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Re: Postscript tray select - empty trays

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From: Roel van der Steen
Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2004 14:01

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On Thu, 25 Mar 2004 at 15:43 GMT, <Dale_Wicks@adobeforums.com> wrote:
> I have an application with prints each page from a specified tray using
> code:
> % use tray 2
><</ManualFeed false /MediaPosition 0>> setpagedevice
> 
> % use tray 3
><</ManualFeed false /MediaPosition 1>> setpagedevice
> 
> It is working fine til, say tray 2 is empty, it puts message that
> tray is empty and then pulls paper from a different tray. Is there a
> way in postscript to keep it from defaulting to a different tray, when
> the specified tray is empty.
> This is on an HP Laser Jet 8150 printer.
> 
> When I run it on a HP 4100dtn printer it stops til paper is replenished.
> Thanks
> Dale

I think I remember that this is controlled by the "tray chaining" option
somewhere in the printer's menu...

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