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Started by Bob Baggerman
Tue, 26 Jan 1993 22:39
Duplex printing
Author: Bob Baggerman
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 22:39
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 22:39
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Greetings PostScript gurus. I am a relative newcomer to PostScript programming so this question is probably an easy one. I have an HP IID laser printer with the HP PostScript cartridge (not the Plus cartridge). The HP IID has a duplex mode where it will print on both sides of the page. The user guide gives some directions for putting the printer into duplex mode. Evidently the "statusdict" dictionary is pushed onto the dictionary stack with the "statusdict begin" command. Then duplex mode can be set with the "'boolean' setduplexmode" command where 'boolean' is true or false. I've been studying "PostScript by Example" by McGilton and Campione, and it seems to me that a simple statusdict begin true setduplexmode ought to do the trick. I've moved these statements around, used 0 and 1 for false and true, put slashed in front of things but so far no joy. The result is always the same; a bunch of light blinking on the printer, a long delay, and then.... no printout at all. Any ideas? Have I included enough info to troubleshoot this or should I post more of the PostScript header stuff? The file I am playing with is a pretty simple one generated by pstext with a three page printout. Thanx in advance, Bob -- Bob Baggerman ! bob.baggerman@gtri.gatech.edu Communications Laboratory ! bob@comlab.gatech.edu Georgia Tech Research Institute ! qseclrb@prism.gatech.edu Atlanta, GA 30332 USA ! 404-894-3525
Re: Duplex printing
Author: Bob Baggerman
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 18:40
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 18:40
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A couple of days ago I asked about putting an HP LaserJet IID into duplex mode. >I have an HP IID laser printer with the HP PostScript cartridge (not the >Plus cartridge). The HP IID has a duplex mode where it will print on >both sides of the page. > > [ I describe what I have looked at and tried. I present the following frag. ] > >statusdict begin >true setduplexmode A number of people pointed out that an "end" statement after the above commands may help. Thanks to all who replied. As it turns out I will probably never know for sure. As Leif Arne Neset pointed out, evidently both pages of a duplex page must be in memory before the sheet can be printed. Upon closer examination of the HP documentation I found a table which stated that duplex printing *requires* 4MB of additional add in memory. Alas, we only have 2 MB in this printer. Rather than print them out in in non-duplex, it just pukes on the whole print job. Lots of pretty blinking lights but that's about it. Thanks again to: Steven Parkes parkes@uiuc.edu Andrew Klossner andrew@frip.wv.tek.com Leif Arne Neset leifa@ifi.uio.no Wolfgang Hecht hecht@fub46.zedat.fu-berlin.de Hal Eden haleden@cs.colorado.edu N K Krishnan krishnan@hplnkk.hpl.hp.com Desh D. Sharma ddsharma@watmath.uwaterloo.ca Bob -- Bob Baggerman ! bob.baggerman@gtri.gatech.edu Communications Laboratory ! bob@comlab.gatech.edu Georgia Tech Research Institute ! qseclrb@prism.gatech.edu Atlanta, GA 30332 USA ! 404-894-3525
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