[41633] in Hotline Meeting
Re: information about w91-230-5si
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Roger A. Roach)
Wed Jan 28 08:48:55 1998
To: Matt Braun <matt@MIT.EDU>
Cc: "Roger A. Roach" <rar@MIT.EDU>, hesreq@MIT.EDU, hotline@MIT.EDU,
larugsi@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 27 Jan 1998 23:20:51 EST."
<199801280420.XAA03693@forever.MIT.EDU>
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 1998 08:48:46 EST
From: "Roger A. Roach" <rar@MIT.EDU>
Matt,
I think you are on the right track. However, I can not find any way to set the
paper size for trays 2 or 3. I assume the printer automatically detects the
paper size with the little bars that help hold the paper. There is nothing on
the control panel to set a default input tray. The manual says that if equal
sized paper is in all trays, the order is tray 1, 2, 3, and 4 (if available).
For some reason, Athena is going for tray 3. Probably some control being sent
by the print server. I don't know who the expert on print servers is. Do you?
Another problem is that when it prints duplex, it prints the first page of the
output on the back of the header page. That is a strange default. I could
not find an option to change this. Do you know of one?
Roger
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> I did some checking (talked to dkk and jhawk) and now have some clues.
> Basicly, the HP5 is smart about how it handles paper. It has an idea of what
> size paper is in each tray, and a default tray. If an application does not
> specify a tray it goes to the default, but if the application specifies a siz
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> and that size is one of the ones configured for a tray, it will use that
> tray. The paper size to tray mapping is a manually configured on the front
> panel, as is the defualt paper tray. I suspect that the paper size is
> configured correctly (but you should check) but the default tray number is se
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> for the tray you had legal in.
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> The reason the mac was getting it right was that the postscript from the mac
> probably included a 'pagesize' declaration, and the printer abided by it. Whe
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> the Athena print servers convert a file to ps, they include no such
> declaration.
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> The solution is to go into the menus on the console of the printer and make
> sure the trays are configured to be the right size, and the default is the on
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> with letter in it. Unfortunately, I don't have a 5si nearby to play with, so
> I can't tell you the exact steps through the menus, but they are *usually*
> straightforward. If you can't find it, probably one of the hotline folks
> would be able to help, but if not someone from ops who is local might be able
> to give you a hand.
>
> Let me know us know if that helps.
>
> Matt
