QUESTION:
I am trying to print using legal size paper on a HPLJ-3
printer from the RISC/6000 running AIX v3r2. The printer works
fine when printing on letter size paper but I am unable to change
the virprt parms to get legal size paper... the printer keeps asking
for the letter size paper tray (printer only has one tray slot... it
knows which tray is on the printer- legal or letter). We have tried
setting the virprt parms (tray= 1 or 2, paper size= legal/letter,
lines per page= 66 or 84) in every possible combination but when we
have the legal size paper tray attached the printer says " insert
letter tray" then the output prints. Are we missing a parm? Maybe
the printer is not set up correctly but it works from a PC. Any help
you can provide would be appreciated. By the way, we are using the
qprt command to do the printing.
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A:
I assume this is a pcl queue on the HPLJ III, and the AIX level is
AIX Version 3.2.2.
The "es" attribute in the colon file controls the initialization of
the page size. It is sent to the printer before the print job itself
as part of the "ci" attribute; it (es) is referenced by an include
directive in ci.
The escape sequence you want sent to the printer (as far as page size
is concerned) is "ESCAPE AMPERSAND LOWERCASE_L THREE A". This is the
sequence that will set the paper size to legal. If you look at the
definition of the es attribute in the colon file, you can see that to
cause this sequence to be sent, other attributes must have specific
values as follow:
_Q = wQ = 2 (the 2 is the value of s1, the paper size for tray 1)
_O = 3 (so s1 will be chosen as the value of _Q)
_u = 1 (again so s1 will be chosen as the value of _Q)
These values will cause the aforementioned escape sequence to be sent
to the printer as part of the ci initialization string.
In the meantime, I would try the following to see if it resolves the
problem. Use lsvirprt to select the virtual printer with which you
are working. Issue the command "ci tilda v", where the word tilda is
a real tilda (there are no spaces in this command). This will take
you and the attribute into a real powerful vi session. Line 19 or so
reads Ies, which is the line that causes the es attribute to be
included in ci. Delete this line and this line only. Then replace
the space it used to occupy with:
'\33&l3A'
which reads "QUOTE BACKSLASH 33 AMPERSAND LOWERCASE_L THREE A QUOTE".
Hardcoding this value should not make a difference, however, it is
another method.
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This item was created from library item Q601855 BRDBL
Additional search words:
AIX ALTERNATE BRDBL HARDWARE HPLJ INDEX IX OCT92 PAPER PRINT PRINTER
PRINTING RISCOHW RISCSYSTEM SELECT SELECTABLE SELECTED SELECTION
SELECTIVE SIZE SIZING V3R2
WWQA: ITEM: RTA000025856 ITEM: RTA000025856
Dated: 03/1996 Category: RISCPRT
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