.

This is a defect!

NEXT: Close, Works for customer.



Support Line: HP PostScript paper tray selection not working. ITEM: Z5932L

Dated: November 1995 Category: N/A

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