Re: How do I make it "manual feed"? (simple question)

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From: Michael A. Green
Date: Fri, 02 Feb 1990 15:08

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From article <106@vidiot.UUCP>, by brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot):
> In article <13427@phoenix.Princeton.EDU> bskendig@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Brian Kendig) writes:
> 
> <There must be some simple tidbit of code I can add into the PostScript
> <mush in order to get it to print with manual feed.  Could someone
> <please enlighten me as to what I must change/add, and where?
> 

Try this... it sets the printer in maual feed mode and gives you 5 mins
to insert the next piece of paper, place it before the first showpage.

	gsave
	statusdict begin
	/manualfeedtimeout 600 def
	/manualfeed true def
	end
	grestore


Hope this helps,
	
	--Mike


Note: the gsave/grestore are not essential.

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From: mike@cs.keele.ac.uk (Michael A. Green)
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Subject: Re: How do I make it "manual feed"?  (simple question)
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